List of gravity hills

This is a list of gravity hills and magnetic hills around the world.

A gravity hill is a place where a slight downhill slope appears to be an uphill slope due to the layout of the surrounding land, creating the optical illusion that water flows uphill or that a car left out of gear will roll uphill. Many of these sites have no specific name and are often called just "Gravity Hill", "Magnetic Hill", "Magic Road" or something similar.

Australia

• Bowen Mountain, New South Wales: Bowen Mountain Road, shortly after turnoff from Grose Vale Road. Known as Magnetic Mountain. Hill starts at intersection of Bowen Mountain Road and Westbury Road.^[1]
• Moonbi, New South Wales, near Tamworth: "Gravity Hill" near the Moonbi lookout^[2]
• Orroroo, South Australia: Magnetic Hill^[3]
• Woodend, Hanging Rock, Victoria: Straws Lane^[4]

Brazil

• Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais: Rua Professor Otávio Coelho de Magalhães (official name), popularly known as Rua do Amendoim (Portuguese for "Peanut Street")^[5][6][7]
• Exu, Pernambuco: BR-122, public road connecting Exu to Bodocó^[8]

Canada

• Abbotsford, British Columbia: McKee Road just before Ledgeview Golf Course^[9]
• Vernon, British Columbia: 5390 Dixon Dam Road^[10]
• Moncton, New Brunswick: Magnetic Hill^[11]
• Bridgetown, Nova Scotia: on Hampton Mountain Road 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Valleyview Provincial Park^[12]
• Burlington, Ontario: King Road, just north of Bayview Park. Stop car at "No Motorized Vehicles" sign, face south.^[13]
• Caledon, Ontario: Escarpment Sideroad approaching Highway 10, stop car at tunnel^[14]
• Dacre, Ontario: Highway 41, near intersection with Highway 132, known as Magnetic Hill^[15]
• Oshawa, Ontario: Ritson Road N (north of Raglan Road); just south of tracks, start near large tree on left, you should roll towards tracks.^[16]
• Chartierville, Quebec: Magnetic Hill^[16]
• Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, Quebec: Route Saint-Louis (Côte magnétique de Buckland)^[17]

China

• Gansu: a 61 m (200 ft) slope at an angle of 15 degrees in a desert region of Sunan County^[18]

Cyprus

• Paphos: Just after Droushia exit to Polis main road.^[19]

Czech Republic

• Kačerov near Zdobnice^[20]
• Moravská Třebová^[21]

Dominican Republic

• Polo: El Polo Magnético ("The Magnetic Pole")^[22]

France

• A 300 m (984 ft) road, between La Loge des Gardes and Renaison near the village Les Noës, known as "route magique"^[23] (magical road)

Germany

• On the L3053 between Butzbach and Hausen-Oes^[24]

Guatemala

• Paso Misterioso, on the road from Cocales, Suchitepéquez to San Lucas Tolimán, Sololá, about 130 km (81 mi) from the capital city^[25][26]

India

• Ladakh: Magnetic Hill in Leh^[27]
• Tulsishyam, Amreli, Gujarat^[28][29]
• Kalo Dungar, Kutch, Gujarat (slope)^[30][31]

Indonesia

• Limpakuwus, Banyumas, Central Java^{[32][33][34][35]}

Ireland

• County Louth: Cooley Peninsula, north of Dundalk, known locally as Magic Hill^[36]
• County Tipperary: Slievenamon, overlooking Carrick-on-Suir and near Clonmel^[37]
• County Waterford: Comeragh Mountains, on the road to the Mahon Falls^[38][39]

Isle of Man

• Between Ronague and the Round Table, called Magnetic Hill^[40]

Italy

• Rome (Lazio): between Albano and Nemi lakes on the ss218, called "Ariccia's downhill"^[41]
• Downhill near Roccabruna (Piedmont)^[42]
• The "mirage" slope in Montagnaga^[43]

Jordan

• Right about sea level on the road between Mount Nebo and the Dead Sea.^[44]

Kenya

• Kyamwilu hills in the Machakos district of Kenya has a location where "water flows uphill".^[45]

Lebanon

• Road to Hamat^[46]

Lithuania

• Auxiliary road to Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant^[47]

Malaysia

• Kimanis–Keningau Highway, 11 km from Keningau^[48]

Mexico

• Nealtican, Puebla: Metepec Hill^[49]

Oman

• Salalah: Anti-Gravity Point^[50]

Philippines

• Los Baños, Laguna: PCARRD^[51]

Poland

• Żar Mountain (Pol. Góra Żar, also called Magiczna Góra) - a small mountain in Little Beskids in southern Poland;^[52] there is a road segment ca. 200 m (660 feet) long circling the mountain where "cars roll uphill"; there are online videos documenting this optical illusion^[53]

Portugal

• Braga: the road behind Bom Jesus do Monte^[54][55][56]

Romania

• County of Maramureș: the road between Budești and Cavnic. The coordinates are 47.70469 N, 23.91786 E.^[57][58]

Serbia

• In the village of Ivanje on Radan Mountain near Kuršumlija^[59]

Saudi Arabia

• Wadi-Al-Jinn (Valley of Jinns) in Madinah North East of Masjid Al-Nabawi^[60]

South Korea

• Jeju Island: Dokebi Road ("Mysterious Road")^{[61][62][63][64]}

Slovakia

• Lačnov ^[65]

Sweden

• Idre: Trollvägen, Nipfjället ^[66]

United Kingdom

England

• Birmingham: Harborne Walkway, Harborne^[67]
• Buckinghamshire: Dancers End Lane, Aston Clinton^[68]
• Essex: Hangman's Hill, High Beech, Epping Forest^[69]
• West Sussex: Rogate, on the A272 road to the west of the village^[70]

Northern Ireland

• County Down: Mourne Mountains, on the B27 head southeast towards the Spelga Dam^[71]

Scotland

• Ayrshire: Electric Brae, on the A719 between Dunure and Croy Bay^[72]

Wales

• Powys: Llangattock (Crickhowell), Brecon Beacons, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Llangattock.^[73]

United States

Alabama

• Oak Grove (Talladega County)^[74]

Alaska

• Anchorage: Upper Huffman Road, Hillside, Anchorage Borough^[75]

Arkansas

• Alma^[76]
• Helena: Sulphur Springs Road^[77]

California

Altadena, California, 1054 E. Loma Alta Dr.^[78]

Rohnert Park (in Sonoma County): From US 101 Freeway, take Rohnert Park Expressway east to Petaluma Hill Road, Petaluma Hill Road south to Roberts Road, Roberts Road east to Lichau Road. At an iron gate with the words "Gracias San Antonio" is the start of the gravity hill section (on the western slope of Sonoma Mountain near the Fairfield Osborn Preserve).^[79]

• Placer County: Highway 20 about 4 miles (6 km) west of the Interstate 80 junction. A Pacific Gas & Electric Company canal crosses under the highway and appears to westbound travelers to flow uphill to the left.^[80]
• San Diego: The exit ramp in Mira Mesa/Sorrento Valley from Interstate 805 North is a gravity hill. Testers should be cautious, considering it is a freeway exit.
• Santa Cruz: 465 Mystery Spot Road off Branciforte Drive near Highway 17 within the redwood forest. A tourist attraction called "Mystery Spot" is operated at the site.^[81][82]
• Whittier: Site at cemetery in Whittier, on Workman Mill Road, near Rio Hondo College^[83]

Florida

• Lake Wales: Spook Hill, Hwy 27 between Orlando and Tampa^[84]

Georgia

• Cumming: Booger Hill a.k.a. Booger Mountain^[85]
• Fort Gaines: Spook Hill, north of town^[86]

Indiana

• Mooresville: Gravity Hill^[87]

Kentucky

• Covington: in Devou Park^[88]
• Princeton: about one mile west of Princeton is a gravity hill on a side road to the right.^[89]

Massachusetts

• Greenfield: Shelburne Road facing east towards Greenfield immediately after the Route 2 overpass^[90]
• Town of Harvard^[91]

Michigan

• Blaine Township (near Arcadia): Putney Road south of its intersection with Joyfield Road^[92]
• Rose City: at the end of Reasner Road, past Heath Road^[93]

Mississippi

• Burnsville^[94]

Missouri

• Freeman: southwest of town near the Kansas border at the intersection of State Highway D and East 299th Street. Just outside Louisburg, Kansas.^[95]

Montana

• Columbia Falls: The Montana Vortex^[96]

New Jersey

• Franklin Lakes: Ewing Avenue exit off Rte. 208 South^[97]
• Jackson: New Prospect Road^[98]
• Titusville: Pleasant Valley Road^[99]

New York

• Middlesex: Spook Hill (Newell Road)^[100]

North Carolina

• Boone: Mystery Hill^[101]
• Richfield: Gravity Hill on Richfield Rd. Local legends suggest paranormal causes for phenomenon.^{[102][103][104]}

Ohio

• Kirtland Hills: King Memorial Road^[105]

Oklahoma

• Bartlesville: Gap Road^[106]
• Springer: Near Ardmore, on Pitt Road.^[107]

Oregon

Gold Hill: the Oregon Vortex^[108] Gravity Hill: the Gravity Hill^[109]

Pennsylvania

• Buckingham Township: a quarter mile from the Mount Gilead African Methodist Episcopal Church.^[110] More specifically, Holicong Road heading south just before Buckingham Mountain.
• Near Lewisberry, York County, on Pleasantview Road (also rendered Pleasant View Road) at State Route 177^[111]
• New Paris: Gravity Hill Road (two gravity hills in this area)^[112][113]
• Near Uniontown: Laurel Caverns^[114]

South Dakota

• Rapid City: Cosmos Mystery Area, 16 miles (26 km) south of Rapid City on Hwy 16, 6 miles (10 km) from Mount Rushmore^[115]

Texas

• El Paso: Thunderbird Drive facing south^[116]
• San Antonio: Just east of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park at the railway crossing at Villamain Road and Shane Road^[117]

Utah

• Salt Lake City: A few blocks northeast of the Capitol building in Salt Lake City. A small road (Bonneville Boulevard) loops around a park called Memory Grove.^[118]

Virginia

• Danville: Berry Hill Rd (VA 863/US 311) and Oak Hill Rd (VA 862)^[119]

Washington

• Prosser: Near a small farm on North Crosby Road, approximately 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Prosser. Set vehicle into neutral at the word "start" that is written across the surface of the road.^[120]

Wisconsin

• Shullsburg: Judgement Street, just after Rennick Road^[121][122]
• Stockbridge: Joe Road, 3 mi (5 km) south of Stockbridge west off STH 55^[123]

Wyoming

• Casper: Garden Creek Road, near the entrance to Rotary Park, when going toward Casper Mountain Road^[124]

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