The Hexagon Surface Area calculator computes the surface area of a regular Hexagon shaped object (e.g. column, prysm, gem).  A regular hexagon Regular Hexagon column has ends that are six sided regular polygons where all of the sides are the same length (s) and a column height (h).   See diagram.

INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the preferred units and enter the following:

• (s) This is the length of the side of the hexagon shaped ends.
• (h)  This is the height of the shape.

Hexagon Surface Area (SA):  The surface area (SA) is returned in square meters.  However, this can be automatically converted to other area units via the pull-down menu.

Related Calculators:

• Area of a Hexagon shaped surface, CLICK HERE.
• Volume of a Hexagon Column

The Math / Science

Giant's Causeway 
The Surface area of a Hexagon shape (see diagram) is the sum of:

1. Hexagon Area on the top.
2. Hexagon Area on the bottom.
3. The sum of the six rectangle areas on the side where the area of each rectangle is A = s *h

Therefore, the surface area of a hexagon is:

SA =  2 • (³/₂ • √3 • s²) + 6 • s • h  

This simplifies to:

SA =  3 • √3 • s² + 6 • s • h  

Hexagons appear in mathematics and in nature (e.g. honey comb of honey bees).  The volcanic columns at the Giant's Causeway in North Ireland have regular shapes including regular hexagons.