How much football fields is 5 acres?

In this article, I will show you exactly how big 5 acres is in size including some great images for a visual reference. 

What is an acre?

An acre is a unit of area or land measurement that equals a square with the dimensions of 66 x 660 feet which equals 43,560 square feet. 

An acre is also considered to be .405 hectares or 4840 square meters. 

5 acres would equal 43,560 x 5 = 217,800 square feet or 0.02 square kilometers. 

Use the following examples to see just how large 5 acres is.

4 Football fields

A professional football field used in the USA, has the dimensions of 360 x 160 feet including the end zones which equals 57,600 square feet. This is equal to 1.32 acres. 

If you can picture 4 football fields side by side, they would equal just over 5 acres total. 

Find out how big 10 acres is visually by clicking here.

77 Doubles tennis courts

The tennis courts that are used by doubles players are larger than singles courts. The dimensions of a doubles court are 78 feet x 36 feet which equals 2808 square feet total. 

There are 15.5 doubles tennis courts in 1 acre and 77.5 of them in 5 acres.

⅓ Yankee Stadium

Yankee stadium in New York is 635,000 square feet. This is equal to 14.5 acres. 5 acres of land would fit inside Yankee stadium 3 times.

378 boxing rings

A professional boxing ring has dimensions of 24 x 24 feet. This equals 576 square feet.  Although they can range in size and some boxing rings can be 16 x 16 feet, the larger size is more common.

Therefore, 1 acre of land equals 75 boxing rings and 5 acres equals 378 boxing rings. 

How many houses will fit on 5 acres of land?

88 homes that are 2500 square feet each will cover 5 acres of land.

A family home of around 2500 square feet in size is considered to be a larger home. This is equal to about 0.057 acres. If you are looking to visualize 5 acres in area, picture 88 of these homes together and it will be close to 5 acres.

How long would it take to walk 5 acres?

On average, a person walks around 3 to 4 miles per hour and covers 4 feet per second. It should take you 35 seconds to cover 1 acre. To walk 5 acres, it will take you 175 seconds which is around 3 minutes.