Conversion formula

The conversion factor from yards to miles is 0.00056818181818182, which means that 1 yard is equal to 0.00056818181818182 miles:

1 yd = 0.00056818181818182 mi

To convert 3 yards into miles we have to multiply 3 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from yards to miles. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 yd → 0.00056818181818182 mi

3 yd → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 3 yd × 0.00056818181818182 mi

L_(mi) = 0.0017045454545455 mi

The final result is:

3 yd → 0.0017045454545455 mi

We conclude that 3 yards is equivalent to 0.0017045454545455 miles:

3 yards = 0.0017045454545455 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 586.66666666667 × 3 yards.

Another way is saying that 3 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 586.66666666667 miles.

Approximate result

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

3 yd ≅ 0.002 mi

An alternative is also that one mile is approximately five hundred eighty-six point six six seven times three yards.

Conversion table

yards to miles chart

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