El Capitan stands about 3,000 feet (approximately 914 meters) tall from its base to its summit along its tallest face. In elevation above sea level, it is about 7,569 feet (2,307 meters) high. The vertical granite monolith towers roughly 3,600 feet (1,100 meters) above the Yosemite Valley floor. It is one of the most notable and tallest exposed granite vertical rock faces in the world. This height makes it around 2.5 times taller than the Empire State Building and over three times taller than the Eiffel Tower.