SizerooHow long is the Pan-American Highway?
18,641 milesAbout 30,000 km · Planet-sized
About 19,000 miles (30,000 km) from Alaska to Argentina, with one gap in the jungle of Panama.
A red kangaroo would need about 3,800,000 hops (26 ft, or 8 m, each) to cover it.
🛣️18,641 miles
🌊the Rio Grande
To scale: the Pan-American Highway is about 9.8× bigger than the Rio Grande.
Things about the same size
- How wide is Jupiter's Great Red Spot?9,942 miles
- How wide is the Pacific Ocean at its widest?12,303 miles
- How high do GPS satellites orbit?12,552 miles
- How long is the Great Wall of China, all branches included?13,171 miles
- How high do geostationary satellites orbit?22,236 miles
- How far is it around Earth at the equator?24,901 miles
- How wide is Neptune?30,599 miles
- How wide is Uranus?31,518 miles
Many real things vary in size, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].