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 8.5 feet into miles we have to multiply 8.5 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

8.5 ft → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 8.5 ft × 0.00018939393939394 mi

L_(mi) = 0.0016098484848485 mi

The final result is:

8.5 ft → 0.0016098484848485 mi

We conclude that 8.5 feet is equivalent to 0.0016098484848485 miles:

8.5 feet = 0.0016098484848485 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 621.17647058824 × 8.5 feet.

Another way is saying that 8.5 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 621.17647058824 miles.

Approximate result

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

8.5 ft ≅ 0.002 mi

An alternative is also that one mile is approximately six hundred twenty-one point one seven six times eight point five 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