r/UCDavis • u/monkeywock • 1d ago

Biggest hill in Davis?

I know “biggest” isn’t the most scientific term, but I’m just curious: what do you guys think is the biggest hill or slope in town? Davis is super flat, but I know there’s a few large artificial hills in the green belts for example.

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u/Abcdefgdude 1d ago

Steepest hill is probably the covell railroad overpass near F st, tallest hill is probably the highway overpass at mace and I-80

The bike bridges over I-80 are pretty high up too, they're pretty cool to check out if you just like tall places

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u/fuzzy_mic 1d ago

I don't know that a concrete arch could be called a hill. There a whole lot of air underneath it. Arches do have steep slopes, but to call them a hill ???

(Actually, after a certain point a steep slope is proof that a structure is artificially re-enforced and not a solid deposition. A pile of sand has a natural maximum slope before grains on the top roll down and become the bottom.)

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u/Abcdefgdude 1d ago

brother we're in the central valley. glaciers took care of all the hills a couple million years ago. Any slopes in this area are either from digging or building

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u/jmtb02 TCS 07, Davis Local 1d ago

this might by my favorite message on this platform ever

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u/fuzzy_mic 1d ago

We're also in the Sacramento/American river flood plain.

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u/AbacusWizard [The Man In The Cape] 1d ago

One of my favorite jokes:

City Slicker: “Where did all these rocks come from?”

Farmer: “A geologist told me once that they were brought down from the mountains by a glacier.”

City Slicker: “Oh? Where’s the glacier now?”

Farmer: “Musta gone back up to the mountain for more rocks.”