Oak Hill

Iowa · USA · Cemetery

A gravity hill by a cemetery at Estherville, Iowa. Put the car in neutral between the two markers and it is said to roll uphill.

Oak Hill outside Estherville, Iowa is a cemetery with a hill beside it, and the hill is the reason people come.

The story holds that a car full of football players on their way to a game stalled on the slope. They got out to push it up, and a car came round the bend, did not see them, and killed them all.

No such crash appears in any record, and a collision killing an entire team would be among the best remembered events in the county's history. It should be read as legend.

What people actually do here is the test. Put the car in neutral between the two markers and it rolls uphill, apparently pushed by the boys who died trying to move theirs.

Gravity hills are an optical illusion produced by a false horizon, and there are dozens across the Midwest. The illusion is real, convincing, and worth experiencing. The story explaining it is not.

FAQ

Hvor ligger Oak Hill?

Oak Hill ligger i Iowa, USA.