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How tall is Balancing Rock?

Balancing Rock is about 9 m (30 ft) tall.

What is measured: Nova Scotia rock height above the water

Balancing Rock (9 m) drawn to scale beside a 20-foot shipping container (6.06 m) and a city bus (12 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Shipping container (20 ft) (6.06 m), Balancing Rock (9 m) and City bus (12 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About 75% of the length of a city bus
  • About 4.5× as tall as a doorway
  • About 1.5× the length of a 20-foot shipping container
  • About 5.3× as tall as an adult person
  • About 38% of the length of a tennis court

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Facts about Balancing Rock

Nova Scotia’s Balancing Rock is a tall basalt column that appears to rest on a remarkably narrow base.

Source: Nova Scotia Parks, “Balancing Rock Trail”; Nova Scotia Museum, “Balancing Rock”

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Balancing Rock
Balancing Rock9 m (30 ft)this page
Durdle Door10 m (33 ft)1.1×
Dragon blood tree10 m (33 ft)1.1×
Huka Falls11 m (36 ft)1.2×
Giant’s Causeway basalt column12 m (39 ft)1.3×
Naica giant crystal12 m (39 ft)1.3×
Saguaro cactus12 m (39 ft)1.3×
Joshua tree12 m (39 ft)1.3×
Delicate Arch14 m (46 ft)1.6×
Wave Rock15 m (49 ft)1.7×

Test your sense of scale

Which is bigger: Balancing Rock or Huka Falls?

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