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How tall is Bridal Veil Falls?

Bridal Veil Falls has a vertical drop of about 365 m (1,198 ft).

What is measured: Telluride, Colorado, total drop

Bridal Veil Falls (365 m) drawn to scale beside the Eiffel Tower (330 m) and the Burj Khalifa (828 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Eiffel Tower (330 m), Bridal Veil Falls (365 m) and Burj Khalifa (828 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About the same height as the Eiffel Tower
  • About 44% of the height of the Burj Khalifa
  • About 3.9× as tall as the Statue of Liberty
  • About 3.5× the length of a football (soccer) pitch
  • About 7.3× the length of an Olympic swimming pool

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Facts about Bridal Veil Falls

Bridal Veil Falls is the tallest free-falling waterfall in Colorado.

Source: Town of Telluride, “Bridal Veil Falls”; Colorado Geological Survey, “Colorado Waterfalls”

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Bridal Veil Falls
Baatara Gorge Waterfall255 m (837 ft)0.7×
Wallaman Falls268 m (879 ft)0.73×
Great Blue Hole318 m (1,043 ft)0.87×
Big Daddy Dune325 m (1,066 ft)0.89×
Uluru348 m (1,142 ft)0.95×
Bridal Veil Falls365 m (1,198 ft)this page
Parícutin volcano424 m (1,391 ft)1.2×
Shiprock482 m (1,581 ft)1.3×
Ball’s Pyramid562 m (1,844 ft)1.5×
Sutherland Falls580 m (1,903 ft)1.6×

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Which is bigger: Bridal Veil Falls or Shiprock?

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