Plants · #257 biggest of 1,014
How big is an oak tree?
25 m
An oak tree measures 25 m. That's about 2.08 school buses lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 25 meters, or about 82 feet.
- It's about 15 times taller than an average adult (1.7 m).
- Roughly 15 adult humans could line up across it.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #257 by size.
Size comparison
How oak tree stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
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Bars use a logarithmic scale so everything fits — real differences are even more extreme!
Fun fact
Standing beside it, an average person (1.7 m tall) would reach only about 6.8% of its height.
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