# How big is Azeroth?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 12, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-is-azeroth/485600 "2009-02-12T22:28:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-is-azeroth/485600/1 "2009-02-12T22:28:56Z")

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Has anybody tried to measure the size of different areas in WoW in real-world terms? Assuming that human males are about 6 feet tall, how far is it from one end of Elwynn Forest to the other? How big is Stranglethorn Vale? The Barrens?

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**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-is-azeroth/485600/2 "2009-02-12T22:40:35Z")

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> [@Pochacco](#):
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> Has anybody tried to measure the size of different areas in WoW in real-world terms? Assuming that human males are about 6 feet tall, how far is it from one end of Elwynn Forest to the other? How big is Stranglethorn Vale? The Barrens?

> **[Tobold's Blog: How big is Azeroth?](http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2007/01/how-big-is-azeroth.html)**