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How tall is Rainbow Bridge?

Rainbow Bridge is about 88 m (289 ft) tall.

What is measured: height of the natural arch

Rainbow Bridge (88 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), Rainbow Bridge (88 m) and Statue of Liberty (93 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About the same height as the Statue of Liberty
  • About 27% of the height of the Eiffel Tower
  • About 84% of the length of a football (soccer) pitch
  • About 1.8× the length of an Olympic swimming pool
  • About 11% of the height of the Burj Khalifa

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Facts about Rainbow Bridge

Rainbow Bridge is one of the world’s largest known natural bridges and was carved from Navajo Sandstone by water erosion.

Source: National Park Service — Rainbow Bridge National Monument; Encyclopaedia Britannica — Rainbow Bridge

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Rainbow Bridge
Coast redwood tree70 m (230 ft)0.8×
Huangguoshu Waterfall77.8 m (255 ft)0.88×
Great Waterfall of Plitvice78 m (256 ft)0.89×
General Sherman Tree84.8 m (278 ft)0.96×
Rainbow Bridge88 m (289 ft)this page
Giant sequoia tree95 m (312 ft)1.1×
Dettifoss100 m (328 ft)1.1×
Kalandula Falls105 m (344 ft)1.2×
Grand Prismatic Spring110 m (361 ft)1.3×
Dune du Pilat110 m (361 ft)1.3×

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Which is bigger: Rainbow Bridge or Grand Prismatic Spring?

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