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How big is the Space Needle?
184 m
The Space Needle measures 184 m. That's about 15 school buses lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 184 meters, or about 604 feet.
- It's about 108 times taller than an average adult (1.7 m).
- Roughly 15 school buses could line up across it.
- At a normal walking pace you'd cross it in about 131 seconds.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #175 by size.
Size comparison
How Space Needle stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
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
sand dune
180 m
submarine
170 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 0.924% of its height.
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