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List of gravity hills

List of gravity hills is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of gravity hills rather than just read about it. In short: 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.

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Reference excerpt

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.

Argentina Buenos Aires Province: El camino misterioso, just outside Tandil. coordinates: 37°20′21.60″S 59°5′12.60″W Chubut: On ruta provincial 12, connecting Gualjaina to Esquel. coordinates: 42°44′25″S 70°47′36″W Jujuy: Locality Las Lajitas, on ruta provincial 56, between La Mendieta and Carahunco. coordinates: 24°21′15.70″S 65°1′31″W

Armenia Aragatsotn Province: On the road to Lake Kari, on Mount Aragats.coordinates: 40°26′10″N 44°13′40.50″E

Australia

Bowen Mountain, in 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 Roadcoordinates: 33°34′20″S 150°38′37.70″E Forrestfield, Western Australia: Holmes Road, There is a right hand bend about 300 metres (yards) north of Whistlepipe Ct, then a gradual left hand bend. The location is between these two bends.coordinates: 31°58′38.20″S 116°1′40″E Moonbi, New South Wales, near Tamworth: "Gravity Hill" near the Moonbi lookoutcoordinates: 30°58′22.80″S 151°6′18″E Orroroo, South Australia: Magnetic Hill, on the road from Black Rock to Pekinacoordinates: 32°51′55.70″S 138°37′31″E Woodend, Hanging Rock, Victoria: Straws Lanecoordinates: 37°21′22″S 144°36′23.20″E Brisbane, Queensland: Spook Hill, on Mount View Road.coordinates: 27°36′53″S 153°13′7.70″E

Azerbaijan Goygol District: Between Ganja and Goygol Lake.

Barbados Gravity hill at Morgan Lewis, Saint Andrew.coordinates: 13°16′21″N 59°34′40″W

Belize "Magnetic Hill" on the Hummingbird Highway.coordinates: 17°3′48″N 88°35′23″W

Brazil

Mato Grosso: On the MT-251 road between Cuiabá and Chapada Dos Guimarães.coordinates: 15°22′4.8″S 55°50′42″W Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais: Rua Professor Otávio Coelho de Magalhães (official name), popularly known as Rua do Amendoim (Portuguese for "Peanut Street"). coordinates: 19°57′13.86″S 43°54′54.22″W São Thomé das Letras, Minas Gerais: Ladeira do Amendoim. coordinates: 21°42′21″S 44°59′0.50″W Paraíba: On the BR-110, near Teixeira.coordinates: 7°12′39″S 37°16′13″W Exu, Pernambuco: "Ladeira da Gameleira" on the BR-122 federal highway segment connecting Exu to Crato.coordinates: 7°25′50″S 39°45′17.2″W Rio de Janeiro: Locality of Belvedere, near Petrópolis.coordinates: 22°33′17″S 43°14′10″W Rio Grande do Norte: On the BR-226 federal highway segment between Jucurutu and Florâniacoordinates: 6°6′57.4″S 36°54′27″W Santa Catarina: On the SC-110, between Bom Retiro and Urubici. coordinates: 27°53′36″S 49°34′39″W

Canada

Abbotsford, British Columbia: McKee Road just before Ledgeview Golf Course Whonnock, Maple Ridge, British Columbia: Just south of 100th Avenue on 256th Street.coordinates: 49°11′0.70″N 122°30′45.8″W Vernon, British Columbia: 5390 Dixon Dam Road.coordinates: 50°17′3.60″N 119°12′43″W Benito, Manitoba: "Magnet Hill". Heading west after leaving P.R. No. 487 towards the Thunder Hill Ski Area, an apparent dip in the road provides the illusion.coordinates: 52°1′37.60″N 101°34′51″W Moncton, New Brunswick: Magnetic Hill. One of the most well-known gravity hills worldwide.coordinates: 46°8′12″N 64°53′25″W Bridgetown, Nova Scotia: on Hampton Mountain Road 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Valleyview Provincial Park Burlington, Ontario: King Road, just north of Bayview Park. Stop car at "No Motorized Vehicles" sign, face south.coordinates: 43°20′13″N 79°51′42″W Caledon, Ontario: Escarpment Sideroad just off Highway 10, at Escarpment's intersection with the street leading to Devil's Pulpit Golf Course.coordinates: 43°50′24″N 79°58′4″W Dacre, Ontario: near the intersection of Highway 41, near intersection with Highway 132, known as Magnetic Hillcoordinates: 45°21′27.5″N 77°0′48.8″W Sparta, Ontario: "Magnetic hill", on Centennial Road. coordinates: 42°42′50″N 81°8′53.80″W Oshawa, Ontario: Ritson Road N (north of Raglan Road).coordinates: 44°2′3.7″N 78°54′55.7″W Chartierville, Quebec: Magnetic Hill.coordinates: 45°15′54.6″N 71°12′19.3″W Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, Quebec: Route Saint-Louis (Côte magnétique de Buckland)coordinates: 46°36′1.3″N 70°32′17.8″W

Chile Arica y Parinacota Region, Arica Province: Zona magnética, on ruta 11 (the Arica-Putre road). coordinates: 18°27′12.30″S 69°45′50.60″W Easter Island (Rapa Nui, Isla de Pascua), Valparaíso Region: Punto magnético, near Anakena beach. coordinates: 27°4′58.80″S 109°19′3″W Valparaíso Region: Arbol magnético or Algarrobo magnético, on the road connecting the town of Jahuel to the Termas de Jahuel Spa. The location is marked by a large Prosopis tree growing beside the road. coordinates: 32°41′26.30″S 70°36′6″W

China Liaoning: The Strange Slope (or Magic Slope): an 80 metres (87 yards) long slope in Guaipo Resort, about 30 km (19 mi) to the north-east of the city of Shenyang. coordinates: 42°3′55″N 123°38′1″E Liaoning: a 76 m (250 ft) slope near Liujia Wopeng Village, Huludao City.

Costa Rica Alajuela Province: La cuesta magnética, on the Bijagua-Upala road. coordinates: 10°46′23.70″N 85°1′46″W

Cyprus Paphos: Just after Droushia exit to Polis main road.coordinates: 34°58′58.6″N 32°24′21.6″E

Czech Republic Close to the village of Kačerov near Zdobnice.coordinates: 50°14′12.60″N 16°22′27.40″E On the road leading from Moravská Třebová to the village of Hřebeč, at the point where it branches off from route 35. coordinates: 49°45′7.8″N 16°35′49.50″E

Denmark Bornholm: Magnetbakken. coordinates: 55°11′13.1″N 14°58′30″E

Dominican Republic Polo: El Polo Magnético ("The Magnetic Pole")coordinates: 18°9′44″N 71°15′18″W

El Salvador Sonsonate Department: On the CA 8W (Ruta de las flores), in Salcoatitan.coordinates: 13°50′5.5″N 89°45′45.5″W

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Example 1 — a first encounter with List of gravity hills

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what List of gravity hills claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to List of gravity hills before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about List of gravity hills ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of List of gravity hills

In research: List of gravity hills appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of gravity hills in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of gravity hills is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Gravity hills, Optical illusions, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for List of gravity hills outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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