Talk:List of gravity hills

Question
How do we know it's an optical illusion? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.91.93.17 (talk) 14:02, 25 June 2008 (UTC)


 * We have found another in the junction of south cave going in to Walkington. Please find someone and add. 31.94.28.166 (talk) 16:44, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Order?
Texas and Tennessee are out of alphabetical order. Tennessee should come before Texas. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kenrus (talk • contribs) 18:36, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Australia

 * Straws Lane, Macedon, near Hanging Rock, Victoria
 * Forrestfield, Western Australia: Holmes Road, halfway between Whistlepipe Gully and Crumpet Creek, known as Gravity Hill.
 * Toowoomba, Queensland: a part of Prince Henry Drive. Known as Gravity Point, appears to be on a slope but a car will not move when placed in neutral.
 * Mount Cotton, Queensland: Spook Hill, almost at the end of Mount View Road, on the slight left hand turn.

Barbados

 * St. Andrew: Morgan Lewis Hill, also known as Magnetic Hill. On most maps it is shown as Cherry Tree Hill in the center of Barbados.

Belize

 * Hummingbird Highway: halfway between Dangriga and Belmopan there is a gravity hill on the Hummingbird Highway.

Brazil

 * Belo Horizonte: Rua do Amendoim.
 * Itajubá: Estrada Itajubá.

Bulgaria

 * Dabrava, Stara Zagora Province: A downhill country road leading to a distant Stara Zagora district of Dabrava (a former village) appears to be going uphill.

Canada

 * Port Stanley, Ontario: Centennial Road (between Sparta Union Road and the Fruitridge Road)
 * Vernon, British Columbia: Dixon Dam Road.
 * Caledon, Ontario: Escarpment Sideroad, near the Devil's Pulpit Golf Assn. Enter Escarpment Sdrd. from Hwy 10, face north.
 * Powell River, British Columbia: Gibson's Beach Road (shortly after the driver turns off the highway)
 * Cobourg, Ontario: Gully Road, in between Cobourg and Grafton. Take Highway 2 to Gully Road, drive north and turn the car around. Put the car in neutral right at the posted speed limit sign, facing the Highway 401 bridge.
 * Thunder Hill, Manitoba: On the main gravel road to the ski hill there is one part where you put ur car into neutral and u will go backwards up hill then speed up more after u go over the little hump. To the local farmers and the village of Benito it is called Magnetic Hill.

Cyprus

 * Approx 1 km outside the village of Droushia, in the North West, on the road from Kathikas to Polis.

Georgia (country)|Georgia

 * Near the park of Mtatsminda (Holy Mountain), Tbilisi.

Germany

 * Hessen: on the L3053 between Butzbach and Hausen.

Greece

 * Penteli mountain: on the road from Athens to Nea Makri, near the crossroad to Daveli's Cave.
 * Leptokarya, under Mount Olympus and near Litochoro: on the road uphill towards Livithra café.

Indonesia

 * East Java: Kelud volcano.

Ireland

 * County Donegal: Gleniff Horseshoe, along the horseshoe
 * County Roscommon: Strokestown, no known name
 * County Dublin: View Point, Dublin Mountain, across from view point carpark
 * County Down: Spelga Dam, near Hilltown, known locally as the magic road
 * Craggy Island (fictional): The Magic Road.

Italy

 * Montagnaga, province of Trento
 * At the edge of Lago Albano, 60 km south of Rome, a hill along SS218 between Rocca di Papa and Ariccia, coordinates 41.74111°N, 12.69833°W.
 * On the way up the mount of Castellammare del Golfo, province of Trapani in Sicily.

Jordan

 * Jordan Street in Amman. A hill on the right of Ministry of Higher Education Building. Check Youtube on Jordan Street

Kenya

 * Kituluni Hill in Machakos District, Kenya, East Africa. A sloping part of the road linking Machakos Town to Mitaboni Town

Lebanon

 * Tripoli. An off-road to the right of the main Highway to Tripoli.

Malaysia

 * Along KM 5, Kimanis-Keningau road, Sabah.
 * KM 13, Simpang Pulai-Cameron Highland road, Perak

Phillipines

 * 32 km signpost on the Bacolod City to San Carlos City highway, Negros Occidental.
 * KM34 SB13 signpost on the Bacolod City to Salvador Benedicto highway, Negros Occidental.

Poland

 * 18 km south of Jelenia Góra in Karpacz Górny on Strazacka road.
 * Road leading to Zar hill in Little Beskids
 * Tuczno

Portugal

 * Braga: a road in a wood near the church of Bom Jesus do Monte.
 * Cascais: a road on a hill near Malveira da Serra and Guincho Beach.
 * Lisbon: near Monsanto forest.

Romania

 * Maramures: a road between Budesti and Cavnic

Saudi Arabia

 * Medinah: 25 kilometers north-west of Medinah, co-ordinates: 24°43'21.21"N & 39°26'40.26"E

Serbia

 * Lebane: Radan Mountain, a stream.

South Africa

 * Johannesburg: Lombardy East, Modderfontein Road c/o Curie Road. When entering Lombardy East from the east (i.e. Edenvale) end, a car left in neutral rolls towards oncoming (Eastbound) traffic.
 * Garden Route: (S33.91737_E22.02520), On the R328 coming from Oudtshoorn towards Mossel Bay, descending the Robinson Pass between Ruiterbos Forestry Station and Eight Bells Lodge, as you exit the hairpin bend, there seems to be a slight uphill.

Syria

 * As-Suwayda. A road connecting the town to the mount.

Trinidad and Tobago

 * Trinidad: Saddle Road, on the road to Maracas Beach.

Alabama

 * Huntsville: Big Cove Road
 * Huntsville: Sparkman Dr/ I 565 West intersection
 * Russelville: Henry Hill

Alaska

 * Anchorage: Head east on O'malley road and take a right near the top onto Hillside drive. Head south for one mile and take a left onto Upper Huffman road. Continue up the wavy road to a fork in the road. Turn around and head back down. The first hill going up on the downslope is drivable in neutral.

Arkansas

 * Fayetteville.
 * Dyer: Ridge Road.

California

 * Antioch: Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve. Exit Highway 4 at Sommersville South, follow it until the road runs out. The mine road begins approximately 1.5 to 2.0 miles into the park after passing the information booth.
 * Antioch: on Empire Mine Road. This road has since been closed to the public. From East/West exit Highway 4 at Lone Tree Way, turn right on Deer Valley Road, turn right on Empire Mine Road. From South, take Ygnacio Valley Road, right on Clayton Road which becomes Marsh Creek Road, left on Deer Valley, left on Empire Mine Road.
 * Buena Park: At the end of San Lucas Circle facing south. Street is level, yet car will start rolling after 1–2 minutes in neutral.
 * Corona: On Gilbert Ave going north between Hidden Springs Drive and Cleveland Way.
 * La Jolla:
 * Oak Glen: Oak Glen Road past Oak Glen.
 * ]: on the 805 west just before [[Boulevard, California on the San Diego and Imperial county line, leave the mountain spring road, drive down the incline and place the car in neutral.
 * Pasadena: Go up Porter from Altadena Drive, make left on Loma Alta, and go all the way till you reach a hillside with a lone light post. It is also noted that you should put white powder on your trunk/bumper.
 * Santa Paula: On the CA 126 headed West. Make a right on the road just before the little red school house.
 * Spring Valley: La Presa St. north of Jamacha Rd. Not as good as before houses were built there.
 * Vallejo: Lake Herman Road off Columbus Parkway. Spot is at the bottom of the first hill where the road merges into single lanes.
 * Whittier: Rose Hills Cemetery. there is a steep incline in which water seems to flows uphill and cars do not roll down the hill.

Connecticut

 * Trumbull: Exit 7 on Route 25 North. Stop the car on the crack a few feet behind the stop line and it will roll backwards "up" the ramp. In the 19th century, a railroad bed that existed at what is the current intersection of White Plains Rd. and the exit ramp. A section of this rail bed has been preserved as a nature walk, locally known as "the valley."

Hawaii

 * Honolulu: Acid Hill, Poola St, off Kalanianaole Hwy East Oahu before Kuaiwi Place below Ancient Hawaiian Heiau: Before residential expansion, this area was a cul de sac and was much easier to test. The area is a level area of roadway after climbing the hill following the hairpin turn (approx. 500m after Puahia Pl) just before the gated community.  Face the car towards the ocean.  Legend has it that the Ancient Hawaiian spirits of the Heiau help move the car.

Iowa

 * Estherville: Drive about 1 mile south from Shullsburg past the water tower on City. U. Stop next to the curve/25 mph sign.  Put the vehicle in neutral and roll backward up the hill.

Idaho

 * Post Falls: Take Spokane street exit and head south. Take a left on Schilling loop, past W. Margishward road. Head south about 0.2 miles. you will come to a small hill on the dirt road. go to the top of the hill turn around and stop right where the hill starts to go down.
 * Grangeville: Mount Idaho Grade Road, heading North just before Highway 13 (Main Street).

Kentucky

 * Covington: near the circle overlooking Cincinnati near Devou Park
 * Albany:

Maryland

 * Burkittsville: Gapland Road about a quarter mile west of town. It appears that vehicles roll 'uphill' east toward the center of town.

Michigan

 * Calumet: Tamarack Water Works Road
 * St. Ignace: just off Hwy. US-2
 * Farmington Hills Cemetery: 12mile road between Inkster and Middlebelt

Minnesota

 * Montevideo: On-ramp to Hwy 7 from North 1st Street

Mississippi

 * Iuka: about 3 miles north of Highway 25 after passing the Tennessee River in Burnsville, Mississippi traveling east.

New Jersey

 * Holmdel: the hill was leveled along with the abandoned Lily Tulip Factory.
 * Cherry Hill: Right before the first bend on Plymouth Drive in Kresson Woods residential neighborhood.
 * Woodbury: Near Booth Radiology on Kings Highway

New York

 * Near Cornwall: Deer Hill Rd (off the U.S. Route 9W)
 * Portville
 * Middlesex: Spook Hill.
 * Rockland County: Spook Rock Road.
 * Arkwright (south of Fredonia): Route 83 and Miller Road

Oklahoma

 * Springer: Exit 42 west. Go north on Pioneer Road to the corner of Vermont Road. Go to bottom of hill, turn around and come back up to a black painted line.

Pennsylvania

 * North East
 * Ross Township: North Park
 * Lewisberry - At the intersection of Wyndemere Road and Pleasant View Rd. Listed at Roadside America.


 * Existing list (Pennsylvania)--The Brandy Camp I've located isn't anywhere near Harrisburg--in fact, it's in Elk County, more than halfway to Erie. But I've been to one of these things around York I think, and that's not on this list...time to do some research.... PurpleChez (talk) 00:19, 8 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I removed the "Brandy Camp, near Harrisburg" citation. (1) There is no Brandy Camp near Harrisburg--it's in Elk County, about 170 miles from Harrisburg, on the way to Erie, and (2) Every citation I found for a gravity hill in Brandy Camp (near Harrisburg or otherwise) stated that this seemed to be some sort of well-traveled error. PurpleChez (talk) 00:41, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

South Dakota

 * Spearfish: Tinton Road,Gravity Hill

Tennessee

 * Union City: Triple Hills Road
 * Crossville: Mile Marker 10
 * Johnson City: Okolona Road exit off I-26

Virginia

 * Pittsylvania County: Near Danville, at the confluence of Oak Hill Road and Berry Hill Road.

Washington

 * North of Prosser at 85001-119999 N Crosby Rd.

West Virginia

 * Ansted: Mystery Hole.

Wyoming

 * Casper: Drive up Casper Mountain Road. Take the first right, 1/8th mile the illusion exists next to the tree on the right.

Uruguay
Las Cumbres, Maldonado. Near Punta del Este

Turkey

 * Erzurum: Road to Abdurrahman Gazi Türbesi

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A lot of the elements of this list are non-notable, so I'm going to remove a few of the most non-notable. I'm going to do this in chunks because my browser tends to freeze up. Here's the diff right before I started my removal:. I'll post the final diff when I'm done. --- cymru lass (hit me up)⁄(background check) 02:58, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
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References are required - why?
It's pretty common for new editors to come to this page and list a gravity hill that they know of personally, using map coordinates or perhaps a YouTube video as a reference. These additions quickly get removed, which is frustrating and confusing, so I thought I'd reiterate the wikipedia rule here.

The gold standard in wikipedia isn't truth (which is often very, very hard to determine) - it is verifiability (which is easier to determine). References have to involves outsiders who have written about or otherwise referenced the thing you're writing about.

This produces some weird situations, such as when you are actually standing on a gravity hill but can't write about it because nobody else has mentioned it in a printed or online source. Very, very frustrating, I know.

But necessary.

This article is already a long, long, long list - imagine how long it would be if everybody could put down every time they think they saw a gravity hill somewhere. "Turn left after the intersection of routes X and Y, and go 3 miles until you see a red barn." - there have literally been examples similar to that. It would be (in fact, it was) a garbled cluttered mess of hearsay.

Requiring a verifiable source doesn't guarantee that the mystery hill is legitimate, and it forces this article to overlook lots of mystery hills, but it's the best we can do so far.

I hope that helps. Of course, comment and debate about whether to continue to police is always welcome. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 16:32, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

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The living men
How does men live 5.46.243.49 (talk) 12:01, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

Man Made?
There are cases when this has been recreated, such as for the resort Xenses in MExico. Should this count? Evenite (talk) 04:21, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

Montevideo, Minnesota Gravity Hill
Hello! I hail from Montevideo, MN where we have a Gravity Hill that isn't listed on this page. It's long been notorious among residents there and we've made efforts to add it to this list in the past however we were missing citations. We've since found a citation and are curious if it would meet the proper standards for inclusion:

https://www.johnweeks.com/river_minnesota/pages/mnC17.html

The reference is in the 3rd paragraph. Hanscoridge (talk) 19:21, 5 March 2024 (UTC)