We're Out of Here » Bedford County http://wereoutofheredc.com Off-beat, budget travel in the DC region Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:13:55 +0000 en hourly 1 Gravity Hill – Caught on video http://wereoutofheredc.com/2009/06/03/destination-our-video-of-gravity-hill-pa/ http://wereoutofheredc.com/2009/06/03/destination-our-video-of-gravity-hill-pa/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:09:29 +0000 Emily http://wereoutofheredc.com/?p=17 A few weeks ago for our post on gravity hills (stretches of land that appear to lead uphill, when they actually on a decline), I couldn’t find a decent YouTube video to illustrate the phenomenon. So over Memorial Day weekend, I filmed one myself in Bedford County, Pa.

Here’s the very short video:

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Bedford, Pa., isn’t the only place around here with a gravity hill. A two hour drive from DC, Burkittsville, Maryland, the site of 1990’s horror flick the Blair Witch Project. Unfortunately, this hill doesn’t have it’s own website, but it is captured on YouTube.

I hope to stop off in at the more famous (and better marketed) gravity hill on the way to a camping trip at Ohiopyle, Pa., over Memorial Day weekend.

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