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 8420 feet into miles we have to multiply 8420 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

8420 ft → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 8420 ft × 0.00018939393939394 mi

L_(mi) = 1.594696969697 mi

The final result is:

8420 ft → 1.594696969697 mi

We conclude that 8420 feet is equivalent to 1.594696969697 miles:

8420 feet = 1.594696969697 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 0.6270783847981 × 8420 feet.

Another way is saying that 8420 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.6270783847981 miles.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight thousand four hundred twenty feet is approximately one point five nine five miles:

8420 ft ≅ 1.595 mi

An alternative is also that one mile is approximately zero point six two seven times eight thousand four hundred twenty 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