Furlongs (fur)
The furlong is a unit of length equal to 220 yards, 10 chains or one eighth of a mile.
Convert furlongs to any length unit
1 furlong = 7,920 inches
Quick facts
- Unit
- Furlong (plural: furlongs)
- Symbol
- fur
- Measures
- Length / Distance
- System
- Imperial & US customary
- Equals
- 201.168 meters
- Definition
- 660 feet or 220 yards (201.168 m); 1/8 of a mile.
1 furlong in other units
| Inches | 7,920 in |
| Meters | 201.168 m |
| Centimeters | 20,116.8 cm |
| Feet | 660 ft |
| Kilometers | 0.201168 km |
| Miles | 0.125 mi |
| Millimeters | 201,168 mm |
| Yards | 220 yd |
What is a furlong?
The furlong is a unit of length equal to 220 yards, 10 chains or one eighth of a mile. The name comes from "furrow long", the length of a furrow a team of oxen could plough without resting. Today it is used mainly in horse racing.
Where the furlong sits among length units
The furlong is number 164 of 231 on our scale of length units, ordered from smallest to largest.
What furlongs are used for
- Horse race distances (the Kentucky Derby is 10 furlongs)
- Old farm field measurements
Furlongs in real life
- A 6-furlong sprint is 1,207 m
- The Epsom Derby is about 12 furlongs
One furlong is about 4 Olympic pools laid end to end, or about 8 blue whales laid end to end, or about 8.5 tennis courts laid end to end, or about 2.2 Statues of Liberty laid end to end.
Top furlong conversions
Common amounts of furlongs
Convert furlongs to all 230 other units
Metric (SI)
- fur to m
- fur to cm
- fur to km
- fur to mm
- fur to µm
- fur to nm
- fur to dm
- fur to pm
- fur to fm
- fur to dam
- fur to hm
- fur to Gm
- fur to Mm
Imperial & US customary
- fur to in
- fur to ft
- fur to mi
- fur to yd
- fur to ftm
- fur to hh
- fur to th
- fur to ch
- fur to lea
- fur to rd
- fur to cubit
- fur to barleycorn
- fur to li
- fur to span
- fur to line
- fur to ell
- fur to palm
- fur to Ramsden's chain
- fur to finger
- fur to nail
- fur to shaftment
US survey
Nautical
Astronomical
- fur to ly
- fur to au
- fur to pc
- fur to kpc
- fur to Mpc
- fur to R⊕
- fur to ls
- fur to light-minute
- fur to LD
- fur to R☉
- fur to Gpc
- fur to light-day
- fur to light-hour
- fur to RJ
- fur to light-week
- fur to Hubble length
- fur to siriometer
Scientific & atomic
Ancient
- fur to Roman mile
- fur to royal cubit
- fur to stadion
- fur to Biblical cubit
- fur to Roman foot
- fur to Greek foot
- fur to Roman pace
- fur to parasang
- fur to Egyptian common cubit
- fur to Egyptian digit
- fur to Egyptian palm
- fur to Gallic league
- fur to Greek cubit
- fur to Greek finger
- fur to Roman cubit
- fur to Roman digit
- fur to Roman inch
- fur to Roman palm
- fur to Roman stadium
- fur to Roman step
- fur to handbreadth
- fur to Biblical finger
- fur to Biblical parasang
- fur to Biblical span
- fur to Greek palm
- fur to Greek span
- fur to Sabbath day's journey
- fur to Talmudic mil
- fur to bema
- fur to beru
- fur to day's journey
- fur to diaulos
- fur to dichas
- fur to hippikon
- fur to iteru
- fur to khet
- fur to kondylos
- fur to kush
- fur to nindan
- fur to orgyia
- fur to plethron
- fur to pygme
- fur to reed
- fur to remen
- fur to shu-si
- fur to ush
East & Southeast Asian
- fur to 里
- fur to 尺
- fur to 寸
- fur to 尺
- fur to 里
- fur to 間
- fur to 寸
- fur to wa
- fur to 리
- fur to 丈
- fur to 步
- fur to 分
- fur to 厘
- fur to 分
- fur to 치
- fur to 町
- fur to 자
- fur to 丈
- fur to khuep
- fur to kujirajaku
- fur to nio
- fur to sen
- fur to sok
- fur to 引
- fur to yot
- fur to 厘
- fur to 푼
- fur to 毫
- fur to 忽
- fur to kraphiat
- fur to 毛
- fur to 丝
South Asian & Middle Eastern
- fur to gaj
- fur to kos
- fur to yojana
- fur to angul
- fur to farsakh
- fur to hasta
- fur to arsin
- fur to barid
- fur to danda
- fur to dhira
- fur to qasaba
European (pre-metric)
- fur to Swedish mil
- fur to versta
- fur to arshin
- fur to lieue
- fur to ligne
- fur to pied du roi
- fur to sazhen
- fur to toise
- fur to Irish mile
- fur to Prussian mile
- fur to Russian mile
- fur to Scottish mile
- fur to pouce
- fur to vershok
- fur to Danish mile
- fur to French point
- fur to Prussian ell
- fur to Prussian foot
- fur to Prussian inch
- fur to Prussian rod
- fur to Rhineland rod
- fur to Russian foot
- fur to Swiss hour
- fur to aln
- fur to aune
- fur to duim
- fur to dyuym
- fur to famn
- fur to liniya
- fur to pyad
- fur to Welsh mile
- fur to fjardingsvag
- fur to tochka
Spanish & Portuguese
- fur to Castilian vara
- fur to Spanish league
- fur to Texas vara
- fur to pulgada
- fur to Castilian foot
- fur to Mexican vara
- fur to braca
- fur to legua
- fur to Portuguese foot
- fur to Portuguese vara
- fur to palmo
- fur to polegada
- fur to Spanish pace
- fur to linea
- fur to linha
- fur to punto
Everyday comparisons
- fur to American football field
- fur to marathon
- fur to smoot
- fur to Earth circumference
- fur to Eiffel Tower height
- fur to Olympic pool length
- fur to banana
- fur to double-decker bus
- fur to soccer pitch length
- fur to Mount Everest height
- fur to blue whale length
- fur to credit card length
- fur to human hair width
- fur to Burj Khalifa height
- fur to Earth diameter
- fur to Empire State Building height
- fur to Statue of Liberty height
- fur to human height
- fur to giraffe height
- fur to grain of rice
- fur to paperclip length
- fur to pencil length
- fur to sheppey
- fur to smartphone length
Convert to furlongs
Frequently asked questions
What is a furlong?
The furlong is a unit of length equal to 220 yards, 10 chains or one eighth of a mile.
How is the furlong defined?
660 feet or 220 yards (201.168 m); 1/8 of a mile.
How many inches are in a furlong?
One furlong equals 7,920 inches.
How many meters are in a furlong?
One furlong equals 201.168 meters.
How many centimeters are in a furlong?
One furlong equals 20,116.8 centimeters.