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 8968 feet into miles we have to multiply 8968 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

8968 ft → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 8968 ft × 0.00018939393939394 mi

L_(mi) = 1.6984848484848 mi

The final result is:

8968 ft → 1.6984848484848 mi

We conclude that 8968 feet is equivalent to 1.6984848484848 miles:

8968 feet = 1.6984848484848 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 0.58876003568243 × 8968 feet.

Another way is saying that 8968 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.58876003568243 miles.

Approximate result

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

8968 ft ≅ 1.698 mi

An alternative is also that one mile is approximately zero point five eight nine times eight thousand nine hundred sixty-eight 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