to add to this data, it is generally recorded that apaches were able to travel 70 miles on foot in a day (perhaps better termed as a 24 hour period..)
to add to this data, it is generally recorded that apaches were able to travel 70 miles on foot in a day (perhaps better termed as a 24 hour period..)
Very interesting. All this seems to fit with my own research, focusing on New World travel during the 17th-19th Centuries, mainly horse and foot travel.
Something else to bear in mind is weather. Rain-swollen streams, mud and muck, fallen trees due to wind and rain, snow, sleet, etc. Don't assume every day will be fair, sunny, and warm. People tend to travel through regions when the season is most cooperative, and water, food, and shelter most plentiful. In hot climes, the cooler seasons. In wet climes, the dry season. And in cold places, the summer. Prior to the late 19th Century, when you must travel "out of season," you were taking chances with your schedule, and your cargo, if not your life.
hi, are we using US-miles here?
So this should be a good table for converting, no?
US miles km
1 mil 1,6 km
70 mil 113 km Apaches warrior: 4-12 men raiding parties on horses (not on foot !)
20 mil 32,2 km Castle dispatch team max (with horses)
45 mil 72,4 km Karnazes Run (on foot/day, no sleep)
20 mil 32,2 km Adventure Group - low estimate
40 mil 64,4 km Adventure Group - high estimate
8 hour estimate
On foot km With horses km type 20 mil 32,2 km 40 mil 64,4 km trails - Rolling 14 mil 22,5 km 30 mil 48,3 km trails - Hilly 9 mil 14,5 km 20 mil 32,2 km trails - Mountain 15 mil 24,1 km 30 mil 48,3 km Rolling grasslands 12 mil 19,3 km 25 mil 40,2 km Hilly grasslands 8 mil 12,9 km 20 mil 32,2 km Forest/thick scrub 6 mil 9,7 km 15 mil 24,1 km Hilly forest 5 mil 8,0 km 10 mil 16,1 km Un-blazed Mountain passes 5 mil 8,0 km 10 mil 16,1 km Marshland
Naismith's rule
3 mil 4,8 km One hour
Add an hour for 2000 feet / 610 m ascent
Roman legions
15 mil 24,1 km Legion (5 hours march a day)
25 mil 40,2 km Compramised Legion (more time)
50 mil 80,5 km Death marches (more time)
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My local sources would indicate the following
"þingmannaleið" (max 37,5 km [or 23.3 us miles]) is the distance a civil servant (the parlementarian representative) will travel in one day on horse, and the way he will travel. The distance is four weeks (9,4 km [or 5.59 us miles]) or five german miles (7,42 km [or 4.349 us miles]). (http://lexis.hi.is/cgi-bin/ritmal/le...ingmannalei%F0)
"Ein vika/víkja sjávar" one week of rowing , it is the disance that a rower would rown on one site of the boat. afther that distance he would go to the other side of the boat, (it is about one hour). But the distance varies (7.4 km [or 4.35 us miles]), (8.3 km [or 5.15 us miles]) or (9,4 km [or 5.59 us miles]). The word "week" is here refearing to the act of making way for the other rower.
When planing a daytrip with a horse, you can plan to travel 30-50 km per day [or 18.64 - 31 us miles], the "Þingmannaleið" is well within that limit (37,5 km [or 23.3 us miles]). Traveling on horses for long distance will ask for 3-4 horses per traveler, and use the younger horses early in the day. (http://www.ismennt.is/not/hbrynj/hestar/ferdalog.htm).
Last edited by kortleggur; 01-31-2015 at 11:09 PM.
Thank you, Fifty, for gathering together the distance per day! Soooo helpful for a book I'm writing (and a map I hope I can make).
This is an awesome resource. Thanks for doing all the research!
I put all the data together on to one handy sheet if anyone is interested. It's compiled into a couple of tables and a couple notes, but it has the bulk of the info from here.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_o...ew?usp=sharing
Feel free to grab it!
Great reference sheet! Thank you, Atrum Angelus.
Thanks for this. This thread is gold for my purposes. Cheers!
Same here - I have been on this website numerous times in the past, finally took the plunge to register.. great thread!Originally Posted by michaeltobias
that would be tough, you would have to maintain just under 3 miles an hour all day with no breaks...
Good info; thanks! And welcome aboard!
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