@XanIndigo @drmaddkap

... compared to, say, a "yard" (three foot long), which is almost as long as a meter. And many people have used "yard sticks" of that length. A "yard" is just over 8.5 cm short of a meter.

So about 24 yards wide, as a really rough number.

"Nearly to the 25 yard line on a football field" would do it!