Washington Monument
169.046 m (554.6 ft)
Architectural height
The marble obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Height: 169.05 m (554 ft 7 in).
Published
How big is that?
169.046 m is 1.5 times an NFL field and 51% of the Eiffel Tower.
Washington Monument is the 5th largest of the 39 Classic objects, and the 34th largest of the 109 objects across all three SizeItUp games.
Closest in size from the other games: Starship (Full stack) (Cosmic Scale), 124 m tall and Bennu (Asteroid) (Cosmic Scale), 484 m across.
Size comparison
To scale, smallest to largest: Washington Monument in orange beside the Classic objects nearest in size, in teal.
| Object | Size | vs Washington Monument |
|---|---|---|
| American football field (NFL)An NFL field seen from above, measured from end line to end line. | 109.728 m long | 65% of the size |
| Great Pyramid of Giza (Today)The largest of the three pyramids at Giza, Egypt. | 137.5 m tall | 81% of the size |
| Washington Monument | 169.046 m tall | – |
| Golden Gate Bridge (Tower)One of the two Art Deco towers of San Francisco's suspension bridge, measured above the water. | 227 m tall | 1.3× bigger |
| Eiffel TowerThe wrought-iron lattice tower in Paris. | 330 m tall | 2× bigger |
In other units
| Metres | 169.046 |
|---|---|
| Kilometres | 0.169046 |
| Feet | 554.6 |
| Yards | 184.9 |
How it's measured
Architectural height. NOAA National Geodetic Survey, 2013-14 survey.
Tall buildings are quoted several ways: to the roof, to the top of the spire (architectural height) or to the tip of an antenna.
Sources
- ngs.noaa.gov: 554 feet 7 and 11/32 inches, the same as 169.046 meters +/- 1.0 mm.
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Could you have guessed it by eye?
Washington Monument is one of the objects in Classic, a daily size comparison game: you stretch a shape to the size you think is right beside one you know.