Landmarks · #173 biggest of 1,014
How big is the Hoover Dam?
221 m
The Hoover Dam measures 221 m. That's about 2.1 soccer fields lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 221 meters, or about 725 feet.
- It's about 130 times taller than an average adult (1.7 m).
- Roughly 18 school buses could line up across it.
- At a normal walking pace you'd cross it in about 158 seconds.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #173 by size.
Size comparison
How Hoover Dam stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
Chrysler Building
319 m
Titanic
269 m
Hindenburg airship
245 m
Tower Bridge
244 m
Hoover Dam
221 m
Gateway Arch
192 m
Space Needle
184 m
Statue of Unity
182 m
Three Gorges Dam
181 m
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 0.769% of its height.
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