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How many feet in a mile?
5,280. A mile is also 1,760 yards and 1,609.344 meters. The converter goes between miles, feet, yards, kilometers, meters and laps of a running track.
Convert miles, feet, yards and laps
1 mile = 5,280 feet = 1,760 yards = 1,609.344 meters. One lap of the inside lane of a standard track is 400 m, so 4 laps (1,600 m) fall a little short of a mile.
The track and the mile
One lap of the inside lane of a standard outdoor track is 400 meters. Four laps make 1,600 meters, about 9 meters short of a mile, so a true mile on a track ends a few steps past the fourth lap. On foot, an average adult takes roughly 2,000 to 2,500 steps per mile; the real count depends on stride length.
Questions people ask
How many yards in a mile?
1,760.
How many laps around a track is a mile?
A little more than 4 laps of 400 meters.
How many kilometers in a mile?
About 1.609.
Good to know
- One mile is 5,280 feet.1,2,3,4
- One mile is 1,760 yards.2,3
- One mile is exactly 1,609.344 meters, about 1.609 kilometers.1,2,3,4
- One lap of the inside lane of a standard outdoor track is 400 meters.5,6
- Four laps of a 400 m track make 1,600 meters, slightly less than a full mile (about 1,609 meters).5,7
- An average adult walks roughly 2,000 to 2,500 steps per mile; the count depends on stride length.8,9
How we checked this page
Checked on October 27, 2026. We kept a fact only when two independent publishers agree, and each one is numbered to its sources below. Where sources give different numbers, we keep only what they share. We never write a price. This page was written with an AI assistant and checked against the sources below.
Sources
- Mile (unit of measurement), Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Mile (definition), Math Is Fun
- Miles to Yards Converter, Inch Calculator
- U.S. Survey Foot: Revised Unit Conversion Factors, NIST
- A Beginner's Guide to All of the Events in Track and Field, Nike
- How far is one lap around a track?, RunnerClick
- Poll: Should We Stop Running The 1600m Entirely?, MileSplit
- How Many Steps in a Mile: Complete Guide for Walkers and Runners, Great Runs
- 10,000 Steps, The Walking Site