List of the tallest statues in the United States

This list of the tallest statues in the United States ranks free-standing statues based on their height from base to top. The list also includes novelty architecture.

Statues over 40 ft (12.2 m) Statue Height Image Sculptor

Completed Location Coordinates Materials Notes ft mStatue of Liberty(Liberty Enlightening the World) 151 46 Frédéric Bartholdi 1886 Liberty Island, New York City, New York copper sheet on metal armature The interior framework was designed by Gustave Eiffel. Stands upon a 47 m (154 ft) baseTotal monument height: 93 m (310 ft) Pegasus and Dragon 110 33.5 Mark Kara (designer)Stark EngineersStrassacker Art FoundryPegasus, from Strassacker Kunstgiesserei. 2014 Gulfstream Park Racetrack and Casino,Hallandale Beach, Florida bronze and steel Pegasus is 33.4 m (110 ft) in height.The dragon is 15.2 m (50 ft) in height Venus 92 28 Lawrence Argent 2017 Piazza Angelo Courtyard,San Francisco, California Stainless steel The statue depicts Venus de Milo. The collection of sculptures that Venus sits in is called C'era Una Volta. Statue of Union 90 27.4 2024 Sri Ashtalakshmi Temple,Sugar Land, Texas Panchaloha (five-metal alloy of gold, silver, copper, zinc, and iron) The statue depicts Hindu God Hanuman Our Lady of the Rockies 88.6 27 Robert O'Bill (artist/creator) Laurien Eugene Riehl (designer) 1985 Butte, Montana concrete base; stainless steel statue Stands upon a 1.5 m (5 ft) baseTotal monument height: 28.5 m (93.6 ft)Our Lady of the Rockies (sculpture), from SIRIS. Metaphor: The Tree of Utah 87 27 see article Karl Momen 1986 Bonneville Salt Flats,Utah concrete Iron Man Statue: The Emergence of Man Through Steel8526Jack E. Anderson1987Chisholm, Minnesota47°28'53'N 92°53'46'Wbrass, copper, steel, iron oreMeasures 85 ft tall, 26m from the base to the top of the helmet, the helmet is light with LED Golden Driller 75 23 1953 Tulsa Expo Center,Tulsa, Oklahoma cast concrete and plaster Sugar Land Quan Am 72 21.94 Mai Chi Kim 1998 Chua Viet Nam,Sugar Land, Texas cast concrete Brachiosaurus Mother and Baby 70 21.34 Gary Staab 2009 Children's Museum of Indianapolis,Indianapolis, Indiana fiberglass United States Marine Corps War MemorialIwo Jima Memorial 68 20.7 Felix de Weldon 1954 Arlington Ridge Park,Arlington, Virginia bronze Stands upon a 3 m (10 ft) base.Total monument height: 23.7 m (78 ft)U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, from SIRIS.View with Washington, D.C. in the distance. Giraffe 67.6 20.6 Bob Cassilly 1997 Dallas Zoo,Dallas, Texas bronze and plexiglass A Tribute to CourageSam Houston statue 67 20.5 see article David Adickes 1994 Huntsville, Texas cast concrete Stands upon a 3 m (10 ft) pedestal Christ of the Ozarks 65.5 20 Emmet Sullivan 1966 Magnetic Mountain,Eureka Springs, Arkansas cast concrete Lucy the Elephant 65 19.7 James V. Lafferty, designer 1881 Margate City, New Jersey wood, tin sheeting Similar novelty buildings built at Coney Island, New York (Elephantine Colossus)and Cape May, New Jersey do not survive.NRHP listed. Brontosaurus"Dinny the Dinosaur" 65 19.7 Claude K. Bell 1978 Dinosaur Delights,Cabazon, California concrete over a steel frame The novelty building is 45.7 m (150 ft) in length.The roadside attraction also features a 13.7 m (45 ft) Tyrannosaurus Rex statue.Brontosaurus and Tyrannosaurus Rex, from SIRIS. Skowhegan Indian 62 18.9 Bernard Langlais 1969 Skowhegan, Maine wood, concrete base Created for the 150th anniversary of Maine statehoodStands upon a 6.1 m (20 ft) baseTotal monument height: 25 m (82 ft)Indian of Skowhegan, from SIRIS. The Father of TexasStephen Austin statue 60 18.3 David Adickes 2009 Angleton, Texas cast concrete Stands upon a 3 m (10 ft) pedestal Healing Hands (The Praying Hands) 60 18 Leonard McMurry 1980 Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma bronze Liberty5817.7Michael Benisty2025Aurora, Coloradopolished stainless steelOriginally unveiled at the Burning Man festival in 2024 Vulcan 56 17.1 Giuseppe Moretti 1904 Red Mountain,Birmingham, Alabama cast iron Largest cast iron statue in the world. Created for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.Stands upon a 38.4 m (126 ft) tower.Total monument height: 55.5 m (182 ft) Hiawatha 52 15.8 Gordon Displays 1964 Hiawatha Park,Ironwood, Michigan fiberglass Stands upon a 0.8 m (2.5 ft) baseTotal monument height: 16.6 m (54.5 ft)Hiawatha (sculpture), from SIRIS. Lux MundiLight of the World 52 15.8 Tom Tsuchiya 2012 Solid Rock Church,Monroe, Ohio polymer, composite, steel Replaced the statue King of Kings which was struck by lightning and destroyed in 2010. Dignity 50 15.24 2016 overlooking the Missouri River, near Chamberlain, South Dakota Jolly Green Giant 50 15.2 Creative DisplaysF.A.S.T. Corp. 1979 Blue Earth, Minnesota fiberglass Stands upon a 1.7 m (5.5 ft) baseTotal monument height: 16.9 m (55.5 ft)Jolly Green Giant (sculpture), from SIRIS. Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox 49.2 15 Ward Berg Bunyan 1961Babe 1950 Trees of Mystery,Klamath, California wood, chicken wire, stucco Replaced a 1946 Bunyan statue by Ray & William Thompson.Babe the Blue Ox, from SIRIS.Based on a model by Ann Cooper.Paul Bunyan (sculpture), from SIRIS.Tapomurti Shri Nilkanth Varni Murti(A Journey Inspiring Simplicity) 49 14.94 BAPS 2021 Swaminarayan Akshardham, Robbinsville, New Jersey Bronze The bronze murti is 49 feet tall to commemorate the 49 years Bhagwan Swaminarayan lived on earth while affecting social and spiritual reform in India.The framework was designed by Saints and Volunteers of BAPS. Black Hawk StatueThe Eternal Indian 48 14.6 Lorado Taft 1911 Lowden State Park,near Oregon, Illinois concrete Hammering Man 48 14.6 Lippincott, Inc. 1991 Seattle Art Museum,Seattle, Washington steel Tex Randall 47 14 Harry Wheeler 1959 Canyon, Texas cement and steel Atlas 45 13.7 Lee Lawrie 1937 Rockefeller Center, New York City, New York bronze,granite base Stands upon a 2.7 m (9 ft) base.Total monument height: 16.4 m (54 ft) The Keeper of the Plains 44 13.4 Blackbear Bosin 1974 Mid-America All-Indian Center,Wichita, Kansas Cor-Ten steel Stands upon a 9.1 m (30 ft) rock promontory Washington Monument 44 13.4 Rudolf Siemering 1897 Eakins Oval,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania bronze and granite Rocket Thrower 42.5 12.95 Donald De Lue 1964 Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, New York City, New York bronze Created for the 1964 New York World's FairRocket Thrower, from NYC Parks. Athena ParthenosAthena of the Parthenon 42 12.8 Alan LeQuire 1990 Parthenon,Nashville, Tennessee composite of gypsum cement and fiberglass Tallest indoor statue in United States. Muskellunge 41 12.5 1976 National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame,Hayward, Wisconsin fiberglass The world's largest fiberglass sculpture.

Statues between 20 ft and 40 ft (6.1 and 12.2 m)