It’s a Small World

A theme park with natural and man-made landmarks at one-thousandth their actual size would foster appreciation for the size and proportions of our environment. The inquisitive of all ages could enjoy hands-on comparisons of realistic structures and geographical features.

The entrance road to the park would follow between a 4 mile* Great Wall of China and an equally long Nile “river” before coming to 5 inch high great pyramids. The mountain area would stretch from the Netherlands’ highest point, 3.8 inch, to the UK’s Ben Nevis, 4.4 ft, Australia’s Kosciusko, 7.3 ft, Mt McKinley, 20 ft, and a climbable 29 ft Mt Everest showing base camps, highest human dwellings and the highest living plants and animals.

A water area would include a 6 ft deep Lake Baykal, the 4 ft central span of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and the 3 ft Angel waterfall of Venezuela compared to a 1.4 ft Empire State Building. A continental shelf, 8-inch wading pool could lead to a 36 ft deep Marianas Trench open for diving. Information would include deepest human dives in different categories, depths for deep-sea life, a 1-inch blue whale and a 1 ft QE2.

Other interesting structures would include a 9.6-inch Hindenburg next to 4-inch California redwoods, the Eiffel tower at 1 ft and the 1.4 ft Sears Tower.

* All figures are approximate.