There are no blazes used to mark the route. Some tripping hazards are marked with orange spray paint. We saw quite a few runners and hikers using the trail.ĭogs also use the trails. It looks hot in the summer, but would be nice in the winter. Most of the trail would be exposed to the afternoon sun. Picnic tables were in front of the parking area. There is no water available at the trailhead. Probably only there for the cross country races. (The Nature Center at Edwin Warner Park is the closest.) There were privies at the trailhead (Sept 12) but they are There are no facilities at the trailhead. The parking area is adjacent to Highway 100. 50 miles from the entrance to Edwin Warner). 20 miles), straight through a light (Old Hickory continuing to the right), and look for the entrance to the parking area in the field to the right (about. Continue straight on Old Hickoryįor 3.5 miles, until it "T’s" into Highway 100 at a light.Ĭontinue past the entrance to Edwin Warner Park (in.
Take Old Hickory south - towards Bellevue. Round-Trip Mileage: 2.30 miles for the outer loopĭirections: Go Interstate 40 to exit 199. Park InfoĪddress: 7311 Highway 100, Nashville, TN 37221 (Nature Center) the Adventure Guide includes Trail Notes, Trail Mileage, and a detailed topo Map. The 2.3 mile path is easy to follow and is well used. It is also a great trail to run, trot, jog, or walk. 3) Gravity Hill needs to be renamed Escher Hill.The Vaughn Creek Cross Country Course is often used for cross country races. The two slopes are at such dramatically different grades, they appear to be going in opposite directions when in fact they are not. 2) It’s caused by an optical illusion that’s created where the steep angle of Old Hickory meets the gentle slope of the park trail. Our eyes were being tricked.Ĭonclusions: 1) Gravity Hill really works. Disclaimer: We are not scientists, but I feel satisfied with what our quick experiment revealed.įollowing unsuccessful attempts with a soccer ball and an unmanned tricycle, the video shows what clearly appears to be Chas getting on his bike without pedaling and coasting uphill.Īfter the ride, we put a carpenter’s level on the road in a few places that looked to us like they had an uphill slant. Who better than WPLN’s ever-impartial political reporter Chas Sisk to help get to the bottom of this. So, after scoping out the scene and snapping some photos, we did some testing. See how Gravity Hill - going from left to right - appears to veer uphill as it branches away from Old Hickory Boulevard? That’s the illusion. Legend has it, you could put your car in neutral and coast uphill. The Edwin Warner Park roadway to the right was once open to car traffic. I was holding the camera as flat as I could, but was probably thrown off by the illusion. The first thing to keep in mind is that there is no flat ground anywhere near Gravity Hill - nothing for your eye to use as a basic calibration point. That’s exactly what’s going on over in Warner Park. She called it an “Escher hill,” after the Dutch artist M.C. Escher. Escher’s lithographs play with perspective to create illusory worlds that defy the laws of physics. WPLN’s Natasha Senjanovic once rolled a water bottle up one of these in Italy. Isn’t any hill - where gravity is functioning as expected - a gravity hill? Shouldn’t a hill where the laws of gravity appear reversed be an “anti-gravity” hill? Likewise, “magnetic hill” obscures the actual cause of this phenomenon, and “mystery hill” insinuates that cause is unknown. Follow the path of the water with your eyes, and get confused. Others are “ magnetic hill” or “ mystery hill.” Andréia Bohner via Flickr
Some folks call theirs “gravity hill,” like the one in Warner Park. People called it “Gravity Hill.” You could stop your car on it, shift into neutral, let your foot off the brake and then roll uphill.Ī quick web search reveals that this phenomenon exists in lots of places around the globe. If you’ve lived in Nashville for decades (rather than just years), you may remember when a certain road in Edwin Warner Park - now closed to car traffic - seemed to possess magical powers. Here’s an intriguing Curious Nashville question we received from Thais Carr:Įxactly how does “Gravity Hill” in Warner Park work? Many times I went up and backwards in my VW with just one tap on the gas.
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