Healy Heights

Healy Heights sits on a ridge in Portland's West Hills, west of Hillsdale and south of the more densely populated Southwest Hills neighborhoods. The area straddles the divide between Cascade views to the east and Coast Range views to the west — a geography that gives even modest homes an outsized sense of elevation and openness. Like many of Portland's upper West Hills neighborhoods, Healy Heights was developed largely in the post-WWII era with ranch-style and Craftsman homes on generous lots.

Healy Heights Park is the neighborhood's focal point, featuring a playground, basketball court, soccer field, and walking trails with city and mountain views. The 645-acre Tryon Creek State Natural Area is accessible at the neighborhood's southern edge — Oregon's only state park within a major metro area, with 8 miles of trails and 8 bridges over the creek. The combination of neighborhood-scale park amenities and state park access makes Healy Heights a destination for trail runners, dog walkers, and birders from across SW Portland.

Healy Heights shares a neighborhood association structure with adjacent Southwest Hills through the Southwest Neighborhoods Inc. coalition. Trafton's Foreign Auto, a long-running independent auto shop on the Hillsdale corridor, is one of the few commercial landmarks closely associated with the Healy Heights area in local lore.