Convert-Me.Com - online units conversion View topic - Linear . Sep 7, 2006 . dean wrote: I know there are 4840 sq. yards in an acre but how many linear ft. are the sides of an acre? Hi Dean: It depends on the number of sides and the length of each side that compose that one acre, which is 43,560 square feet. .. This would give me 5,256 square meters, which seems about right