Map: The Waggoner Ranch is really, really big, y'all

How big is Waggoner Ranch (highlighted in green)? Really big. Scroll through the slideshow to see how the 800-square-mile, $725 million estate stacks up against major U.S. cities and states. How big is Waggoner Ranch (highlighted in green)? Really big. Scroll through the slideshow to see how the 800-square-mile, $725 million estate stacks up against major U.S. cities and states. Photo: Screenshot Via Google Earth Pro Photo: Screenshot Via Google Earth Pro Image 1 of / 60 Caption Close Map: The Waggoner Ranch is really, really big, y'all 1 / 60 Back to Gallery

Waggoner Ranch, the 800-square-mile plot of land in North Texas, is really big.

The bidding period on the ranch, going for $725 million, ended Oct. 20 with about six serious potential buyers to snag the giant plot.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the sale will be "more than quadruple the biggest public sale of a U.S. ranch to date."

Using a rough outline based off of materials provided by the ranch and the online map-creating tool MAPfrappe, it's now easier to see just how big.

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How big is it? Well, it looks like it easily swallows a chunk of Long Island as it devours Manhattan.

The ranch — about 175 miles northwest of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex — also appears to take up a huge portion of that area and, separately, the Houston area.

Of course, a number of factors — including mapping techniques, elevation, different latitudes and surface area — distort the ranch's shape as it moves around the map.

Distances and surface areas are magnified at higher latitudes, according to MAPfrappe. So, the ranch can't be directly compared to other areas on the globe.

Scroll through to see just how big Waggoner Ranch is compared to U.S. cities and states — as well as a few international cities.

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