How Tall Is Árbol del Tule? 35 m (115 ft) to Scale

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Árbol del Tule (35 m) drawn to scale beside a city bus (12 m) and the Statue of Liberty (93 m) — Drawn to scale, from left to right: City bus (12 m), Árbol del Tule (35 m) and Statue of Liberty (93 m).

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How big is that, really?

About 38% of the height of the Statue of Liberty
About 70% of the length of an Olympic swimming pool
About 1.5× the length of a tennis court
About 2.9× the length of a city bus
About 11% of the height of the Eiffel Tower

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Facts about Árbol del Tule

Árbol del Tule is a giant Montezuma cypress in Oaxaca whose trunk has one of the world’s largest circumferences.

Source: UNESCO, “Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Tule Tree”

Nature

Name	Size	Compared with Árbol del Tule
Jōmon Sugi	25.3 m (83 ft)	0.72×
Giant bamboo	30 m (98 ft)	0.86×
Gullfoss	32 m (105 ft)	0.91×
Árbol del Tule	35 m (115 ft)	this page
Tower Fall	40 m (131 ft)	1.1×
Wollemi pine	40 m (131 ft)	1.1×
Old Faithful	56 m (184 ft)	1.6×
Skógafoss	60 m (197 ft)	1.7×
Rainbow eucalyptus	60 m (197 ft)	1.7×
Coast redwood tree	70 m (230 ft)	2×

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Which is bigger: Árbol del Tule or Jōmon Sugi?

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