{
  "id": "miles-to-steps",
  "version": "e6ee08fee8be",
  "status": "published",
  "name": "Miles to Steps Converter",
  "question": "How do I convert miles to steps?",
  "summary": "Converts miles to steps and back: steps = miles × 5,280 ft ÷ step length.",
  "category": "convert",
  "subcategory": "length",
  "url": "https://www.acalculator.org/convert/miles-to-steps",
  "markdown": "https://www.acalculator.org/convert/miles-to-steps.md",
  "kind": "formulas",
  "method": "steps = miles × 5,280 ft ÷ step length",
  "assumptions": [
    "Exact on the typed decimals: at most 6 decimal places (6 significant digits below 0.0001), rounded half up."
  ],
  "inputs": {
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "value": {
        "title": "Miles (mi)",
        "description": "The amount in miles.",
        "type": "number",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 1000000000000
      },
      "step": {
        "title": "Step length",
        "description": "Heel to heel.",
        "type": [
          "number",
          "string"
        ],
        "x-quantity": "length",
        "minimum": 0.1,
        "maximum": 3
      },
      "result": {
        "title": "Steps",
        "description": "The same amount in steps.",
        "type": "number",
        "minimum": 0,
        "maximum": 536448000000000
      }
    }
  },
  "solve": {
    "fillAny": 2,
    "variables": [
      "value",
      "step",
      "result"
    ],
    "inputsOnly": []
  },
  "outputs": {
    "value": {
      "label": "Miles (mi)",
      "description": "The amount in miles.",
      "format": "number"
    },
    "step": {
      "label": "Step length",
      "description": "Heel to heel.",
      "format": "quantity"
    },
    "result": {
      "label": "Steps",
      "description": "The amount in steps.",
      "format": "number"
    }
  },
  "defaultAnswer": {
    "inputs": {
      "value": 1,
      "step": 0.762
    },
    "outputs": {
      "result": 2112
    },
    "text": "1 miles = 2,112 steps."
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "given": {
        "value": 1,
        "step": 0.762
      },
      "expect": {
        "result": 2112
      },
      "source": "NIST SP 811 (2008), Appendix B.8: 1 mile = 1,609.344 m"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "value": 3,
        "step": 0.6096
      },
      "expect": {
        "result": 7920
      },
      "source": "NIST SP 811 (2008), Appendix B.8: 1 mile = 1,609.344 m"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "NIST SP 811 (2008), Guide for the Use of the International System of Units, Table 3 (watt = volt × ampere) and Appendix B.8, retrieved 2026-10-01. https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811"
  ],
  "related": [
    "steps-to-miles"
  ],
  "changelog": []
}