
A mile before a dead end on Keller Hill Road, just off Highway 42 in Mooresville, Ind., there is a hill…
No signs or postings are there to guide you. Its title ‘Gravity Hill’ started as an unofficial nickname, but time and rumor officially cemented it. What happens on Gravity Hill? First, let me toss out my safety disclaimer.
Remember that this is a public road, so other drivers may be coming along. Be mindful, put on your hazards and, if you’re the driver, don’t even think about filming and steering at the same time.
On Gravity Hill in Mooresville, if you place your car in neutral at the correct point, you’ll begin coasting uphill for over a mile, almost the entire way back to Highway 42. Within minutes, you’ll see the road wooshing by as you make your way UP hill.Â
Some drivers have been so disoriented with the experience they became car sick. If that’s the case, you can always use the brake. Some locals dismiss it as a simple optical illusion, but if so, the hill’s optical illusion has attracted thousands of wandering Hoosiers for decades. That’s an impressive illusion in itself. But…