Shortly after moving to Burlington in 1967 I heard rumours about a magnetic hill in North Burlington. Even though nobody knew exactly where it was located most knew that it was somewhere on the ‘Dump’ Road as it was known in those days because that is where the entrance to the Burlington Landfill Site used to be located. Since the closing of the dump in 1988 it is known again by the loftier official name King Road.

In those early days I must have stopped at every hump in the road between the North Service Road and the top of the Escarpment without ever finding forces, other than my car engine, capable of moving my car ‘uphill’. It was not until 1985 when a local newspaper published a story about Burlington’s ‘own’ Magnetic Hill that I learned about the exact location. The next day I set out to find the ellusive hill but soon it became apparent that I wasn’t the only one who had read the article. Seeing all the traffic I turned around and went home. I went back a few days later and had the hill all to myself!!

Burlington's Magnetic Hill is listed in the International Directory of Magnetic Hills, Gravity Hills, Mystery Hills and Gravity Mountains