How big is 30,000 acres?
It's about one-tenth as big as Los Angeles
The size of Los Angeles is about 300,200 acres.
(a.k.a. LA, a.k.a. City of Angels) (California)
The largest city in California and the sixth-largest city in the United States, Los Angeles measures 300,200 acres in total area. The city is known as the "Entertainment Capital of the World" for its contributions to media, entertainment, and culture.
It's about one-tenth as big as Phoenix
The size of Phoenix is about 304,000 acres.
(Arizona)
The capital of and largest city in Arizona and fifth-largest city in the United States as of 2009, Phoenix measures 304,000 acres in total area. The city is known as an economic and cultural center of the American Southwest.
It's about ten-and-a-half times as big as Mackinac Island
The size of Mackinac Island is about 2,794 acres.
(Michigan)
Mackinac Island measures 2,794.80 acres in total land area. The island is located in Lake Huron and is known as a historically-cultured tourist destination and summer colony, home to the well-known Victorian Grand Hotel.
It's about eleven times as big as Dublin International Airport (DUB)
The size of Dublin International Airport (DUB) is about 2,679 acres.
(a.k.a. Aerfort Bhaile Átha Cliath) (Collinstown, Leinster, Ireland) (total site area)
Dublin International Airport covers a total area of 2,679 acres, including two passenger terminals, outbuildings, and two main runways. The total length of both runways is 4,709 m.
It's about one-tenth as big as Wellington
The size of Wellington is about 343,000 acres.
(Te Whanganui-a-Tara) (New Zealand) (Wellington metro area)
The capital of New Zealand, Wellington covers 343,000 acres in total area. The Old Government Buildings, the former site of Kiwi government administration for over one-hundred years, is one of the largest wooden buildings in the world.
It's about twelve times as big as Boracay Island
The size of Boracay Island is about 2,550 acres.
(Malay, Aklan, Philippines)
Frequently called "the best island in the world," Boracay Island measures 2,550 acres. The most famous destination of the Island is the 4-km-long White Beach.
It's about one-tenth as big as Delihi
The size of Delihi is about 366,500 acres.
(a.k.a. Dillī, a.k.a. Dillī, a.k.a. Dēhlī, formally National Capital Territory of Delhi) (India)
Delhi, the capital union territory of India, covers 366,500 acres. Delhi has one of the highest road densities in the country of India, with 29,648 km of roads.
It's about one-tenth as big as Houston
The size of Houston is about 370,900 acres.
(Texas)
The largest city in Texas and the fourth-largest city in the United States as of 2009, Houston measures 370,900 acres in total area. The city is known for its broad corporate base, prominence in oilfield equipment, and for its port, which accepts more cargo than any other port in the United States.
It's about one-fifteenth as big as London
The size of London is about 390,200 acres.
(a.k.a. Greater London) (London Region) (England, United Kingdom)
London, one of the most important global cities in the world, currently occupies a total area of 390,200 acres. For more than one hundred years, between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it was the largest city in the world by population.
It's about one-fifteenth as big as Stewart Island
The size of Stewart Island is about 415,100 acres.
(a.k.a. Rakiura) (Southland, New Zealand) (total land area)
Stewart Island, New Zealand's third-largest island measures 415,100 acres. Eighty-five percent of the Island, or about 345,900 acres, is Rakiura National Park, which opened in 2002.
It's about eighteen times as big as London-Gatwick Airport (LGW)
The size of London-Gatwick Airport (LGW) is about 1,670 acres.
(a.k.a. Gatwick Airport, a.k.a. London Gatwick) (Crawley, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom)
London-Gatwick Airport covers 1,670 acres in total area. The airport offers a single runway with a total length of 3,316 m.
It's about nineteen times as big as Gibraltar
The size of Gibraltar is about 1,600 acres.
(British overseas territory) (total area)
The British overseas territory Gibraltar is located at the southern tip of Spain overlooking the Mediterranean Sea at the Strait of Gibraltar and measures of 1,600 acres in total area. It is renowned as the home of the Rock of Gibraltar (a.k.a. Calpe, a.k.a. Jabal al Tariq), a well-known tourist attraction.
It's about one-twentieth as big as Cape Town
The size of Cape Town is about 608,100 acres.
(a.k.a. Kaapstad, a.k.a. iKapa, a.k.a. The Mother City) (Western Cape, South Africa) (for Cape Town metro area)
Cape Town, South Africa's legislative capital, measures 608,100 acres in total metro area. The core of Cape Town lies at the base of Table Mountain (a.k.a. Huriǂoaxa, a.k.a. Tafelberg), a 1,084.6 m peak.
It's about twenty times as big as Chennai International Airport (MAA)
The size of Chennai International Airport (MAA) is about 1,323 acres.
(f.k.a. Madras Airport) (Chennai City, Tamil Nadu, India) (total land area)
Chennai International Airport covers a total area of about 1,323 acres, including four terminals and other outbuildings. The airport offers a total of 6,587 m runway length between its two main runways.
It's about one-twenty-fifth as big as Yosemite National Park
The size of Yosemite National Park is about 747,956 acres.
(Tuolumne, Mariposa, and Madera counties, California, near Mariposa, California) (total land area)
Famous for its granite cliffs and Giant Sequoia groves, Yosemite National Park is 747,956 acres in total area, of which 51,397.90 acres is the well-known Yosemite Valley. The Park is known as the home of Yosemite Falls — the highest waterfall in North America and sixth highest in the world at 739 m (2,420 ft)