Rod Conversions
The rod is 16.5 feet (5.0292 m), or a quarter of a chain. It was used in land surveying and is still used to measure canoe portages.
1 rd = 5.0292 m
Convert rods to other units
Each line shows how much 1 rod (rd) equals. Select a conversion for a calculator, formula and table.
Metric (SI)
- Rod to Meter5.0292 m
- Rod to Kilometer0.0050292 km
- Rod to Hectometer0.050292 hm
- Rod to Dekameter0.50292 dam
- Rod to Decimeter50.292 dm
- Rod to Centimeter502.92 cm
- Rod to Millimeter5,029.2 mm
- Rod to Micrometer5,029,200 µm
- Rod to Micron5,029,200 µ
- Rod to Nanometer5,029,200,000 nm
- Rod to Angstrom50,292,000,000 Å
- Rod to Picometer5,029,200,000,000 pm
- Rod to Femtometer5.0292 × 10¹⁵ fm
- Rod to Fermi5.0292 × 10¹⁵ fm
- Rod to Attometer5.0292 × 10¹⁸ am
- Rod to Megameter0.0000050292 Mm
- Rod to Gigameter5.0292 × 10⁻⁹ Gm
- Rod to Terameter5.0292 × 10⁻¹² Tm
- Rod to Petameter5.0292 × 10⁻¹⁵ Pm
- Rod to Exameter5.0292 × 10⁻¹⁸ Em
Imperial & US customary
- Rod to Inch198 in
- Rod to Foot16.5 ft
- Rod to Yard5.5 yd
- Rod to Mile0.003125 mi
- Rod to Kiloyard0.0055 kyd
- Rod to Furlong0.025 fur
- Rod to Chain0.25 ch
- Rod to Rope0.825 rope
- Rod to Perch1 perch
- Rod to Pole1 pole
- Rod to Fathom2.75 ftm
- Rod to Link25 li
- Rod to Hand49.5 h
- Rod to Mil198,000 mil
- Rod to Microinch198,000,000 µin
US survey units
- Rod to Foot (US Survey)16.5 ft (US)
- Rod to Inch (US Survey)198 in (US)
- Rod to Mile (US Survey)0.00312499 mi (US)
- Rod to Mile (Statute)0.00312499 mi
- Rod to League (Statute)0.00104166 lea
- Rod to Furlong (US Survey)0.025 fur (US)
- Rod to Chain (US Survey)0.25 ch (US)
- Rod to Rod (US Survey)0.999998 rd (US)
- Rod to Link (US Survey)25 li (US)
- Rod to Fathom (US Survey)2.74999 ftm (US)
Nautical
- Rod to Nautical Mile (international)0.00271555 NM
- Rod to Nautical Mile (UK)0.00271382 NM (UK)
- Rod to Nautical League (int.)0.000905184 NL
- Rod to Nautical League (UK)0.000904605 NL (UK)
Astronomical
- Rod to Astronomical Unit3.36181 × 10⁻¹¹ au
- Rod to Light Year5.31587 × 10⁻¹⁶ ly
- Rod to Parsec1.62985 × 10⁻¹⁶ pc
- Rod to Kiloparsec1.62985 × 10⁻¹⁹ kpc
- Rod to Megaparsec1.62985 × 10⁻²² Mpc
Atomic & physics
- Rod to A.u. of Length95,038,100,000 a₀
- Rod to X-unit50,187,600,000,000 xu
Historical & cloth
- Rod to Ell4.4 ell
- Rod to Cubit (UK)11 cubit
- Rod to Span (cloth)22 span
- Rod to Finger (cloth)44 finger
- Rod to Nail (cloth)88 nail
- Rod to Barleycorn594 barleycorn
- Rod to League0.00104167 lea
- Rod to Arpent0.0859375 arpent
- Rod to Mile (Roman)0.00339856 m.p.
Typography
- Rod to Pica1,188 pc
- Rod to Point14,256 pt
- Rod to Twip285,120 twip
Convert other units to rods
- Meter to Rod
- Kilometer to Rod
- Hectometer to Rod
- Dekameter to Rod
- Decimeter to Rod
- Centimeter to Rod
- Millimeter to Rod
- Micrometer to Rod
- Micron to Rod
- Nanometer to Rod
- Angstrom to Rod
- Picometer to Rod
- Femtometer to Rod
- Fermi to Rod
- Attometer to Rod
- Megameter to Rod
- Gigameter to Rod
- Terameter to Rod
- Petameter to Rod
- Exameter to Rod
- Inch to Rod
- Foot to Rod
- Yard to Rod
- Mile to Rod
- Kiloyard to Rod
- Furlong to Rod
- Chain to Rod
- Rope to Rod
- Perch to Rod
- Pole to Rod
- Fathom to Rod
- Ell to Rod
- Link to Rod
- Cubit (UK) to Rod
- Hand to Rod
- Span (cloth) to Rod
- Finger (cloth) to Rod
- Nail (cloth) to Rod
- Barleycorn to Rod
- Mil to Rod
- Microinch to Rod
- League to Rod
- Arpent to Rod
- Foot (US Survey) to Rod
- Inch (US Survey) to Rod
- Mile (US Survey) to Rod
- Mile (Statute) to Rod
- League (Statute) to Rod
- Furlong (US Survey) to Rod
- Chain (US Survey) to Rod
- Rod (US Survey) to Rod
- Link (US Survey) to Rod
- Fathom (US Survey) to Rod
- Nautical Mile (international) to Rod
- Nautical Mile (UK) to Rod
- Nautical League (int.) to Rod
- Nautical League (UK) to Rod
- Mile (Roman) to Rod
- Astronomical Unit to Rod
- Light Year to Rod
- Parsec to Rod
- Kiloparsec to Rod
- Megaparsec to Rod
- A.u. of Length to Rod
- X-unit to Rod
- Pica to Rod
- Point to Rod
- Twip to Rod