Worlds biggest acorn
Battle of ‘The World’s Largest Acorns’Free Access
Acorns arrive in all shapes and sizes. LEFT: Pictured is “The World’s Largest Acorn” sculpture located in Oak Hill, Ohio. The sculpture appears to be modeled after the acorn that comes from the native White Oak wood that populates the area. (Telegram Photo by Jeremiah Shaver.) RIGHT: Pictured is “The World’s Largest Acorn” gazebo in Silver Spring, Maryland. The gazebo appears to be modeled after the acorn that comes from the Southern Red Oak tree found in Maryland. (Photo Courtesy of Google Maps.)
Back in June, the Oak Hill Chamber of Commerce officials unveiled what they dubbed as “The World’s Largest Acorn” in the Village of Oak Hill. The giant metal sculpture of art can be found in Central Memorial Park in Oak Hill.
However, since that period, a battle for the title has arisen.
The Silver Spring Historical Society located in Silver Spring, Maryland made a announce on Wednesday, Aug. 6, on social media claiming that its roughly 175-year-old, acorn-shaped gazebo, located in Acorn Urban Park at 8060 Newell St., Silver Spring, MD, is actually “The World’s Largest Acorn.” The group has gone as far as measuring and compar
Oak Hill is now home to ‘The World’s Largest Acorn’Free Access
“The World’s Largest Acorn” is a metal sculpture located inside Central Memorial Park in Oak Hill, Ohio. It was unveiled on Saturday, June 14. The acorn tips the scales at a whopping 2,835 pounds; that’s more than 1.4 tons. It stands at a height of 15 feet and five and a half inches with a diameter of 11 feet and 3 inches. It was commissioned in 2023 by the Oak Hill Area Chamber of Commerce to celebrate the Village of Oak Hill’s Sesquicentennial. (Telegram Photo by Jeremiah Shaver)
Ohio’s collection of “The World’s Largest” things just got a little bigger.
On Saturday, June 14, the Oak Hill Area Chamber of Commerce unveiled “The World’s Largest Acorn” sculpture to the community, which has been years in the making. The giant metal sculpture can be found in Central Memorial Park in Oak Hill.
“This project is one that the Chamber is very excited about because it will give people a BIG reason to visit Oak Hill,” stated Oak Hill Chamber President Kurtis Strickland. “I have visited many of The World’s Largest and Smallest Things in my travels around this great country and nearly all of them are in sm
The World's Largest Acorn
Oak Hill in Jackson County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Photographed by Craig Doda, August 16, 2025
1. The World's Largest Acorn Marker
The World's Largest Acorn stands at a height of 15 feet and 5 1/2 inches., At 11 feet 3 inches in diameter, the World's Largest Acorn is 50,625 times larger than an average-sized acorn., Weighing 2,835 pounds (over 1.4 tons), the World's Largest Acorn is held together with 40 bolts, each 1/2 inch in diameter and 1 1/2 inches long., The World's Largest Acorn is made of 20 panels of 14-gauge cold-rolled carbon steel, with 5,916 inches of weld., The foundation for the World's Largest Acorn is a hole 3 feet in diameter and 5 feet deep, filled with nearly 2 cubic yards of concrete., Fabricator: RoMar Metal Fabricating, Inc. , Foundation Contractor: R&E Excavating LLC , Concrete: AK Ready Mix LLC , Equipment: Newsom Equipment Rentals, LLC , CAD Designers: JB3 MOTO, John Lambert and Brian Walker , Painter: Premier Painting , Official Weight By: Ohio State Highway Patrol , Swing courtesy of Dan Brisker, . This historical marker was ere
Ohio’s collection of “world’s largest” things is growing
The Village of Oak Hill is small. Just about 1,400 people live in the southern Ohio town.
But soon, it’ll house a colossal attraction: the world’s largest acorn.
“The idea first came about during my personal travels,” said Kurtis Strickland, president of the local chamber of commerce.
He and his family have stopped to see the world’s largest ball of twine, rocking chair, working chainsaw and turkey.
“And so that's what gave me the initial idea of, why can't we have the world's largest something?”
A gargantuan acorn seemed a logical fit.
“We were established by the Welsh back in the 1800s,” Strickland said. “They stopped and settled Oak Hill because of all the white oak trees surrounding the town.”
Today, the school’s acorn-headed mascot, Archie, pays tribute to the tree. And soon, a giant sculpture will too.
The metal acorn, measuring 12 feet in diameter, is set to be unveiled in the village’s center this spring. Once assembled, Strickland says the figure will oust a sculpture in North Carolina — that measures a measly 10 feet across — to take the title of “World’s Largest Acorn.”
But the jumbo acorn is har
Oak Hill, Ohio: World's Largest Acorn
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On June 14, 2025, the new World's Largest Acorn was unveiled in Oak Hill, Ohio, at Central Memorial Park. The acorn stands over 15 feet high and weighs 2,835 pounds (over 1.4 tons), more than double the weight of the World's Former Largest Acorn in Raleigh, North Carolina. The acorn in Oak Hill is held together with bolts, and is made of 20 panels of 14-gauge cold-rolled carbon steel. Over 500 hours of work went into designing and building this acorn. It's 50,625 times larger than an average-size acorn!
[Kurtis Strickland, 07/02/2025]