How many steps is 1.5 miles?
About 3,400 steps for an adult of average height, from about 3,000 at 6 ft 4 in to 4,000 at 4 ft 10 in. At a brisk pace, a mile and a half is half an hour of walking.
The numbers
Steps in 1.5 miles, by height
| 4 ft 10 in (1.47 m) | about 4,000 steps |
| 5 ft (1.52 m) | about 3,800 steps |
| 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) | about 3,700 steps |
| 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | about 3,600 steps |
| 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | about 3,500 steps |
| 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | about 3,400 steps |
| 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | about 3,300 steps |
| 6 ft (1.83 m) | about 3,200 steps |
| 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | about 3,100 steps |
| 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | about 3,000 steps |
Step length is about 41% of height. Give or take 10% for how you walk.
For the average American woman and man (according to the CDC)
| A woman, 5 ft 3.5 in | about 3,600 steps |
| A man, 5 ft 8.9 in | about 3,300 steps |
Average heights of US adults, from the CDC. A woman's step is almost the same share of her height as a man's, so the gap comes from height.
Against a daily step count
| A 5,000-step day | 69% of it |
| A 7,000-step day | 49% of it |
| A 10,000-step day | 34% of it |
For an adult of average height, walking only this distance.
On a reTrek route
2.4 km is 1/12 of the way to Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. At that distance a day, the whole route takes about 15 days.
About the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu routeTry your own distance
Steps
about 3,400
3,100 to 3,800 depending on your stride, about 0.70 m a step at this height.
Distance
2.4 km · 1.5 miles
Time on foot
29 min
at 5 km/h, no stops
Calories
Depends on your weight more than anything else. Enter it to see an estimate.
That is 1/12 of the way to Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.
How many steps is 1.5 miles?
About 3,400 for an adult 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) tall. A mile and a half is 2,414 m, and a walking step is roughly 41% of your height, about 0.70 m for that adult. The average American woman (according to the CDC), at 5 ft 3.5 in, takes about 3,600, and the average American man, just under 5 ft 9 in, about 3,300. Every height from 4 ft 10 in to 6 ft 4 in is in the table above.
A mile and a half is half an hour
At about 3 miles an hour, which is what the NHS calls a brisk walk, a mile and a half takes 30 minutes. That makes it a useful unit. The WHO recommends adults do at least 150 minutes of moderate activity a week, and brisk walking counts, so a mile and a half on five days of the week meets the minimum. In steps, that is about 3,400 a day on top of whatever the day already holds.
A mile and a half a day, counted toward somewhere
In reTrek those 3,400 steps become distance on a real trail. Pick a route, Everest Base Camp is free, and a mile and a half a day carries you from Lukla to Base Camp in about 24 days, with a short film about the place waiting at each milestone. The half hour you were going to walk anyway, going somewhere.
Or take someone with you: walk the same route with a friend and pool your steps, or race each other to Base Camp.
Other distances in steps
Sources: One-mile step count at walking and running speeds, Hoeger et al., ACSM's Health and Fitness Journal, 2008 · Body measurements, average height of US adults, CDC FastStats (NHANES August 2021 to August 2023) · Walking for health, NHS · WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour, 2020