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A stride-based estimate for healthy adults — actual steps vary with terrain, stride and stamina. Not medical advice.
Turn your steps into miles and kilometres from your height and pace — or go the other way and find the steps for a distance. Everything runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
How steps are turned into miles
The calculator works from your stride length, which scales with your height. A walking stride is about 0.413 of your height, jogging roughly 0.45 and running about 0.50, because a faster gait reaches further with each step. Since a mile is 63,360 inches, your steps per mile is simply 63,360 divided by your stride in inches. Divide your step count by that figure and you have the distance in miles, which the tool also shows in kilometres.
Steps to distance, or distance to steps
Switch modes with the tabs at the top. In Steps to distance you enter a step count and get the miles and kilometres it covers — handy for reading a pedometer or phone. In Distance to steps you enter a distance in miles or kilometres and get the number of steps it takes, useful for planning a walk to hit a daily target. Both use the same height and pace, so the steps-per-mile figure stays consistent between them.
Getting an accurate number
Entering your real height matters far more than any generic average — a tall and a short person can log very different step counts on the same route. If you want to be precise, measure your own stride by walking a known distance and counting steps, then compare it with the figure here. Pair this with the Calories Burned Calculator to see the energy your walk uses and the Weight Loss Timeline to fit it into a plan.