Is Central Park, New York, Really THAT Big?

Central Park New York has become, over the years, some kind of supporting actor in a lot of movies. There is always a kiss that happenes in Central Park, or someone is going to die there, or two people are supposed to meet there, or somebody rents an appartment near Central Park. Everyone jogs in Central Park and everyone takes a romantic walk in this park. In movies, everythings seems to gravitate around Central Park.

Once, although I don’t remember where, I heard the line that Central Park constitutes New York’s lung, filtrating all the pollution and refreshing the air. So, having this considered, I may wonder: How big is, in fact, Central Park?

The first thing I did was measure Central Park on Google Maps. These measurements didn’t impress me. It seems to be pretty big, but not enormous.

Its perimeter is about 10 km (6.2 miles) and it takes you 2 hours to walk around it. 2 hours is not much.
Tiergarten in Berlin is roughly the same dimension. I bet tons of other parks in other citites are at least big and beautiful as Central Park is.

So, yeah, Central Park is not really THAT big.