How far did Sam and Frodo walk (in miles) from Hobbiton to Mordor?
Using the source found by @ddavis, it looks like Frodo and Sam’s journey breaks down like this: Hobbiton – Rivendell, 458 miles in 28 days Rivendell – Lothlorien, 462 miles in 26 days Lothlorien – Rauros, 389 miles in 11 days, mostly by boat Rauros – Mount Doom, 470 miles in 30 days So the total amount Frodo and Sam walked from Bag End to Mount Doom is 458 + 462 + 470 = 1,390 miles in 84 days of walking. They also travelled 389 miles by boat in another 11 days, so the total journey was 1,779 miles in 95 days. (Not including time spent in Rivendell and Lorien, which seems to be about three months in itself.) For the walking part, they averaged about 16.5 miles per day, which would be 5-6 hours a day of walking on level ground at normal human speed. But as the terrain was often difficult, and they were carrying packs, they were probably walking for more hours a day at a slower pace. http://home.insightbb.com/~eowynchallenge/Walk/walk.html http://home.insightbb.com/~eowynchallenge/Tools/B
