Ark Encounter

Since we’re all related to the eight people who came off the ark, we’re all related!

The account of the ark and the catastrophic flood is a reliable part of the Bible’s historical record.

We can have full confidence in the Bible’s reliability regarding the ark and the global flood.

The Bible is reliable in all areas, including its account of the ark (and the worldwide catastrophic flood).

To visualize the ark’s massive volume, imagine the space of over 500 semitrailers all in one vessel.

Noah’s ark was a massive ship, built at God’s command, that saved Noah, his family, and representatives of every kind of land-dependent, air-breathing animal from the global flood that took place over 4,300 years ago. The ark was 510 feet long, 85 feet wide, and 51 feet high and it housed the several thousand animals God brought to Noah. The global flood lasted about one year. The ark came to rest on the “mountains of Ararat” (Genesis 8:4), and Noah’s family, with all the animals that were saved from the flood, eventually spread throughout the world.

Researchers have shown that the ark’s volume is the equivalent volume of over 500 semitrailers of space.

Want to see a life-size Noah’s Ark for yourself?

With a volume of 2.21 million cubic feet, the ark was a colossal vessel designed by God to preserve land animal life.

The massive scale of the ark, measuring over 500 feet long, provided more than enough volume for the animals it carried.

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According to Genesis 6:15, the ark measured 300 x 50 x 30 cubits, which is about 510 x 85 x 51 feet, with a volume of about 2.21 million cubic feet.

When visiting the Ark Encounter, you’ll see “Noah’s language,” a written language our artists invented, throughout the life-size Noah’s Ark.

Dinosaurs were not left behind in the flood. As land vertebrates, they were represented on the ark just as the Bible describes.

The history of the ark includes all land vertebrates, which means dinosaurs were part of the voyage.

Because dinosaurs are land vertebrates, they were definitely represented among the animals on the ark.

From the smallest creature to the largest land vertebrate such as dinosaurs, God ensured that every kind was represented on the ark.

Scripture makes it clear that God brought every kind of land vertebrate, including dinosaurs, to the ark for safety.

Big news: We have a new zoo baby! Help us welcome our crane chick that arrived this past Sunday. Proud parents Salem and Reina are doing an amazing job. Stop by the habitat this week to catch a glimpse of the little one exploring!

In Genesis 6:19–20, the Bible says that two of every kind of land vertebrate (seven pairs of the clean animals) were brought by God to the ark. Therefore, dinosaurs (land vertebrates) were represented on the ark.