5280
Feet in mile
The number of feet in a mile—a figure memorized by American schoolchildren and useful for unit conversions.
The number appears in contexts where the mile matters: The 5280 is a charity run through downtown Denver, named for its one-mile length.
Athletes and runners often know it by heart.
Colorado capital's altitude-based sobriquet
- ColoradoWestern rectangular state
- Rocky MountainsWestern North American cordillera
- Red RocksNatural sandstone amphitheater
- AuroraName from Latin dawn
skiing · altitude sickness · thin air · elevation · mile marker · city limit
Lower limbs' ends
- elevationHeight above reference point
- heightVertical extent upward
- sea levelElevation reference point
- barometerInstrument gauging atmospheric pressure
thin air · oxygen · hypoxia · acclimatization · atmospheric pressure · summit · peak · mountain
Mile High City
Colorado capital's altitude-based sobriquet
- ColoradoWestern rectangular state
- Rocky MountainsWestern North American cordillera
- Red RocksNatural sandstone amphitheater
Aurora · skiing · altitude sickness · thin air · elevation · mile marker · city limit
feet
Lower limbs' ends
barometer · thin air · oxygen · hypoxia · acclimatization · atmospheric pressure · summit · peak · mountain · plateau
mile
5,280 feet
race · track · pace · stride · lap · finish line · personal best · miler · relay · footrace
conversion
Act of changing states
- rulerOne who governs
- tape measureFlexible marked length finder
- yardstickThirty-six-inch ruler
calibration · precision · standard · benchmark · unit · imperial · surveying · dimension · length · gauge
52801000
Ten times one hundred
metric · kilometer · SI units · decimal system · centimeter