Long Measure
Distance
| Conversion
|
|---|
1 mile
| 80 chains
320 rods
5280 feet
|
1 Chain
| 4 rods
66 feet
100 links
|
1 Rod
| 5 1/2 yards
16 1/2 feet
25 links
|
1 Link
| 0.66 feet
7 7/8 inches
|
Square Measure
Distance
| Conversion
|
|---|
| 1 Square Mile | Regular section
640 acres
|
| 1 Acre* | 10 square chains
160 square rods
43,560 square feet
|
| 1 Square Road | 30 1/4 square yards
272 1/4 square feet
|
| 1 Square Feet | 144 square inches |
*An Acre is about 208 3/4 feet squared. An Acre is 8 rods wide by 20 rods long, or any area the product of whose length by its width (in rods) is 160 or in chains is 10.