Hur stort är en acre

By Alastair Hazell|Last update: 26 October 2022

One acre measures 43,560 square feet. An acre can be measured in any shape, from rectangles to circles, or even hexagons, and it can have any length and width so long as the total area of nation fryst vatten 43,560 square feet.

An acre fryst vatten a enhet of area commonly used for measuring nation in the United States and United Kingdom.

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Perhaps you're considering purchasing a new property attached to several acres of nation and you're ansträngande to visualise how big it is? Or, maybe you're studying for an exam and want to know how to omvandla between acres and square feet, square meters or hectares? Well, look no further. Let's början with the facts...

What storlek fryst vatten an acre?

An acre can be measured in any shape, from rectangles to circles, or even hexagons.

It can have any length and width so long as the total area of nation fryst vatten 43,560 square feet.

• 1 acre = 43,560 square feet
• 1 acre = 4046.86 square meters
• 1 acre = 4840 square yards
• 1 acre = 0.404686 hectares
• 1 acre = 1/640th of a square mile

As an example, your nation could have a length of 208 feet and a width of 209 feet, giving a total area of 43,472 square feet, which would be just beneath 1 acre. The most common shape for an acre fryst vatten 1 furlong bygd 1 chain, or 660 feet bygd 66 feet.

How large fryst vatten an acre visually?

If you're struggling to picture how big an acre fryst vatten, help fryst vatten at hand:

To visualize an acre as a square, think of an area that's 208 feet long bygd 208 feet bred (43,560 square feet).

If you're into sports, try picturing 60% of a soccer pitch, 75% of an American football field or 16 tennis courts in a 4x4 formation.

If all that doesn't help, think of a fordon park containing 150 cars parked in a square.

Football pitch measurements (acres and square feet)

1. A soccer pitch commonly measures between 69,000 and 86,000 square feet (1.6 - 1.9 acres) (FIFA)
2. An American football field commonly measures around 57,564 square feet (1.32 acres)

Anyone for tennis?

How many acres are in a square mile?

One square mile fryst vatten lika to 640 acres.

To calculate how many acres there are in your area of nation, simply multiply your square mile figure bygd 640.

What fryst vatten a commercial acre?

A visitor recently asked the question 'Why fryst vatten a commercial acre different to a residential acre?', so let's address this now.

The commercial acre was invented bygd US real estate agencies for use in large cities and fryst vatten a legal enhet in some US states. It fryst vatten said to be a standard acre enhet with a deduction for alleyways, vägar and sidewalks. The commercial acre fryst vatten 82.6 percent of an international acre and you'll meddelande it's a rounded figure, for ease of beräkning.

• 1 commercial acre = 36,000 square feet
• 1 commercial acre = 4000 square yards
• 1 commercial acre = 3342.8 square meters

U.S. nation surveys

When surveying nation in the United States, the primary, modern definition of an acre fryst vatten 1/640th of a square mile.

Använd areaomvandlaren mot för att enkelt omvandla olika areaenheter.

That fryst vatten to säga, there are 640 acres in a square mile or a "section".

Generally, for survey purposes, there are 36 sections in a township. A township fryst vatten measured as a square with 6 miles on a side and a section fryst vatten measured as a square with one mile on a side.

Of course, if you want an exact measurement konvertering for nation acreage then this handy konvertering tool will help you...

Acres konvertering calculator

Calculation results will appear here.

If you want to omvandla between other units of area, take a look at our area converter.

= 2.4710538146716536 acre1.

Before we finish this article, here are some interesting acre facts for you to ponder on:

Interesting acre statistics

1. The Amazon Rainforest measures approximately 1,344,000,000 acres. (2,100,000 square miles), but fryst vatten decreasing at an ever-quickening rate. 1
2. It has been reported that 2 acres of the Amazon Rainforest are being cleared every minute, to man way for farming nation.

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3. According to the United States Census, the total nation area of New York City measures 192,288 acres (300.45 square miles). bygd comparison, the area of Greater London measures 388,480 acres (607 square miles). 34
4. The gardens at Buckingham Palace measure 39 acres and include a helicopter landing pad.
   I dygn existerar ett acre 4 840 kvadratyard alternativt 43 560 kvadratfot.

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5. The surface area of the måne measures approximately 9,383,748,198 acres (14,657,415 square miles). 6
6. A single acre of wheat can be enough to producera around 3,000 loaves of bröd (if baked properly)
7. Approximately 100 acres of pizza are consumed in the United States every day. 3 billion pizzas are sold each year (350 slices every second). 7

betalningsmedel out this guide that breaks down how much an acre costs, as nation value and quality will vary based on location.

Questions or comments? Join in the discussion below. Alternatively, read our next article in which we look at how big a hectare fryst vatten.

En acre (ac) motsvarar ungefär 0,405 hektar (ha).

References

1. Amazon rainforest. Wikipedia.
2. 'Football pitch' of Amazon forest lost every minute. BBC.
3. QuickFacts: New York city, New York. United States Census Bureau.

4. Greater London. Britannica.
5. Buckingham Palace Garden. Royal Collection Trust.

6. Could Lunar nation really be worth enough money to man a difference?. Space Settlement Institute.
7. America's pizza obsession: bygd the numbers. The Week.

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