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How tall is Delicate Arch?

Delicate Arch is about 14 m (46 ft) tall.

What is measured: height of the natural opening

Delicate Arch (14 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), Delicate Arch (14 m) and Statue of Liberty (93 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About 1.2× the length of a city bus
  • About 59% of the length of a tennis court
  • About 15% of the height of the Statue of Liberty
  • About 7× as tall as a doorway
  • About 2.3× the length of a 20-foot shipping container

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Facts about Delicate Arch

Delicate Arch is a freestanding Entrada Sandstone arch that has become an emblem of Utah.

Source: National Park Service — Delicate Arch; Utah Geological Survey — Delicate Arch

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Delicate Arch
Durdle Door10 m (33 ft)0.71×
Dragon blood tree10 m (33 ft)0.71×
Huka Falls11 m (36 ft)0.79×
Giant’s Causeway basalt column12 m (39 ft)0.86×
Naica giant crystal12 m (39 ft)0.86×
Saguaro cactus12 m (39 ft)0.86×
Joshua tree12 m (39 ft)0.86×
Delicate Arch14 m (46 ft)this page
Wave Rock15 m (49 ft)1.1×
Fingal’s Cave16 m (52 ft)1.1×

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Which is bigger: Delicate Arch or Huka Falls?

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