Rivers · #78 biggest of 1,014
How big is the Hudson River?
507 km
The Hudson River measures 507 km. That's about 57 Mount Everests lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 507 km, or about 315 miles.
- It's about 298,235 times taller than an average adult (1.7 m).
- Roughly 57 Mount Everests could line up across it.
- Walking nonstop, you'd need about 4.19 days to travel its length.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #78 by size.
Size comparison
How Hudson River stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
Ceres (dwarf planet)
939 km
Seine River
777 km
Vesta (asteroid)
525 km
Pallas (asteroid)
512 km
Hudson River
507 km
Enceladus (moon)
504 km
Miranda (moon)
471 km
Thames River
346 km
Hyperion (moon)
270 km
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 less than 0.001% of its height.
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