How long is the San Andreas Fault?
746 milesAbout 1,200 km · Planet-sized
About 750 miles (1,200 km) through California.
A red kangaroo would need about 150,000 hops (26 ft, or 8 m, each) to cover it.
🌎746 miles
🧱Hadrian's Wall
To scale: the San Andreas Fault is about 10× bigger than Hadrian's Wall.
Things about the same size
- How wide is Ceres, the biggest object in the asteroid belt?583 miles
- How wide is Charon, Pluto's biggest moon?753 miles
- How long is the Rhine?764 miles
- How long is California from north to south?771 miles
- How wide is Texas from east to west?773 miles
- How long is the Trans-Alaska Pipeline?800 miles
- How far is Land's End to John o' Groats by road?874 miles
- How long is the Ohio River?981 miles
Many real things vary in size, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].