How big is 970 city blocks?

The "Sunflower State," Kansas measures 9,816,470 city blocks in total area. The point said to be the geographic center of the continental United States is located near Lebanon, Kansas.

The "North Star State," Minnesota measures 10,372,700 city blocks in total area. Due to an error in the map used while writing the Treaty of Paris, a 71,148.890 city blocks segment of Minnesota called the "Northwest Angle" lies north of the 49th parallel, which marks the border between the contiguous United States and Canada across the western remainder of the two countries.

The "Great Lakes State," Michigan measures 11,539,230 city blocks in total area. According to some studies, there is no point in Michigan that is more than 9.66 km (6 mi) from a lake or 136.79 km (85 mi) from a Great Lake.

Per National Hockey League Official Rules, a hockey rink should measure 60.96 m long by 25.908 m wide with a corner arc radius of 8.5344 m, for a total area of about 0.0698741819 city blocks. Ice hockey is believed to have developed from field hockey after players began holding games on ice rinks, which had been traditionally used for the sport of curling.

The Great Barrier Reef, the largest such reef in the world, covers about 16,000,000 city blocks. Reefs, such as the Great Barrier, grow in diameter at a rate of 1 to 3 cm per year.

Manchester Cathedral includes a total interior area of 0.05703 city blocks between the Nave, Chapel, Library, Chapter House, and Rectory. The height of the Cathedral's bell tower is 41.1 m.

The United States Bullion Depository, commonly referred to by the metonym "Fort Knox" (in spite of the fact that the Depository is not located on the Fort proper), measures 32.0 m (105 ft) by 36.9 m (121 ft), for a total area of about 0.0544 city blocks. The Depository is most famous for housing the largest portion of the national gold reserve, but has also temporarily housed the original US Declaration of Independence, an original copy of the US Constitution, and other important documents, kept there for safe keeping during World War II.

The "Treasure State," Montana measures 17,543,674 city blocks in total area. The northwest corner of Montana is home to Flathead Lake, the largest freshwater lake in the continental United States with a surface area of 22,848.7190 city blocks.

The "Golden State," California measures 19,530,568 city blocks in total area. California is home to both the highest point — Mt. Whitney at 4,421 m (14,505 ft) — and lowest point — Death Valley at 85.5 m (282 ft) below sea level — in the continental United States, the two of which are separated by just 123 km (76 mi).

The "Lone Star State," Texas measures 32,044,460 city blocks in total area. Texas covers so much area that Texarkana — a city in the state's northeastern corner — is about 30 km closer to Chicago, Illinois, than it is to El Paso — in the western corner of Texas.

Per NBA rules , a basketball court should measure 29.5656 m long by 16.764 m wide, for a total area of 0.02283203051 city blocks. The first basketball game, held in a Springfield Massachusetts YMCA, was played on a court half the size of today's NBA standard and ended with a score of 1-0.

An IMAX movie theater screen measures 22 m (72 ft) by 16 m (52 ft) for a total area of 0.01632 city blocks. Because the film used in an IMAX movie is more than eight times larger than regular film, the platters of a two-and-a-half hour feature film can weigh up to 250 kg (550 lbs).

Per International Tennis Federation Rules of Tennis 2009, a doubles tennis court should measure 23.7744 m long by 10.9728 m, for a total area of about 0.012012161 city blocks. Courts may be surfaced with crushed red stone, shale, brick, hard-soil grass, or asphalt.

The "Last Frontier," Alaska measures 79,134,619 city blocks in total area. Alaska is home to over 100,000 glaciers — half of the world's total — including the Bering Glacier complex near the southeastern border of Alaska, which covers 268,564.580 city blocks.

Brazil measures 392,246,000 city blocks in total area. Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and eighth-largest economy (by GDP).