How big is Central Park?

Central Park covers 843 acres (341 hectares, about 1.3 square miles). It runs about 2.5 miles from 59th Street to 110th Street and is about half a mile wide.

acres: 843
hectares: 341
km²: 3.41
square miles: 1.32
football fields: 638

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A rectangle in the grid

The park is a long rectangle cut out of Manhattan's street grid, so it sits at the same angle as the avenues, roughly 29 degrees east of true north. Drop it on another city and it keeps that angle unless you rotate it.

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How it compares

0.49%of the area of the Little Giant Fire
843acres
638American football fields
478soccer pitches
6.9×the size of Vatican City
0.038%of the area of Yellowstone National Park
0.69%of the area of Lake Tahoe

Questions people ask

How many acres is Central Park?

843 acres, according to the Central Park Conservancy.

Is Central Park bigger than Monaco?

Yes. Monaco is about 2 square kilometres (roughly 510 acres), so Central Park is about 1.6 times its size.

How long and wide is Central Park?

About 2.5 miles long and half a mile wide, between 59th Street and 110th Street.

Where the numbers come from

Official figure: 843 acres, per the Central Park Conservancy. Outline measured at 844 acres (3.42 km²) on the WGS84 ellipsoid. Outline: © OpenStreetMap contributors (source), licence: ODbL 1.0. Aerial photo: USDA NAIP 2022 (public domain), cut to the outline.