--- title: "Distances along Paul’s mapped routes" canonical: "https://paulineletters.com/explore/travel" published: "2026-10-23" updated: "2026-10-23" license: "https://paulineletters.com/explore/license" source: "Pauline Letters" --- # Distances along Paul’s mapped routes > Walked and sailed kilometres for every leg and journey shown on the Pauline Letters map. **How far did Paul travel?** ## How the distances were estimated Great-circle length along the smoothed route the maps draw, through named waypoints: a lower bound on a reconstruction, since roads wound and ships tacked. Walking days use 25–35 km a day; sea passages have none because sailing time depended on wind more than distance. These totals describe the mapped reconstruction, not every journey Paul ever made. Use them alongside the route map and its references. A mixed leg can contain both land and sea travel; its walking-day range applies only to the land portion. [Download this dataset (JSON, CC BY 4.0)](https://paulineletters.com/data/agent/commons/v1/travel.json) ## Total - **Walked (km):** 7,548 - **Sailed (km):** 9,371 - **Estimated days on foot:** 216–302 ### [The Road to Damascus](https://paulineletters.com/explore/road-to-damascus) | From | To | Walked (km) | Sailed (km) | Estimated days on foot | | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | | Jerusalem | The Road to Damascus | 111 | 0 | 4–5 | | The Road to Damascus | Damascus | 108 | 0 | 4–5 | | Total | | 219 | 0 | 7–9 | ### [Conversion and Early Ministry](https://paulineletters.com/explore/conversion-and-early-ministry) | From | To | Walked (km) | Sailed (km) | Estimated days on foot | | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | | Damascus | Arabia (Nabatea) | 170 | 0 | 5–7 | | Arabia (Nabatea) | Damascus | 170 | 0 | 5–7 | | Damascus | Jerusalem | 216 | 0 | 7–9 | | Jerusalem | Caesarea | 87 | 0 | 3–4 | | Caesarea | Tarsus | 18 | 474 | 1–1 | | Tarsus | Antioch | 275 | 0 | 8–11 | | Total | | 936 | 474 | 27–38 | ### [Paul’s First Missionary Journey](https://paulineletters.com/explore/first-missionary-journey) | From | To | Walked (km) | Sailed (km) | Estimated days on foot | | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | | Antioch | Salamis | 22 | 211 | 1–1 | | Salamis | Paphos | 144 | 0 | 5–6 | | Paphos | Perga | 11 | 273 | 1–1 | | Perga | Pisidian Antioch | 153 | 0 | 5–7 | | Pisidian Antioch | Iconium | 124 | 0 | 4–5 | | Iconium | Lystra | 33 | 0 | 1–2 | | Lystra | Derbe | 95 | 0 | 3–4 | | Derbe | Lystra | 95 | 0 | 3–4 | | Lystra | Iconium | 33 | 0 | 1–2 | | Iconium | Pisidian Antioch | 124 | 0 | 4–5 | | Pisidian Antioch | Antioch | 192 | 513 | 6–8 | | Total | | 1,026 | 997 | 30–42 | ### [The Jerusalem Council](https://paulineletters.com/explore/jerusalem-council) | From | To | Walked (km) | Sailed (km) | Estimated days on foot | | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | | Antioch | Jerusalem | 518 | 0 | 15–21 | | Total | | 518 | 0 | 15–21 | ### [Paul’s Second Missionary Journey](https://paulineletters.com/explore/second-missionary-journey) | From | To | Walked (km) | Sailed (km) | Estimated days on foot | | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | | Jerusalem | Antioch | 518 | 0 | 15–21 | | Antioch | Lystra | 514 | 0 | 15–21 | | Lystra | The Edge of Mysia | 351 | 0 | 11–15 | | The Edge of Mysia | Troas | 320 | 0 | 10–13 | | Troas | Philippi | 12 | 287 | 1–1 | | Philippi | Thessalonica | 120 | 0 | 4–5 | | Thessalonica | Berea | 88 | 0 | 3–4 | | Total | | 1,923 | 287 | 55–77 | ### [Paul in Athens and Corinth](https://paulineletters.com/explore/paul-in-athens-and-corinth) | From | To | Walked (km) | Sailed (km) | Estimated days on foot | | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | | Berea | Athens | 42 | 550 | 2–2 | | Athens | Corinth | 81 | 0 | 3–4 | | Corinth | Cenchreae | 10 | 0 | 1–1 | | Cenchreae | Ephesus | 0 | 395 | — | | Ephesus | Caesarea | 40 | 1,136 | 2–2 | | Total | | 173 | 2,081 | 5–7 | ### [Paul in Ephesus](https://paulineletters.com/explore/paul-in-ephesus) | From | To | Walked (km) | Sailed (km) | Estimated days on foot | | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | | Antioch | Pisidian Antioch | 675 | 0 | 20–27 | | Pisidian Antioch | Ephesus | 340 | 0 | 10–14 | | Ephesus | Troas | 33 | 348 | 1–2 | | Troas | Philippi | 12 | 286 | 1–1 | | Philippi | Corinth | 636 | 0 | 19–26 | | Total | | 1,696 | 634 | 49–68 | ### [Paul’s Final Journey to Jerusalem](https://paulineletters.com/explore/final-journey-to-jerusalem) | From | To | Walked (km) | Sailed (km) | Estimated days on foot | | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | | Corinth | Philippi | 636 | 0 | 19–26 | | Philippi | Troas | 12 | 306 | 1–1 | | Troas | Assos | 33 | 0 | 1–2 | | Assos | Miletus | 0 | 317 | — | | Miletus | Tyre | 0 | 1,038 | — | | Tyre | Caesarea | 0 | 100 | — | | Total | | 681 | 1,761 | 20–28 | ### [Paul’s Arrest in Jerusalem](https://paulineletters.com/explore/arrest-in-jerusalem) | From | To | Walked (km) | Sailed (km) | Estimated days on foot | | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | | Caesarea | Jerusalem | 87 | 0 | 3–4 | | Total | | 87 | 0 | 3–4 | ### [Paul’s Trials in Caesarea](https://paulineletters.com/explore/trials-in-caesarea) | From | To | Walked (km) | Sailed (km) | Estimated days on foot | | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | | Jerusalem | Caesarea | 91 | 0 | 3–4 | | Total | | 91 | 0 | 3–4 | ### [Paul’s Voyage to Rome and Shipwreck](https://paulineletters.com/explore/voyage-to-rome-and-shipwreck) | From | To | Walked (km) | Sailed (km) | Estimated days on foot | | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | | Caesarea | Sidon | 0 | 140 | — | | Sidon | Myra | 0 | 719 | — | | Myra | Fair Havens | 0 | 621 | — | | Fair Havens | Malta | 0 | 1,030 | — | | Malta | Rome | 198 | 627 | 6–8 | | Total | | 198 | 3,137 | 6–8 | ## Bibliography and sources - Pauline Letters — Great-circle length along the smoothed route the maps draw, through named waypoints: a lower bound on a reconstruction, since roads wound and ships tacked. Walking days use 25–35 km a day; sea passages have none because sailing time depended on wind more than distance. --- Canonical: https://paulineletters.com/explore/travel