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How big is 1.5 acres?

It's about as big as The White House
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The size of The White House is about 1.50 acres.
(Washington, DC) (including wings)
Housing the presidency, the White House occupies six stories and a total of 1.50 acres of floor space. This space includes 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 28 fireplaces, and 3 elevators, as well as a tennis court, bowling alley, movie theater, jogging track, swimming pool, and putting green.
It's about one-and-one-tenth times as big as a Football field
The size of a Football field is about 1.322314050 acres.
(American) (per NFL regulation)
Per NFL rules, a football field should measure 109.728 m (120 yards) long by 48.768 m wide, for a total area of 1.322314050 acres. Due to a blizzard, the first NFL playoff game in 1932 was held indoors in Chicago Stadium (it was also the first indoor game) on a field measuring just 55 m by 40.0 m, for a total area of 0.54363183920 acres.
It's about three-fourths as big as The Palace of Holyroodhouse
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The size of The Palace of Holyroodhouse is about 2 acres.
(a.k.a. Holyrood Palace) (Royal Mile, Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom) (Palace without gardens)
The Palace of Holyroodhouse, the residence of the British Monarch in Scotland, measures about 2 acres, on a total grounds area of about 9.90 acres. Each year, the Palace hosts a Garden Party, serving 8,000 guests from a 150-meter-long buffet table.
It's about three-fourths as big as Seal Island
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The size of Seal Island is about 2 acres.
(Western Cape province, South Africa)
Seal Island, named for the tens of thousands of Cape Fur Seals that live there, measures about 2 acres. The large number seals attract great white sharks, who circle the island in a so-called "Ring of Death."
It's about one-and-one-third times as big as Bill Gates' Home
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The size of Bill Gates' Home is about 1.1060 acres.
(Medina, Washington)
One of the largest homes in the world, Bill and Melinda Gates' home has a total area of 1.1060 acres, including 7 bedrooms, 24 bathrooms, 6 kitchens, 6 fireplaces, a 0.05683 acres gym, a 0.02224 acres dining room, and a 0.04695 acres library. It was designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, the same architectural firm responsible for the design of one of Apple Inc's flagship stores on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
It's about three-fifths as big as a City Block (Manhattan)
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The size of a City Block (Manhattan) is about 2 acres.
(per Bridges, William - 1811 Commissioner's Plan for New York City) (approximate)
A Manhattan city block measures about 200 m between the Northeast-Southwest streets by about 60 m between the Northwest-Southeast streets for a total area of about 2 acres. There are roughly 2,000 blocks within the city, representing one of the most prolific applications of the city planning grid plan in history.
It's about half as big as Trafalgar Square
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The size of Trafalgar Square is about 3 acres.
(a.k.a. Charing Cross) (City of Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom)
Trafalgar Square, a public square in London, measures about 3 acres. m in total area. At the center of the Square is the 52 m Nelson's Column monument, built in the 1840s.
It's about two-fifths as big as The Great Banyan Tree
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The size of The Great Banyan Tree is about 3.560 acres.
(a.k.a. The Great Banyan, a.k.a. Ficus benghalensis) (Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah, West Bengal, India)
The Great Banyan Tree is a single tree in the Indian Botanic Garden in West Bengal with aerial roots covering a total area of about 3.560 acres. While its exact age is unknown, the tree has been noted in guidebooks for over 200 years.
It's about two-fifths as big as The Biltmore Estate
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The size of The Biltmore Estate is about 4.03 acres.
(Asheville, North Carolina) (house only)
The main house of Biltmore Estate covers 4.03 acres and contains 250 rooms. The fifty-six auxiliary buildings of the estate are interconnected through the nearly 71 km of roads on the Biltmore grounds.
It's about four times as big as a Hockey rink
The size of a Hockey rink is about 0.3748165440 acres.
(per NHL specification)
Per National Hockey League Official Rules, a hockey rink should measure 60.96 m long by 25.908 m wide with a corner arc radius of 8.5344 m, for a total area of about 0.3748165440 acres. Ice hockey is believed to have developed from field hockey after players began holding games on ice rinks, which had been traditionally used for the sport of curling.
It's about five times as big as Manchester Cathedral
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The size of Manchester Cathedral is about 0.30590 acres.
(a.k.a. Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George) (Manchester, England, United Kingdom) (total interior area of Nave, Chapel, Library, Chapter House, and Rectory)
Manchester Cathedral includes a total interior area of 0.30590 acres between the Nave, Chapel, Library, Chapter House, and Rectory. The height of the Cathedral's bell tower is 41.1 m.
It's about one-fifth as big as The Principality Stadium
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The size of The Principality Stadium is about 10 acres.
(a.k.a. Stadiwm Principality, f.k.a. Millennium Stadium, f.k.a. Stadiwm y Mileniwm) (Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom) (total footprint)
The 70,000-person-plus capacity stadium of Cardiff, Principality Stadium has a total footprint of 10 acres. Over 40,000 tonnes of concrete and steel during the construction of the stadium.
It's about five times as big as Fort Knox
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The size of Fort Knox is about 0.2920 acres.
(a.k.a. the United States Bullion Depository, a.k.a. "Gold Vault") (Kentucky)
The United States Bullion Depository, commonly referred to by the metonym "Fort Knox" (in spite of the fact that the Depository is not located on the Fort proper), measures 32.0 m (105 ft) by 36.9 m (121 ft), for a total area of about 0.2920 acres. The Depository is most famous for housing the largest portion of the national gold reserve, but has also temporarily housed the original US Declaration of Independence, an original copy of the US Constitution, and other important documents, kept there for safe keeping during World War II.
It's about one-fifth as big as The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
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The size of The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is about 7.780 acres.
(Washington, D.C.) (pool surface area)
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has a water surface area of 7.780 acres. The Pool has a sloping bottom and extends to 80 cm (30 in) in depth at its center.
It's about one-fifth as big as Federation Square
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The size of Federation Square is about 9.40 acres.
(Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Federation Square, the large public square in the city center of Melbourne, measures 9.40 acres. The main portion of the square is floored with sandstone blocks from Western Australia.
 
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