The time it takes to travel 100 miles (160 km)

 

Days by:

Horse - 2

War horse - 3

Foot carrying a pack - 10

Foot across rugged terrain - 7

Wagon - 5

Oared galley - 3

Sailed galley - 2

 

Horses

 

Gait or Pace

Walk – 3 to 5 mph (four beat movement or gait)

Trot – 8 to 10 mph (two beat movement)

Canter – 15 mph (three beat movement)

Gallop – 25 to 30 mph (A two-beat stride during which all four legs are off the ground simultaneously. This is a four-beat movement)

 

Space Travel

 

The time it takes to travel through space depends entirely on the means of travel – and it is safe to assume that most modes of travel in science fiction have yet to be invented. This gives you a lot of freedom.

 

However if you’d like to know how long it takes to travel through space using existing methods, check these times out:

 

Journey             By Car              By Apollo           At Light speed 

 

Leave Earth's

atmosphere:              11 hours                    17 minutes                             -

 

Earth to Moon:       5 months                      4 days                          1 second

 

Earth to Mars:        63 years                      2 years                          3 minutes

 

Earth to Sun:          171 years                      4 years                          8 minutes

 

Earth to Neptune: 4,920 years                 123 years                           4 hours

 

Earth to nearest  

star (Proxima      46,000,000 years       1,000,000 years                     4 years

Centauri):

 

Earth to       300,000,000,000 years   8,000,000,000 years            30,000 years

centre of

galaxy:

 

Earth to

Andromeda                    -                               -                          2,000,000 years

galaxy:

 

Information sourced from Fallon Friday on The Voyager Blog, Susan F. Craft on the Equestrian Writer's Guide, and Jonathan Oakfrey on Thurb.