Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to meters is 0.3048, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.3048 meters:

1 ft = 0.3048 m

To convert 260 feet into meters we have to multiply 260 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 0.3048 m

260 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 260 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 79.248 m

The final result is:

260 ft → 79.248 m

We conclude that 260 feet is equivalent to 79.248 meters:

260 feet = 79.248 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.01261861498082 × 260 feet.

Another way is saying that 260 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.01261861498082 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two hundred sixty feet is approximately seventy-nine point two four eight meters:

260 ft ≅ 79.248 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero one three times two hundred sixty feet.

Conversion table

feet to meters chart

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