There are different types of Leagues
There are a few different types of League. On this site we have conversions for US Leagues and UK Leagues. In addition, there are also Nautical Leagues which can be found on this site. Please either select the appropriate unit on the selection above of click the required unit in the links below:
What is a mile?
A mile is an imperial and US unit of length, exactly 1,609.344 meters. The word comes from the Latin mille passus, 'a thousand paces', where a pace was two steps of a marching legionary.
A mile is equivalent to 1760yds or 5280ft.
Road distances in the US and UK are signed in miles, while nearly every other country uses kilometers. Aviation and shipping use the nautical mile instead, which is a different length (1,852 meters).
What is a League?
A league was originally roughly the distance a person could walk in an hour, about 3 miles (4.8 kilometers). The exact length varied with the country and the period.
A league is an old unit of length, usually around 3 miles or 5 kilometers, though the exact figure varied by country and period. Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is about distance travelled, not depth – 20,000 of his 4 kilometer leagues is 80,000 kilometers, twice around the Earth.