Thanks to Tolkien’s meticulous detail (and the research of scholars like Karen Wynn Fonstad) we know that Frodo covered roughly 1,779 miles [1] on the outbound leg of his journey from the Shire to Mordor. Show That’s no walk in the park. It’s the equivalent of walking from Denver to New York City, or from London to Moscow (provided you take the Chunnel, of course). It puts Frodo’s journey roughly equal to the Great Eastern Trail (which runs from Upstate New York to Alabama), but still a few hundred miles short of the Appalachian Trail. In the UK, you’d have to hike the Thames Path nearly 10 times. We also know that Frodo left Bag End on September 23, and arrived at Mount Doom on March 25 of the following year [2]. That means Frodo’s eastward journey took 183 days [3], which works out to 9.7 miles a day. Two things. First of all, Frodo cheated [4]. And secondly, you could still do better. Most hikers can hit an average of 12 miles a day. Beginners may start around 8, and experienced hikers might hit 15 or 20, but hikers on the Appalachian trail average around 12.7 miles per day [5], covering 2,180 miles in 6 months. If you, Mr. or Ms. Average Appalachian Trail Hiker, left Hobbitton today and hiked all the way to the top of Mount Doom, it would only take you around 148 days, a full month faster than it took Frodo. And you wouldn’t even have to cheat. Of course, you wouldn’t be weighed down by the world’s most powerful evil hanging around your neck, either. And you’d probably wear shoes. Ever wonder just how far Frodo and Sam walked in The Lord of the Rings trilogy? Thanks to one Middle-earth fan on TikTok by the name of DonMarshall72, we know. They estimate that from the Shire to the fires of Mount Doom spans an enormous 2,765.6 kilometers. Or, about 1,718.5 miles. And Frodo and Sam both walked barefoot. So if these halflings could do it, what is your excuse not to? Why not get motivated to walk like a Hobbit, so to speak?
Well, as with most things these days, there’s an app for that. And it’s named, appropriately enough, “ Walk to Mordor.” The existence of this app comes to us via a story on CNET. The author used the Hobbits’ journey in the films to motivate herself to get back up on that treadmill and start exercising again. The Walk to Mordor app actually outdoes the journey in the films. It accounts for the longer distance recorded in Tolkien’s book. Stopping off at Tom Bombadil’s house factors into the app’s trip. And the films famously omitted that section of the books. Ultimately, via the app, the novel’s version of the journey is a total of 3,109.17 kilometers. So about 1,931.95 miles. As with most book-to-film adaptations, they chopped off a lot of the extra mileage. Quite literally.  New Line Cinema As the original article points out, other pop culture apps exist to motivate one to get off the couch. Particularly, a whole mess of zombie ones. Not sure yet if we have an “escape from a slasher” exercise app, but we should. In the end though, what is more motivating than imagining oneself as Frodo or Sam, needing to walk that pesky One Ring into the volcano to its destruction? Time to exercise like the fate of Middle-earth is counting on you. When it comes to your personal exercise journey, you bow to no one. They might have big feet, but with those little legs Hobbits Samwise Gamgee and Frodo Baggins had their work cut out trekking from Bag End to Mount Doom. One thing that has always enthralled youngsters – and, ahem, grown-ups – when picking up Tolkien’s books is the attention to geography and the maps of Middle Earth. - Why the Hobbit trilogy should have been LONGER Well now, thanks to one brilliantly thorough Imgur user called, obviously, Mattsawizard, we can now work out how far those little legs had to go. Better still he’s contextualised them with the UK. Bravo. Hobbiton to Bree This first jaunt to the village of Bree, where Frodo first meets Aragorn, was a reasonably sturdy start, about 120 miles and 40 hours walking. London to Nottingham, or thereabouts. Bree to Rivendell This second leg was far more challenging, as the pair head to the elven outpost of Rivendell. It’s 300 miles, and 90 hours walking. Like Land’s End to London. Rivendell to Moria Upping the peril is the journey from Rivendell to Moria, the underground city of the dwarves. This was a tad lighter on the loafers, being 175 miles and 60 hours walking. The rough distance from Manchester to London. Lorien to Amon Hen This leg was done in a boat, but still, rowing is no joke. This was 300 miles, the equivalent of Newcastle to London. Amon Hen to the Black Gate From Amon Hen it was on to very gate of Mordor through treacherous swampland. It was 160 miles and 50 hours walking, like Cardiff to London. Black Gate to Minas Morgol The Black Gate to the not at all fearsome fortress city of Minas Morgol was 110 miles and 35 hours walking, like Leicester to London. Cirith Ungol to Mount Doom The final leg was, mercifully, the shortest. A hop, skip and jump to Mount Doom being like the 70 miles from Swindon to London, 25 hours in all. Whole Journey In all, the whole journey end-to-end is the same as walking from London to Niš in Serbia, 1350 miles and 440 hours on foot. Story continues Worth it in the end, but you can’t help thinking the Hobbitses might have binned the whole thing off had they known the walking involved. How long did it take Frodo and Sam to walk to Mordor?From Amon Hen it was on to very gate of Mordor through treacherous swampland. It was 160 miles and 50 hours walking, like Cardiff to London.
How far did Frodo and Sam walk each day?Over his entire journey from Bag End to Mt Doom, Frodo travels approximately 1,800 miles in 185 days. That's an eminently achievable average of 9.73 miles each day. However, he does spend a great deal of time recuperating in both Rivendell and Lorien — and that drags that average down.
How long was Frodo's and Sam's journey?Tolkien's timeline is clear, however, and definitively states that Frodo and Sam technically only journey alone for a single month. They also don't spend the entire six months walking, but rather about half of that, between several stops and layovers along the way.
How long did it take to walk to Mordor?It's 1779 miles (2863 km) from the Shire to Mordor following Frodo and Sam's journey. If you walk three miles every other day, it will take you 20 weeks (about 4.5 months) to reach Weathertop and complete your challenge.
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