768 Steps to Miles

Walking 768 steps works out to about 0.38 miles. To put that in perspective, it's close to walking every aisle of a typical grocery store. That's about 9% of the 8,818 steps the average American walks daily, per NHANES data.

Distance

0.38Miles

walking every aisle of a typical grocery store

8 minWalk Time
31 kcalCalories
9%vs. US Avg

Steps to Your Next Goal

How 768 steps stacks up against a few common step and distance goals.

5K

5,432more steps

10K

11,632more steps

15K

17,832more steps

Half Marathon

25,432more steps

Walking this instead of driving saves about 154g CO2 (0.34 lb).

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That 31 kcal is the flat estimate. Your real number changes with weight and pace.

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Distance Snapshot

  • walking every aisle of a typical grocery store
  • Also in range: a round trip out and back along the Santa Monica Pier

Guess the Distance

Which is farther: 768 steps, or The length of a football field, end zone to end zone and back?

Not quite.

768 steps0.38 mi
The length of a football field, end zone to end zone and back0.20 mi

768 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 768 steps covers a different distance depending on how tall the walker is.

HeightDistance
Short (~5'2")0.31 mi
Average (~5'7")0.34 mi
Tall (~6'2")0.37 mi

Keep This Up

If 768 steps became a daily habit instead of a one-time count, here's what it adds up to over time.

PeriodStepsDistanceCalories
Weekly5,3762.7 mi215 kcal
Monthly23,04011.5 mi922 kcal
Yearly280,320140.2 mi11,213 kcal

Where 768 Steps Ranks

Activity levels are commonly grouped by daily step count. Here's where 768 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

A large 2017 smartphone study across 46 countries (published in Nature) found average daily step counts varying enormously by country, roughly 4,000 to nearly 6,900. The researchers found that inequality in step counts within a country predicted obesity rates better than the average did.

2

George Meegan's 1977-1983 trek from the southern tip of South America to Alaska covered roughly 19,000 miles on foot the entire way, still recognized as the longest unbroken walking journey ever recorded.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is 768 steps a lot?

It's less than the average U.S. adult walks in a day. 768 steps is about 9% of the NHANES-measured daily average of 8,818 steps.

How long does it take to walk 768 steps?

At an average walking pace of about 3 mph, 768 steps takes roughly 8 min. Walking slower or faster will shift that time up or down.