Originally Posted by
Pratt
While not perfect, there is a rough proportionality as one progresses through modes of transportation.
Ten to twenty miles is a good day of walking, and a good hour on a bike.
Fifty to sixty miles is a good day on a bike, or an hour in a car.
Five hundred is a long day in a car, or an hour in a plane.
When I have backpacked it always surprised me how long it takes to get from A to B compared to cycling. I remember one time looking at a map that showed a camping area 5 miles away. After walking more I pulled out a map because I thought I had passed it and realized I had only gone another 3 miles. And I’m a city boy, so walking places is an everyday occurrence.