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Middle-earth Distances Table
Made by Ardamir
Distances in Middle-earth taken from Tolkienâs texts rather than from maps
Starting point Destination
Along
roads?
Approx.
distance in
miles
Bree-land and surroundings Bree Brandywine Bridge yes 501 Bree Osgiliath yes 11762 Bree Rivendell yes 3483 Bree Eastgate Last Inn (Forsaken Inn) yes 204 Bree Eastgate Weathertop yes 1005 Last Inn (Forsaken Inn) Bree Eastgate yes 20 Last Inn (Forsaken Inn) Weathertop yes 806
Gondor Osgiliath Bree yes 1176
Osgiliath Rivendell
no (mostly) at least 924
7
Osgiliath Rivendell yes 15238
Rhudaur
Ford of Bruinen Last Bridge (Bridge ofMitheithel) yes 809
Ford of Bruinen
point along the East Road where trolls were (III 2941-) yes^60
10
Ford of Bruinen Rivendell, entrance to yes 2211
high bank above the East Road, top of
point along the East Road where there were trolls (III 2941-)
yes âa fewâ^12
Last Bridge (Bridge of Mitheithel) Ford of Bruinen^ yes^80 Last Bridge (Bridge of Mitheithel)
narrow ravine to the North of the East Road no^1
13
Last Bridge (Bridge of Mitheithel)
point along the East Road where there were trolls (III 2941-)
yes 2014
Last Bridge (Bridge of Mitheithel) Weathertop^ yes^110
15
Last Bridge (Bridge of Mitheithel) Weathertop, eastern side of^ yes^109
16
Starting point Destination
Along
roads?
Approx.
distance in
miles
Rhudaur Last Bridge (Bridge of Mitheithel) Weathertop, western side of^ yes^111
17
narrow ravine to the north of the East Road
Last Bridge (Bridge of Mitheithel)
no 1
point along the East Road where there were trolls (III 2941-)
Ford of Bruinen yes 60
point along the East Road where there were trolls (III 2941-)
high bank above the East Road, top of yes^ âa fewâ
point along the Road where there were trolls (III 2941-)
Last Bridge (Bridge of Mitheithel)
yes 20
Weathertop Last Inn (Forsaken Inn) yes 80 Weathertop Bree Eastgate yes 100
Weathertop Last Bridge (Bridge ofMitheithel) yes 110
Weathertop, eastern side of
Last Bridge (Bridge of Mitheithel) yes^109 Weathertop, western side of
Last Bridge (Bridge of Mitheithel)
yes 111
Rivendell Rivendell Bree yes 348 Rivendell Cave of Goblins yes > 100^18
Rivendell Osgiliath (^) (mostly)no at least 924
Rivendell Osgiliath yes 1523 Rivendell, entrance to Bywater yes 41219 Rivendell, entrance to Ford of Bruinen yes 22
Rhovanion Cave of Goblins Rivendell yes > 100 Enchanted River Forest Gate yes 15020 Enchanted River Thranduilâs Halls yes 15021 Forest Gate Enchanted River yes 150 Mirkwood, edge of Thranduilâs Halls no âsomeâ^22 Thranduilâs Halls Enchanted River yes 150 Thranduilâs Halls Mirkwood, edge of no âsomeâ
The Shire Brandywine Bridge Bree yes 50 Brandywine Bridge Far Downs no 12023
References and notes
1 league = 3 miles
(^1) HotH p. 815. Note also: âcalled (L.R. I. 162 ânot much [further] than a dayâs ridingâ but that refers
to quick on mounts.â [HotH p. 815], and ââŠthis was at Bree and in the Chetwood that lay round about, some forty miles east of the Shire.â [LR, Prologue] However, I believe that this distance is as the crow flies, not along the East-West Road.
(^2) âThese roads crossed at a point [Bree] west of Amon SĂ»l (Weathertop), by NĂșmenĂłrean road-
measurements three hundred and ninety-two leagues from Osgiliath âŠâ [UT, âThe Distaster of the Gladden Fieldsâ, note 4] Note that leagues here are by NĂșmenĂłrean linear measures (see âNĂșmenĂłrean Linear Measuresâ); one NĂșmenĂłrean league, a lĂĄr , is 5277 yards, two feet and four inches, not 5280 yards, as our league is. However, this affects the distance converted to miles very little.
(^3) ââŠby NĂșmenĂłrean road-measurements three hundred and ninety-two leagues from Osgiliath,
and then east to Imladris one hundred and sixteenâŠâ [UT, âThe Distaster of the Gladden Fieldsâ, note 4] See also note 2 above regarding the NĂșmenĂłrean league.
(^4) HotH p. 815
(^5) HotH p. 815
(^6) HotH p. 815
(^7) âHe therefore determined to make his way north from Osgiliath up the Vales of Anduin to Cirith
Forn en Andrath, the high-climbing pass of the North, that led down to Imladris.â [UT, âThe Disaster of the Gladden Fieldsâ] and âThe journey was probably at least three hundred and eight leagues as marched...â [UT, âThe Disaster of the Gladden Fieldsâ, note 9] See also note 2 above regarding the NĂșmenĂłrean league.
(^8) ââŠthe only NĂșmenĂłrean roads were the great road linking Gondor and Arnor, through
Calenardhon, then north over the GwathlĂł at Tharbad, and so at last to Fornost; and the East- West Road from the Grey Havens to Imladris. ⊠five hundred and eight leagues in all.â [UT, âThe Disaster of the Gladden Fieldsâ, note 4] See also note 2 above regarding the NĂșmenĂłrean league.
(^9) HotH p. 815
(^10) HotH p. 815
(^11) HotH p. 815; however, 20 miles according to p. 826 and 833.
(^12) â[Strider and the Hobbits] were probably following the very track that Gandalf, Bilbo, and the
dwarves had used many years before. After a few miles they came out on the top of a high bank above the Road.â [LR, âFlight to the Fordâ]
(^13) â[Strider and the Hobbits] crossed the [Last] Bridge in safety, hearing no sound but the water
swirling against its three great arches. A mile further on they came to a narrow ravine that led away northwards through the steep lands on the left of the Road.â [LR, âFlight to the Fordâ]
(^14) HotH p. 815
(^15) HotH p. 815
(^16) HotH p. 816
(^17) May be deduced from the distances given above and below in the table.
(^18) HotH p. 821
(^19) HotH p. 815; however, according to p. 826 412 miles is the distance between Hobbiton and
Rivendell.
(^20) HotH p. 821-
(^21) HotH p. 821-
(^22) âIn a great cave some miles within the edge of Mirkwood on its eastern side there lived at this
time their greatest king.â [ The Hobbit ]
(^23) âForty leagues it [the Shire] stretched from the Far Downs to the Brandywine BridgeâŠâ [LR,
Prologue] Note also: âAs first published this passage read: 'Fifty leagues it stretched from the Westmarch under the Tower Hills to the Brandywine BridgeâŠ' ⊠Its revision in the second edition (1965) has at least two possible explanations (or both): because the Westmarch was not added to the Shire until after the events of the story (though its addition must predate the Prologue); or because on the scale of the 1954 general map of Middle-earth, 50 leagues ( miles) from the Brandywine Bridge extends beyond Westmarch, even beyond the Tower Hills, and it was easier to alter the text than to redraw the map.â [ The Lord of the Rings â A Readerâs Companion ]
(^24) HotH p. 815
(^25) HotH p. 816
(^26) It was not more than a mile and a quarter from the footbridge just south of the Mill to the first
houses of Bywater, among which was the âGreen Dragonâ Inn. [HotH p. 814]
(^27) âAt the time of L.R. (âScouring of the Shireâ) there should be a small block of ânew housesâ to
the right of the roadjunction, âa mile beyond Bywaterââ [HotH p. 814]
(^28) âAnd run [Fatty Bolger] did, out of the back door, through the garden, and over the fields. When
he reached the nearest house, more than a mile awayâŠâ [LR, âA Knife in the Darkâ]
(^29) âForty leagues it [the Shire] stretched from the Far Downs to the Brandywine Bridge, and fifty
from the northern moors to the marshes in the south.â [LR, Prologue] Note also: âAs first published this passage read: 'âŠnearly fifty from the northern moors to the marshes in the south.' ⊠Tolkien had wished to retain 'and nearly fifty' for the north-south dimension, but it was wrongly typeset in the Ballantine Books edition (1965) and the error was continued in the Allen & Unwin second edition (1966). Tolkien noted the error and accepted itâŠâ [ The Lord of the Rings â A Readerâs Companion ]
(^30) âBut note ** in [the Shire-map] Bywater and its pool is somewhat too far east.â [HotH p. 814]
(^31) HotH p. 815
(^32) HotH p. 822
