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 850 feet into meters we have to multiply 850 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

850 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 850 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 259.08 m

The final result is:

850 ft → 259.08 m

We conclude that 850 feet is equivalent to 259.08 meters:

850 feet = 259.08 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.0038598116411919 × 850 feet.

Another way is saying that 850 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0038598116411919 meters.

Approximate result

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

850 ft ≅ 259.08 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero zero four times eight hundred fifty 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