How long is 667 feet?
Instead of treating 667 feet as an abstract number, compare it with the recognizable measurements collected below.
667-Foot Distance Comparisons
For scale, 667 feet spans about 1.1 times the height of the Space Needle.
Seattle's Space Needle reaches 605 feet from its base to the top of its aircraft warning beacon. The source measurement converts to 605 feet, so the proportional comparison with 667 feet is 1.1 of those measurements.
Source: Space Needle
Measured against the minimum clear width of an accessible doorway, 667 feet is about 250 times that reference length.
U.S. accessibility standards generally require at least 32 inches of clear passage width when an accessible door is opened. Using its published size of 2.67 feet, dividing 667 by that reference gives 250 of those measurements.
Source: U.S. Access Board
Compared with the maximum international soccer-field width, 667 feet is about 2.7 times that measurement.
An international soccer field may be up to 75 metres, or approximately 82 yards, across. Its published measurement is 246.07 feet; the comparison comes from placing that figure against 667 feet.
Compared with the wingspan of an Airbus A380, 667 feet is about 2.6 times that measurement.
The Airbus A380's enormous wings span 79.75 metres, equal to approximately 260.3 feet from tip to tip. The source measurement converts to 260.33 feet, so the proportional comparison with 667 feet is 2.6 of those measurements.
Source: Airbus
667 feet is about 92% of the height of Hoover Dam.
Hoover Dam rises 726 feet from its foundation in Black Canyon and holds back the Colorado River to form Lake Mead. Its published measurement is 726 feet; the comparison comes from placing that figure against 667 feet.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Compared with the length of a large Tyrannosaurus rex, 667 feet is about 16.7 times that measurement.
Smithsonian fossil information places a large adult Tyrannosaurus rex at roughly 40 feet from snout to tail. Its published measurement is 40 feet; the comparison comes from placing that figure against 667 feet.
A 667-foot distance works out to about 5.6 times the wingspan of a Boeing 737-8.
The Boeing 737-8 spans approximately 117 feet 10 inches from one wingtip to the other. Using its published size of 118.25 feet, dividing 667 by that reference gives 5.6 of those measurements.
Source: Boeing
667 feet is approximately 203.3 meters.
Using the exact conversion that 1 foot equals exactly 0.3048 meters, the unrounded result is 203.302 meters.
Reference measurements are rounded where appropriate, and naturally variable objects are described as approximate, typical, or maximum sizes.
