How Tall Is Old Faithful? 56 m (184 ft) to Scale

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Old Faithful (56 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), Old Faithful (56 m) and Statue of Liberty (93 m).

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How big is that, really?

About 60% of the height of the Statue of Liberty
About the length of an Olympic swimming pool
About 17% of the height of the Eiffel Tower
About 53% of the length of a football (soccer) pitch
About 2.4× the length of a tennis court

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Facts about Old Faithful

Old Faithful does not erupt at perfectly fixed intervals, but its eruptions can often be predicted from previous durations.

Source: U.S. National Park Service, Old Faithful; Yellowstone National Park, Old Faithful Geyser

Nature

Name	Size	Compared with Old Faithful
Tower Fall	40 m (131 ft)	0.71×
Wollemi pine	40 m (131 ft)	0.71×
Old Faithful	56 m (184 ft)	this page
Skógafoss	60 m (197 ft)	1.1×
Rainbow eucalyptus	60 m (197 ft)	1.1×
Coast redwood tree	70 m (230 ft)	1.3×
Huangguoshu Waterfall	77.8 m (255 ft)	1.4×
Great Waterfall of Plitvice	78 m (256 ft)	1.4×
General Sherman Tree	84.8 m (278 ft)	1.5×
Rainbow Bridge	88 m (289 ft)	1.6×

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Which is bigger: Old Faithful or Coast redwood tree?

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