gravity hill
Sign in to saveAlso known as magnetic hill, mystery hill, mystery spot, gravity road
place where the layout of the surrounding land produces an optical illusion, making a slight downhill slope appear to be an uphill slope
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Within Vinony's link graph, gravity hill is referenced by 177 other articles, and connects out to gravity, International Standard Book Number and New Brunswick.
It is catalogued under the topic Gravity hills.
Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- geographic location
- Image
- Magnetic Hill-Moncton-New Brunswick-20170620.jpg
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- has characteristic
- optical illusion
- has effect
- optical illusion
- Commons category
- Gravity hills
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Encyclopedic overview
Water appearing to run uphill at Magnetic Hill in New Brunswick Magnetic Hill in Moncton, New Brunswick
A gravity hill, also known as a magnetic hill, mystery hill, mystery spot, gravity road, or anti-gravity hill, is a place where the layout of the surrounding land produces an illusion, making a slight downhill slope appear to be an uphill slope. Thus, a car left out of gear will appear to be rolling uphill against gravity.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “gravity hill” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.