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How Tall Is the Gateway Arch?

The Gateway Arch is about 630 ft (192 m) tall. That is about 112 times the height of the average man. A stainless-steel arch in St. Louis, Missouri.

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How tall is the Gateway Arch compared to the average man?

The Gateway Arch is about 112 times the height of the average man. The Gateway Arch is 112× the size of the average man: about 112 average men stacked up would match it.

Gateway Arch height facts

The Gateway Arch is 192 meters (630 ft) tall and exactly as wide.
It is the tallest arch in the world.

How does the Gateway Arch compare to other things?

The Gateway Arch next to 24 things of similar size, plus some everyday references:

Thing	Size	Compared to Gateway Arch
Sun	865,000 miles (1,393,000 km) across	7.25 million× bigger
Earth	7,920 miles (12,740 km) across	66,400× bigger
Mount Everest	5.5 miles (8.849 km)	46.1× bigger
Icon of the Seas	1,198 ft (365 m) long	568 ft (173 m) bigger
Aircraft carrier	1,093 ft (333 m) long	463 ft (141 m) bigger
Eiffel Tower	1,083 ft (330 m)	453 ft (138 m) bigger
Titanic	883 ft (269 m) long	253 ft (77 m) bigger
Devils Tower	869 ft (265 m)	240 ft (73 m) bigger
Golden Gate Bridge tower	745 ft (227 m)	115 ft (35 m) bigger
Space Needle	604 ft (184 m)	26 ft (8 m) smaller
Sagrada Família	566 ft (173 m)	64 ft (19.5 m) smaller
Washington Monument	554 ft (169 m)	75 ft (23 m) smaller
Great Pyramid of Giza	454 ft (139 m)	176 ft (53.5 m) smaller
London Eye	443 ft (135 m)	187 ft (57 m) smaller
Starship	397 ft (121 m)	233 ft (71 m) smaller
Hyperion (tallest tree)	381 ft (116 m)	249 ft (76 m) smaller
Saturn V	363 ft (111 m)	267 ft (81.4 m) smaller
International Space Station	358 ft (109 m) long	272 ft (83 m) smaller
Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower)	315 ft (96 m)	315 ft (96 m) smaller
Statue of Liberty	305 ft (93 m)	325 ft (99 m) smaller
General Sherman tree	276 ft (84 m)	354 ft (108 m) smaller
School bus	40 ft (12.2 m) long	15.7× smaller
Average man (world)	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)	112× smaller
Average woman (world)	5 ft 3 in (159 cm)	121× smaller

Where do these numbers come from?

Sizes are typical adult or reported values, rounded for readability. Read how we measure and compare sizes.