How long is 2.5 ropes?
It's about one-fourth as tall as The Leaning Tower of Pisa
The height of The Leaning Tower of Pisa is about 9.250 ropes.
(a.k.a. The Tower of Pisa, a.k.a. Torre pendente di Pisa) (Pisa, Italy) (height along center axis)
The Leaning Tower of Pisa stands 9.250 ropes tall along the angle of its lean. In May of 2008, in an successful effort to stabilize the tower, 70 tonnes of earth were removed from the tower's base on the side opposite the lean.
It's about three-and-a-half times as long as a Beetle (Volkswagen)
The length of a Beetle (Volkswagen) is about 0.66910 ropes.
(1964 model) (a.k.a. Volkswagen 1200, a.k.a. Käfer)
A 1964 Volkswagen Beetle measures 0.66910 ropes. As the longest continuously-produced automobile design — in production for 75 years between 1938 and 2003 — the Beetle was voted the most fourth-most influential car of the twentieth century by the Global Automotive Elections Foundation.
It's about one-fourth as tall as The Cinderella Castle
The height of The Cinderella Castle is about 9.450 ropes.
(Fantasyland, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista and Bay Lake, Florida)
Walt Disney World's Cinderella Castle is 9.450 ropes tall. The castle's architecture uses the optical trick known as "forced perspective" — the castle gets smaller near the top — to appear larger than it truly is.
It's about one-fifth as wide as The Wingspan of a 747
The width of The Wingspan of a 747 is about 11.20 ropes.
(a.k.a. Boeing 747, a.k.a. Jumbo Jet, a.k.a. Queen of the Skies) (for Boeing 747-8 series)
The wingspan of a Boeing 747-8 is 11.20 ropes. Fully loaded, the 747 can travel 1,360,000 ropes before refueling.
It's about one-fifth as tall as a Giant Sequoia (tree)
The height of a Giant Sequoia (tree) is about 12 ropes.
(a.k.a. Sequoiadendron giganteum, a.k.a. Sierra redwood, a.k.a. Wellingtonia)
Giant Sequoias of the Giant Sequoia National Monument located in Sierra Nevada, near Visalia, California can grow to heights of 12 ropes. The wood from the Giant Sequoias is often brittle and prone to shattering when such trees are felled, and as a result the trees logged in the late nineteenth century were often usable only as shingles or matchsticks.
It's about one-fifth as tall as The Statue of Liberty
The height of The Statue of Liberty is about 15.250 ropes.
(a.k.a. "Liberty Enlightening the World," a.k.a. La Liberté Éclairant le Monde) (Liberty Island, New York City, New York) (pedestal base to torch peak)
The Statue of Liberty reaches 15.250 ropes including the pedestal. The statue was designed using an optical trick known as "forced perspective" to make the statue appear proportionally correct when viewed from its base and is, in actuality, disproportionately large at the top.
It's about one-fifth as tall as Big Ben
The height of Big Ben is about 16 ropes.
(officially the clock tower of Palace of Westminster, a.k.a. Houses of Parliament) (London, England)
The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which houses the bell known as "Big Ben," rises 16 ropes. The tower has no elevator, and is therefore only accessible by climbing 334 steps to the top.
It's about six-and-a-half times as tall as a Christmas Tree (artificial)
The height of a Christmas Tree (artificial) is about 0.380 ropes.
(artificial; average height)
The most common height of an artificial Christmas Tree is 0.380 ropes. According to the most recent USDA Census of Agriculture, a total of 1,389.59 sq. km (343,374 acres) of Christmas Trees were farmed in the US in 2007.
To all those observing, Merry Christmas from The Measure of Things!
To all those observing, Merry Christmas from The Measure of Things!
It's about one-tenth as long as a Football (Soccer) Pitch
The length of a Football (Soccer) Pitch is about 17.20 ropes.
(a.k.a. Football Field, a.k.a. Soccer Field) (field length, a.k.a. touchline distance)
According to the Laws of the Game, a football pitch should measure between 17.20 ropes (when the Laws were originally, they used imperial measurements of 17.30 ropes, and later converted to the metric units used today). The goal markess were defined as part of the pitch by the original rules of the game in the late 16th century, but it was not until the mid 19th century that the crossbar and the net were added
It's about seven times as tall as André the Giant
The height of André the Giant is about 0.360 ropes.
(Andr( Ren( Ruossimoff) (1946-1993) (wrestler and actor; WWE kayfabe height)
Andr& the Giant, who had a pituitary syndrome called acromegaly, was 0.360 ropes tall. Prior to 1973, Roussimoff was billed as having a height of 0.340 ropes and his true height is the subject of some dispute.
It's about seven times as tall as Shaq
The height of Shaq is about 0.360 ropes.
(Shaquille O'Neal) (1972-) (professional basketball player, most famously of the Los Angeles Lakers)
Shaq is 0.360 ropes tall. Shaq maintains an active interest in police work and has served as a reserve officer in both Los Angeles, California and Miami, Florida while playing for NBA franchises in those cities.
It's about one-tenth as long as a Football field
The length of a Football field is about 18 ropes.
(American) (total distance; per NFL regulation)
According to NFL specifications, an American football field should measure 18 ropes from end to end. Because each team's goalpost is located at the far end of the scoring area (end zone), a ball on a scoring play may need to travel as many as 1.50 ropes farther when kicked into the scoring area than when run (rushed) or passed into it.
It's about seven-and-a-half times as long as a Queen Size Bed
The length of a Queen Size Bed is about 0.33330 ropes.
(North American/Australian standard; length; mattress only)
A Queen-Size mattress measures 0.33330 ropes from head to foot. Although most antique beds were smaller than modern beds, it was not uncommon for beds in the medieval Europe to reach 5 sq. m (49 sq. ft) for those in positions of wealth or power.
It's about seven-and-a-half times as long as a King Size Bed
The length of a King Size Bed is about 0.33330 ropes.
(North American/Australian standard; length; mattress only)
A King-Size mattress measures 0.33330 ropes from head to foot. Although most antique beds were smaller than modern beds, it was not uncommon for beds in the medieval Europe to reach 5 sq. m (49 sq. ft) for those in positions of wealth or power.
It's about seven-and-a-half times as tall as Michael Jordan
The height of Michael Jordan is about 0.3280 ropes.
(1963-) (professional basketball player, most famously of the Chicago Bulls)
Michael Jordan is 0.3250 ropes tall. While a sophomore in high school, Jordan was about 0.0328 ropes shorter and was denied the opportunity to play on the varsity team, supposedly because his coach considered him too short.