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Twenty measured walks and eight pieces on what step counts actually measure.
Legendary routes
City walks
Empire State Building → Times Square
How many steps from the Empire State Building to Times Square? About 1,290
1,287 stepsCity walkEiffel Tower → the Louvre
How many steps from the Eiffel Tower to the Louvre along the Seine? About 4,720, on a 2.2-mile r
4,721 stepsCity walkBuckingham Palace → Big Ben
How many steps from Buckingham Palace to Big Ben? About 1,720 on the 0.8-mile route through St J
1,717 stepsCity walkColosseum → Trevi Fountain
How many steps from the Colosseum to the Trevi Fountain? About 2,580 over 1.2 miles through the
2,575 stepsCity walkTokyo Tower → Shibuya Crossing
How many steps from Tokyo Tower to Shibuya Crossing? About 5,150 over a 2.4-mile route through R
5,150 stepsCity walkSydney Opera House → Harbour Bridge
How many steps from the Sydney Opera House to the Harbour Bridge? About 1,720 over 0.8 miles aro
1,717 stepsCity walkGolden Gate Bridge → Fisherman's Wharf
How many steps from the Golden Gate Bridge to Fisherman's Wharf? About 7,510 over a 3.5-mile sho
7,510 stepsCity walkWhite House → Lincoln Memorial
How many steps from the White House to the Lincoln Memorial? About 3,000 over a 1.4-mile route p
3,004 stepsCity walkBrandenburg Gate → the Reichstag
How many steps from the Brandenburg Gate to the Reichstag? About 640 over a third of a mile
644 stepsCity walkGreat Pyramid of Giza → the Sphinx
How many steps from the Great Pyramid to the Sphinx? About 860 over 0.4 miles of desert plateau
858 stepsCity walkThe Kremlin → Bolshoi Theatre
How many steps from the Kremlin to the Bolshoi Theatre? About 1,500 over 0.7 miles across Red Sq
1,502 stepsCity walkCN Tower → Rogers Centre
How many steps from the CN Tower to the Rogers Centre? About 430
429 stepsCity walkMarina Bay Sands → Gardens by the Bay
How many steps from Marina Bay Sands to Gardens by the Bay? About 1,500 over 0.7 miles
1,502 stepsCity walkSagrada Família → Park Güell
How many steps from the Sagrada Família to Park Güell? About 3,430 over 1.6 miles
3,433 stepsCity walkTaj Mahal → Agra Fort
How many steps from the Taj Mahal to Agra Fort? About 3,220 over 1.5 miles along the Yamuna
3,219 stepsCity walkTable Mountain → V&A Waterfront
How many steps from Table Mountain to the V&A Waterfront? About 8,580 over four downhill mil
8,583 stepsImpossible distances
Walks nobody is taking
The Great Wall of China
How many steps to walk the Great Wall of China? About 28.3 million over 13,171 miles
28,262,226 stepsImpossible distanceSteps to the World's Highest Peaks
How many steps is the height of Everest, K2 and the Seven Summits? The vertical distance of each
57,722 stepsImpossible distanceWalking Around the Earth
How many steps to walk around the Earth? About 53.4 million at the equator
53,432,367 stepsImpossible distanceWalking to the Moon
How many steps to walk to the Moon? About 512 million over 238,855 miles
512,533,148 stepsSteps & science
Articles
How Many Steps Should You Actually Walk in a Day?
Forget 10,000. Here is what the published research actually says about how many daily steps produce a measurab…
6 min readHistoryWhere Did “10,000 Steps a Day” Come From?
The 10,000-step target was not a research finding. It was the name of a Japanese pedometer sold in the 1960s —…
5 min readHow it worksHow to Measure Your Stride Length (and Why It Changes Everything)
Stride length is the single biggest variable in any step calculation. Here is how to measure yours accurately …
6 min readHow it worksWhy Your Phone and Your Watch Never Agree on Steps
Two devices on the same body counting the same walk routinely differ by 10 per cent or more. Here is what caus…
6 min readHistoryA Short History of the Pedometer
From a fifteenth-century sketch to the accelerometer in your pocket — how step counting went from surveying in…
6 min readHow it worksWalking vs Running: The Step Count Compared
A running mile takes fewer steps than a walking mile, but burns more energy per step. Here is the arithmetic, …
6 min readHow it worksDo Stairs Count Differently?
Your tracker counts a stair the same as a flat step, but the energy cost is several times higher. Here is the …
5 min readResearchWalking Speed: What It Is, and Why Doctors Measure It
Average walking speed is about 5 km/h, but the number varies more than you would expect — and gait speed is on…
6 min readReference
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