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Mount Gretna Heights Pennsylvania Map

Explore Mount Gretna Heights, Pennsylvania, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Mount Gretna Heights, Pennsylvania

How to Use This Mount Gretna Heights, Pennsylvania Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mount Gretna Heights, Pennsylvania. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Pennsylvania or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Mount Gretna Heights.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Mount Gretna Heights
State	Pennsylvania (PA)
County	Lebanon County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	40.248148
Longitude	-76.46441
Population	297
Density	932.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	17064, 17545
Area Code	215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County Seat	Lebanon
School District	Cornwall-Lebanon School District

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About Mount Gretna Heights, Pennsylvania

Mount Gretna Heights is a locality in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 297. The population density is 932.3 people per km². Mount Gretna Heights is located at 40.2481°N, 76.4644°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 17064, 17545.

Mount Gretna Heights emerges from the dense, hardwood canopy of a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic flow of Conewago Creek. It lies 7.0 miles south-southwest of Lebanon, PA (from Lebanon, PA: bearing 204°T), and is situated 9.8 miles northeast of Elizabethtown. The terrain here rises in modest, wooded elevations that provide a verdant backdrop to the dense foliage, while the cool, shaded waters of Conewago Lake rest just a mile away, acting as a quiet basin for the local watershed. Sunlight filters through the oak and maple canopy in fractured patterns, illuminating the forest floor where State Game Land 145 exerts its silent, expansive presence, offering a vast, untamed buffer against the encroaching pace of the wider world. During the autumn months, the air takes on a crisp, sharpened clarity, carrying the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves that seem to amplify the stillness of the surrounding timber.

Mount Gretna Heights maintains a character forged in the legacy of late nineteenth-century summer encampments, where the architecture of narrow lanes and elevated porches reflects a history of seasonal retreat and intellectual assembly. The regional economy has long since shifted from the industry of the iron era to a quiet, residential cadence that honors the preservation of its woodland borders. While the Blue Ridge Mountains remain a distant, hazy silhouette against the western horizon, the immediate life of the locale is grounded in the maintenance of its historical cottages and the stewardship of the neighboring wild spaces. Residents often find their way toward the paths of the Horseshoe Trail, traversing the rugged topography that once defined the industrial transit of the interior. In the quiet hours of dusk, the transition of light across the timbered ridges offers a subtle, enduring sense of permanence to those who reside in the shade of these Pennsylvania woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mount Gretna Tabernacle (Theatre) — 0.2 mi, 301° NW
State Game Land 145 (State Resource Management Area) — 0.3 mi, 177° S
Mount Gretna Outdoor Art Show (Public Artwork) — 0.3 mi, 264° W
16th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry at Camp Hastings. (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 277° W
The "Governor's Troop" (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 258° W
State Game Land 156 (State Resource Management Area) — 2.0 mi, 074° E
Colebrook Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 255° W
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 054° NE
Harold Basehore Memorial Field (Local Recreation) — 3.1 mi, 054° NE
Cornwall Open Pit Mine (Historic Ruins) — 3.1 mi, 066° NE
Abandoned Mount Gretna Prison Foundations (Historic Ruins) — 3.2 mi, 238° SW
Cornwall Iron Furnace (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 062° NE
Lebanon Valley Rail-Trail - Phase 4 (Local Recreation) — 4.5 mi, 040° NE
Rannel's Kettle Run Nature Preserve (Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 094° E
Allen Theater (Cinema) — 6.2 mi, 335° NW
Leedy Theater (Theatre) — 6.4 mi, 335° NW
Chestnut Street Log House (Museum) — 6.4 mi, 017° N
Light's Fort (Museum) — 7.2 mi, 014° N
Buck Swank Stadium (Stadium) — 7.9 mi, 300° NW
Adventure Sports in Hershey (Theme Park) — 8.4 mi, 264° W
Petting Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 8.4 mi, 091° E
Schaeffer Farm (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 069° E
Kevin Scott Boyd Stadium (Stadium) — 9.4 mi, 223° SW
Michael Horrocks 9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 283° W
Mount Joy Historical Society (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 194° S
Memorial Lake State Park (State Park) — 13.4 mi, 331° NW
Swatara State Park (State Park) — 14.3 mi, 350° N
Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 15.8 mi, 344° N · 110k acres

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