How wide is the contiguous United States?
4,500 kmAbout 2,796 miles · Planet-sized
About 4,500 km (2,800 miles) coast to coast.
A red kangaroo would need about 560,000 hops (8 m each) to cover it.
🇺🇸4,500 km
🏜️the Grand Canyon
To scale: the USA is about 10× bigger than the Grand Canyon.
Things about the same size
- How far is it from New York to Los Angeles in a straight line?3,940 km
- How long is Route 66?3,940 km
- How wide is Australia, west to east?4,000 km
- How long is Chile, north to south?4,300 km
- How wide is the Sahara, west to east?4,800 km
- How wide is Mercury?4,879 km
- How long is the Mekong?4,909 km
- How wide is Titan, Saturn's biggest moon?5,150 km
Many real things vary in size, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email hello@guessroo.com.