6,704 Steps to Miles

Walking 6,704 steps works out to about 3.35 miles. To put that in perspective, it's close to crossing the Golden Gate Bridge and back. That's about 76% of the 8,818 steps the average American walks daily, per NHANES data.

Distance

3.35Miles

crossing the Golden Gate Bridge and back

1 hr 7 minWalk Time
268 kcalCalories
76%vs. US Avg

Steps to Your Next Goal

How 6,704 steps stacks up against a few common step and distance goals.

5K

Cleared by 504

10K

5,696more steps

15K

11,896more steps

Half Marathon

19,496more steps

Walking this instead of driving saves about 1,341g CO2 (2.96 lb).

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That 268 kcal is the flat estimate. Your real number changes with weight and pace.

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Distance Snapshot

  • crossing the Golden Gate Bridge and back
  • Also in range: one loop of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena

Guess the Distance

Which is farther: 6,704 steps, or A round trip walk down the National Mall, Capitol to Lincoln Memorial?

Not quite.

6,704 steps3.35 mi
A round trip walk down the National Mall, Capitol to Lincoln Memorial4.40 mi

6,704 Steps to Miles, By Height

The 2,000-steps-per-mile figure above is a flat average. Stride length actually scales with height, so the same 6,704 steps covers a different distance depending on how tall the walker is.

HeightDistance
Short (~5'2")2.72 mi
Average (~5'7")2.93 mi
Tall (~6'2")3.24 mi

Keep This Up

If 6,704 steps became a daily habit instead of a one-time count, here's what it adds up to over time.

PeriodStepsDistanceCalories
Weekly46,92823.5 mi1,877 kcal
Monthly201,120100.6 mi8,045 kcal
Yearly2,446,9601,223.5 mi97,878 kcal

Where 6,704 Steps Ranks

Activity levels are commonly grouped by daily step count. Here's where 6,704 steps falls.

Activity LevelDaily Steps
SedentaryUnder 5,000
Low Active5,000–7,499
Somewhat Active7,500–9,999
Active10,000–12,499
Highly Active12,500+

Did You Know?

1

Olympic race walkers can cover a mile in under 6 minutes, but they have to keep at least one foot on the ground at all times or risk disqualification, a rule that's surprisingly hard for judges to call correctly at that speed.

2

Walking upright costs humans roughly a quarter of the energy that walking on all fours would, according to a study comparing human and chimpanzee locomotion. That efficiency is a big part of why our ancestors could travel further between food sources as forests thinned into open grassland.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is 6,704 steps a lot?

It's less than the average U.S. adult walks in a day. 6,704 steps is about 76% of the NHANES-measured daily average of 8,818 steps.

How long does it take to walk 6,704 steps?

At an average walking pace of about 3 mph, 6,704 steps takes roughly 1 hr 7 min. Walking slower or faster will shift that time up or down.