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 473 feet into meters we have to multiply 473 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

473 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 473 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 144.1704 m

The final result is:

473 ft → 144.1704 m

We conclude that 473 feet is equivalent to 144.1704 meters:

473 feet = 144.1704 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.0069362365645098 × 473 feet.

Another way is saying that 473 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0069362365645098 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four hundred seventy-three feet is approximately one hundred forty-four point one seven meters:

473 ft ≅ 144.17 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero zero seven times four hundred seventy-three 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