How Long Does It Take to Walk 10 Miles?

Quick Answer
At a moderate walking pace (3.0 mph), it takes 3 hours 20 minutes to walk 10 miles.
At a brisk pace (3.5 mph): about 2 hr 51 min  ·  At a leisurely pace (2.0 mph): about 5 hr

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3 hr 20 min
estimated walking time
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calories burned
20,000
approx. steps
80
city blocks
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Walk Time by Pace: 10 Miles

How walking speed changes the time it takes to cover 10 miles. The highlighted row is the average walking pace for most adults.

PaceSpeedTime to Walk 10 Miles
Leisurely2.0 mph5 hr
Easy2.5 mph4 hr
Moderate3.0 mph3 hr 20 min
Brisk Walk3.5 mph2 hr 51 min
Power Walk4.0 mph2 hr 30 min
Race Walk4.5 mph2 hr 13 min

10 Miles Is Equivalent To...

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~20,000 steps
at average stride length
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16.09 km
in kilometres
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~80 blocks
city blocks (approx)
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40 laps
around a standard track
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~3 hr 20 min
at a comfortable pace

Ten Miles: What an Ambitious Walk Looks Like

Ten miles is 20,000 steps, over three hours of walking, and a genuine athletic undertaking by any reasonable measure. This is the walk that requires a plan. You want a route worth the distance, proper footwear that has been tested over shorter distances first, water, and ideally some food for the middle miles.

The calorie burn is serious: around 860 calories for a 155 lb adult at moderate pace. That is a large meal's worth of energy, burned through nothing more demanding than sustained walking. Over time, regularly including 10-mile walks in your routine builds the kind of cardiovascular base that makes everything else easier.

There is also something psychologically distinct about completing a 10-mile walk. It is a round number that carries weight. People finish it differently from how they started it. The confidence that comes from covering that distance on foot tends to outlast the day it happened. It is the kind of walk you tell people about.

Calories Burned Walking 10 Miles

Estimates based on moderate pace (3.0 mph) on flat terrain. Use the calculator above for terrain and fitness adjustments.

Body WeightCalories Burned Walking 10 Miles (moderate pace)
130 lbs688
155 lbs820
180 lbs952
205 lbs1085
230 lbs1217
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Frequently Asked Questions

At a moderate pace of 3.0 mph, walking 10 miles takes 3 hours 20 minutes. At a brisk pace of 3.5 mph, about 2 hours 51 minutes. At a power walk pace of 4.0 mph, 2 hours 30 minutes. At a leisurely 2.0 mph, about 5 hours. Most people who walk 10 miles build up to it over several weeks rather than attempting it cold.
Walking 10 miles burns approximately 720 to 1,280 calories for most adults at a moderate pace. A 130 lb person burns around 720 calories. A 155 lb person around 860 calories. A 180 lb person around 1,000 calories. A 230 lb person around 1,280 calories. See the calorie table above for your weight.
Ten miles is approximately 20,000 steps at average adult stride length. That is double the commonly recommended 10,000-step daily target and the kind of step count typically associated with very active jobs or people who make walking a central part of their day.
Walking 10 miles daily is achievable for physically capable adults but requires a genuinely active lifestyle and proper physical conditioning. Building up gradually is essential. Most healthy adults can walk 10 miles comfortably once they have built up to it over several weeks. Footwear quality becomes important at this distance.
At 3.0 mph on a treadmill, 10 miles takes 3 hours 20 minutes. At 3.5 mph, about 2 hours 51 minutes. At 4.0 mph, 2 hours 30 minutes. Long treadmill walks at this distance benefit from varied incline settings to reduce monotony and more closely replicate outdoor terrain.
Ten miles equals approximately 16.09 kilometres. At a moderate pace, 10 miles takes 3 hours 20 minutes, covers roughly 20,000 steps, and is a distance approaching the length of some charity walking events. It is also just over a third of a marathon.

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