Coming from Iowa, I have a pretty good idea of how big an acre is--about
the size of a football field. There are 640 acres in a square mile or
you can think of it as a 70 yard by 70 yard square.
Wes Jansen (nikon)

On Mon, 18 Apr 1994, Michael Donahue wrote:

> I was wondering if any of you scientists out there could give me the
> measurements of a hectare. I read a lot of articles that give area
> measurements in hectares, but I would appreciate being able to do a
> conversion to square feet (or square) miles. While you're at it, what's
> an acre?
> I haven't been able to find these area measurements any where.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mike Donahue
> mdonahue at u.washington.edu
>
> p.s. The unsigned message about the one day flight of ruby-crowned
> kinglets was from me.
>
>