Chain Conversions
Gunter's chain is 66 feet (20.1168 m), equal to 100 links or 4 rods. A cricket pitch is one chain long, and an acre is 10 square chains.
1 ch = 20.1168 m
Convert chains to other units
Each line shows how much 1 chain (ch) equals. Select a conversion for a calculator, formula and table.
Metric (SI)
- Chain to Meter20.1168 m
- Chain to Kilometer0.0201168 km
- Chain to Hectometer0.201168 hm
- Chain to Dekameter2.01168 dam
- Chain to Decimeter201.168 dm
- Chain to Centimeter2,011.68 cm
- Chain to Millimeter20,116.8 mm
- Chain to Micrometer20,116,800 µm
- Chain to Micron20,116,800 µ
- Chain to Nanometer20,116,800,000 nm
- Chain to Angstrom201,168,000,000 Å
- Chain to Picometer20,116,800,000,000 pm
- Chain to Femtometer2.01168 × 10¹⁶ fm
- Chain to Fermi2.01168 × 10¹⁶ fm
- Chain to Attometer2.01168 × 10¹⁹ am
- Chain to Megameter0.0000201168 Mm
- Chain to Gigameter2.01168 × 10⁻⁸ Gm
- Chain to Terameter2.01168 × 10⁻¹¹ Tm
- Chain to Petameter2.01168 × 10⁻¹⁴ Pm
- Chain to Exameter2.01168 × 10⁻¹⁷ Em
Imperial & US customary
- Chain to Inch792 in
- Chain to Foot66 ft
- Chain to Yard22 yd
- Chain to Mile0.0125 mi
- Chain to Kiloyard0.022 kyd
- Chain to Furlong0.1 fur
- Chain to Rope3.3 rope
- Chain to Rod4 rd
- Chain to Perch4 perch
- Chain to Pole4 pole
- Chain to Fathom11 ftm
- Chain to Link100 li
- Chain to Hand198 h
- Chain to Mil792,000 mil
- Chain to Microinch792,000,000 µin
US survey units
- Chain to Foot (US Survey)65.9999 ft (US)
- Chain to Inch (US Survey)791.998 in (US)
- Chain to Mile (US Survey)0.0125 mi (US)
- Chain to Mile (Statute)0.0125 mi
- Chain to League (Statute)0.00416666 lea
- Chain to Furlong (US Survey)0.0999998 fur (US)
- Chain to Chain (US Survey)0.999998 ch (US)
- Chain to Rod (US Survey)3.99999 rd (US)
- Chain to Link (US Survey)99.9998 li (US)
- Chain to Fathom (US Survey)11 ftm (US)
Nautical
- Chain to Nautical Mile (international)0.0108622 NM
- Chain to Nautical Mile (UK)0.0108553 NM (UK)
- Chain to Nautical League (int.)0.00362073 NL
- Chain to Nautical League (UK)0.00361842 NL (UK)
Astronomical
- Chain to Astronomical Unit1.34473 × 10⁻¹⁰ au
- Chain to Light Year2.12635 × 10⁻¹⁵ ly
- Chain to Parsec6.51941 × 10⁻¹⁶ pc
- Chain to Kiloparsec6.51941 × 10⁻¹⁹ kpc
- Chain to Megaparsec6.51941 × 10⁻²² Mpc
Atomic & physics
- Chain to A.u. of Length380,152,000,000 a₀
- Chain to X-unit200,750,000,000,000 xu
Historical & cloth
- Chain to Ell17.6 ell
- Chain to Cubit (UK)44 cubit
- Chain to Span (cloth)88 span
- Chain to Finger (cloth)176 finger
- Chain to Nail (cloth)352 nail
- Chain to Barleycorn2,376 barleycorn
- Chain to League0.00416667 lea
- Chain to Arpent0.34375 arpent
- Chain to Mile (Roman)0.0135942 m.p.
Typography
- Chain to Pica4,752 pc
- Chain to Point57,024 pt
- Chain to Twip1,140,480 twip
Convert other units to chains
- Meter to Chain
- Kilometer to Chain
- Hectometer to Chain
- Dekameter to Chain
- Decimeter to Chain
- Centimeter to Chain
- Millimeter to Chain
- Micrometer to Chain
- Micron to Chain
- Nanometer to Chain
- Angstrom to Chain
- Picometer to Chain
- Femtometer to Chain
- Fermi to Chain
- Attometer to Chain
- Megameter to Chain
- Gigameter to Chain
- Terameter to Chain
- Petameter to Chain
- Exameter to Chain
- Inch to Chain
- Foot to Chain
- Yard to Chain
- Mile to Chain
- Kiloyard to Chain
- Furlong to Chain
- Rope to Chain
- Rod to Chain
- Perch to Chain
- Pole to Chain
- Fathom to Chain
- Ell to Chain
- Link to Chain
- Cubit (UK) to Chain
- Hand to Chain
- Span (cloth) to Chain
- Finger (cloth) to Chain
- Nail (cloth) to Chain
- Barleycorn to Chain
- Mil to Chain
- Microinch to Chain
- League to Chain
- Arpent to Chain
- Foot (US Survey) to Chain
- Inch (US Survey) to Chain
- Mile (US Survey) to Chain
- Mile (Statute) to Chain
- League (Statute) to Chain
- Furlong (US Survey) to Chain
- Chain (US Survey) to Chain
- Rod (US Survey) to Chain
- Link (US Survey) to Chain
- Fathom (US Survey) to Chain
- Nautical Mile (international) to Chain
- Nautical Mile (UK) to Chain
- Nautical League (int.) to Chain
- Nautical League (UK) to Chain
- Mile (Roman) to Chain
- Astronomical Unit to Chain
- Light Year to Chain
- Parsec to Chain
- Kiloparsec to Chain
- Megaparsec to Chain
- A.u. of Length to Chain
- X-unit to Chain
- Pica to Chain
- Point to Chain
- Twip to Chain