Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to miles is 0.00018939393939394, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.00018939393939394 miles:

1 ft = 0.00018939393939394 mi

To convert 17 feet into miles we have to multiply 17 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to miles. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 0.00018939393939394 mi

17 ft → L_(mi)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in miles:

L_(mi) = 17 ft × 0.00018939393939394 mi

L_(mi) = 0.003219696969697 mi

The final result is:

17 ft → 0.003219696969697 mi

We conclude that 17 feet is equivalent to 0.003219696969697 miles:

17 feet = 0.003219696969697 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 310.58823529412 × 17 feet.

Another way is saying that 17 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 310.58823529412 miles.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventeen feet is approximately zero point zero zero three miles:

17 ft ≅ 0.003 mi

An alternative is also that one mile is approximately three hundred ten point five eight eight times seventeen feet.

Conversion table

feet to miles chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet to miles