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How Tall Is the General Sherman Tree?

The General Sherman tree is about 276 ft (84 m) tall. That is about 49 times the height of the average man. A giant sequoia, the largest single tree on Earth by volume.

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How tall is the General Sherman tree compared to the average man?

The General Sherman tree is about 49 times the height of the average man. The General Sherman tree is 49.1× the size of the average man: about 49 average men stacked up would match it.

General Sherman Tree height facts

General Sherman is about 84 meters (275 ft) tall.
Its trunk is about 11 meters wide at the base.

How does the General Sherman tree compare to other things?

The General Sherman tree next to 25 things of similar size, plus some everyday references:

Thing	Size	Compared to General Sherman tree
Sun	865,000 miles (1,393,000 km) across	16.6 million× bigger
Earth	7,920 miles (12,740 km) across	152,000× bigger
Mount Everest	5.5 miles (8.849 km)	105× bigger
Eiffel Tower	1,083 ft (330 m)	3.9× bigger
Washington Monument	554 ft (169 m)	279 ft (85 m) bigger
Great Pyramid of Giza	454 ft (139 m)	179 ft (54.5 m) bigger
London Eye	443 ft (135 m)	167 ft (51 m) bigger
Starship	397 ft (121 m)	121 ft (37 m) bigger
Hyperion (tallest tree)	381 ft (116 m)	105 ft (32 m) bigger
Saturn V	363 ft (111 m)	87 ft (26.6 m) bigger
International Space Station	358 ft (109 m) long	82 ft (25 m) bigger
Big Ben (Elizabeth Tower)	315 ft (96 m)	39 ft (12 m) bigger
Statue of Liberty	305 ft (93 m)	30 ft (9 m) bigger
Taj Mahal	240 ft (73 m)	36 ft (11 m) smaller
Airbus A380	239 ft (72.7 m) long	37 ft (11.3 m) smaller
Boeing 747	232 ft (70.7 m) long	44 ft (13.3 m) smaller
Falcon 9	230 ft (70 m)	46 ft (14 m) smaller
Sydney Opera House	213 ft (65 m)	62 ft (19 m) smaller
Space Shuttle	184 ft (56.1 m)	92 ft (27.9 m) smaller
Leaning Tower of Pisa	184 ft (56 m)	92 ft (28 m) smaller
Niagara Falls	167 ft (51 m)	108 ft (33 m) smaller
Colosseum	157 ft (48 m)	118 ft (36 m) smaller
School bus	40 ft (12.2 m) long	6.9× smaller
Average man (world)	5 ft 7 in (171 cm)	49.1× smaller
Average woman (world)	5 ft 3 in (159 cm)	52.8× smaller

Where do these numbers come from?

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