Steps to Miles Calculator (2024)

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and finding how many steps this distance will take begins with using this steps to miles calculator.

Read on to learn how to use this tool and find how many steps per mile you take.

This steps to miles conversion calculator offers you three methods to convert steps to miles (and distance in general). They are ordered from the least to the most exact.

1. If you want a quick approximation, choose the method based on the average step. You'll need to input only your sex and the number of steps walked. The distance will appear in the last field of the steps to miles calculator. This method assumes a stride length of 2.2 ft (0.67 m) for women and 2.5 ft (0.762 m) for men.

2. If you want a more precise result, choose the second option. Based on your height, the calculator will estimate your stride length. You can check it in advanced mode.

3. The third method gives you an exact number of steps in a mile, but you need to measure your stride length first.

Feel free to change the units of distance, stride length, and height.

To illustrate how this calculator works, let's figure out how many average steps are in a mile. To get the result, you just need to set the unit of distance to "miles" and enter "1". Then, you'll see the number of steps - "2,400" for females and "2,112" for males.

How did the calculator get this result? It uses the following steps to miles conversion formula:

distance / stride length = steps

As we said, the average stride length for women hovers around 2.2 ft, and it will be the stride length in our example. The distance is 1 mile. To have uniform units, let's convert it to feet:

1 mile = 5,280 feet

Now when you substitute into the formula, you get the result:

steps = 5,280 ft / 2.2 ft

steps = 2,400

Walking a mile means taking around 2,000 steps. The exact number depends on the individual's height and stride length. If we assume an average stride length (2.2 ft for women and 2.5 ft for men), a mile will take 2,112 male steps and 2,400 female steps.

Walking 3 miles means taking around 6-7 thousand steps. The exact number depends on the individual's height and stride length. If we assume an average stride length (2.2 ft for women and 2.5 ft for men), 3 miles will take 6,336 male steps and 7,206 female steps.

10,000 steps make about 4 miles. The exact number depends on the individual's height and stride length. For a woman with an average stride length (2.2 ft), 10,000 steps are 4.163 mi, and for a man with an average step (2.5 ft), it's 4.735 mi. Use Omni's steps to miles conversion calculator to find out exactly how many miles you would walk if you took 10,000 steps.

5,000 steps make about 2 miles. The exact number depends on the individual's height and stride length. For a woman with an average stride length (2.2 ft), 5,000 steps are 2.0816 mi, and for a man with an average step (2.5 ft), it's 2.3674 mi. Use our miles to steps calculator to find out the number of steps with your stride length!

15,000 steps make about 6.5 miles. The exact number depends on the individual's height and stride length. For a woman with an average stride length (2.2 ft), 15,000 steps are 6.245 mi, and for a man with an average step (2.5 ft), it's 7.102 mi.

20,000 steps make about 8.5 miles. The exact number depends on the individual's height and stride length. For a woman with an average stride length (2.2 ft), 20,000 steps are 8.326 mi, and for a man with an average step (2.5 ft), it's 9.47 mi.

6,000 steps make about 2.5 miles. The exact number depends on the individual's height and stride length. For a woman with an average stride length (2.2 ft), 6,000 steps are 2.498 mi, and for a man with an average step (2.5 ft), it's 2.841 mi.

12,000 steps make about 5 miles. The exact number depends on the individual's height and stride length. For a woman with an average stride length (2.2 ft), 12,000 steps are 4.996 mi, and for a man with an average step (2.5 ft), it's 5.682 mi.

8,000 steps make about 3.5 miles. The exact number depends on the individual's height and stride length. For a woman with an average stride length (2.2 ft), 8,000 steps are 3.3305 mi, and for a man with an average step (2.5 ft), it's 3.788 mi.