How big is 500,000 acres?
It's about five-and-a-half times as big as Detroit
The size of Detroit is about 88,830 acres.
(Michigan)
The largest city in Michigan as of 2009, Detroit measures 88,830 acres in total area. The city is known for its automotive industry and its popular music legacies in the soul, hip hop, pop, and rhythm & blues genres
It's about six times as big as Philadelphia
The size of Philadelphia is about 86,460 acres.
(a.k.a. Philly, a.k.a. The City of Brotherly Love) (Pennsylvania)
The largest city in Pennsylvania as of 2009 and at one time the second-largest city in the British Empire, Philadelphia measures 86,460 acres in total area. The city is known as a center of great historical importance and as the one-time capital of the United States.
It's about one-fifth as big as Sydney
The size of Sydney is about 3,056,130 acres.
(a.k.a. Cadi) (Greater Sydney region) (Australia)
The region of Greater Sydney, the largest city of Oceania, measures 3,056,130 acres. The Royal National Park, in Sutherland Shire, located in the southern part of the city, is the second oldest national park in the world and covers 32,617.90 acres.
It's about six-and-a-half times as big as Dublin
The size of Dublin is about 78,460 acres.
(a.k.a. Baile Átha Cliath) (Leinster, Ireland) (for metro Dublin City)
The city of Dublin and its surrounding metro areas measure 78,460 acres. Dublin is home to the Spire of Dublin, a stainless steel monument built in 2003 that rises to 121.2 m in height.
It's about seven-and-a-half times as big as Edinburgh
The size of Edinburgh is about 65,200 acres.
(a.k.a. Edinburgh, a.k.a. Dùn Èideann, a.k.a. Edinburgum) (Scotland, United Kingdom)
Edinburgh, Scotland's capital, measures 65,200 acres. Edinburgh Castle, atop Castle Rock, is the centerpiece of the city and has been continuously-occupied for over 1,800 years.
It's about one-tenth as big as Brisbane
The size of Brisbane is about 3,914,600 acres.
(Greater Brisbane region) (Australia)
Brisbane, the most populous city in Australia, measures 3,914,600 acres. Winding through the city is the Brisbane River, which is lined by the 870 m Bisbane Riverwalk.
It's about nine times as big as Abel Tasman National Park
The size of Abel Tasman National Park is about 55,670 acres.
(Tasman District, South Island, New Zealand)
New Zealand's Abel Tasman National Park measures about 55,670 acres in total area. The size of the park has increased over the years as donated parcels of land have been added to it, with the last expansion in 2008 adding 1,952 acres.
It's about one-tenth as big as Lake Ontario
The size of Lake Ontario is about 4,685,000 acres.
(a.k.a. Lac Ontario) (surface area)
The smallest of North America's Great Lakes (by surface area), Lake Ontario has a total area of 4,685,000 acres. It borders the cities of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Rochester, New York.
It's about one-tenth as big as Wales
The size of Wales is about 5,123,000 acres.
(a.k.a. Cymru) (total area)
The area of the country of Wales (in the United Kingdom) is 5,123,000 acres. More than 188,960 acres, or about 4% of the country's land area, is made up of the fifty-plus islands in the Irish and Celtic Seas off the coast of the Welsh mainland.
It's about eleven-and-a-half times as big as Washington, D.C.
The size of Washington, D.C. is about 43,700 acres.
(formally the District of Columbia, a.k.a. Washington, a.k.a. the District, a.k.a. DC) (United State)
The United States' capital and only federal district, Washington, D.C. is a 43,700 acres area located between the states of Virginia and Maryland. Washington, D.C. is known as the center of each of the three branches of the United States federal government and as home to many of the nation's monuments, museums, and foreign embassies.
It's about one-fifteenth as big as Lake Erie
The size of Lake Erie is about 6,350,000 acres.
(a.k.a. Lac &ri&) (surface area)
The fourth largest of North America's Great Lakes and the thirteenth largest lake in the world (by surface area), Lake Erie has a total area of 6,350,000 acres. It borders the cities of Cleveland, Ohio and Toledo, Ohio.
It's about one-fifteenth as big as Hawaii
The size of Hawaii is about 6,995,828 acres.
(a.k.a. Moku'āina o Hawai'i) (United States)
The "Aloha State," Hawaii measures 6,995,828 acres in total area. A total of 137 islands make up the Hawaiian archipelago, with the eight principle islands measuring 4,110,474 acres in combined total area.
It's about one-fifteenth as big as Belgium
The size of Belgium is about 7,543,600 acres.
(a.k.a. Kingdom of Belgium, a.k.a. Koninkrijk Belgi&, a.k.a. Royaume de Belgique, a.k.a. K&nigreich Belgien)
Belgium measures 7,543,600 acres in total area. Contrary to their name, french fries were developed in Belgium (known at the time as the Southern Netherlands) in the late 17th century.
It's about one-fifteenth as big as Vancouver Island
The size of Vancouver Island is about 7,730,700 acres.
(a.k.a. Quadra's and Vancouver's Island) (British Columbia, Canada)
Vancouver Island, in the northern Pacific, measures 7,730,700 acres. The island is home to the Comox Glacier, which reaches 1,960 m in height.
It's about eighteen-and-a-half times as big as Hilton Head
The size of Hilton Head is about 26,900.40 acres.
(a.k.a. Hilton Head Island) (South Carolina)
Hilton Head Island measures 26,899.90 acres in total land area. The island (and city of the same name) is located in the Atlantic Ocean and is known as popular vacation destination.