Convert between Rod and other Length units.

Rod

What is rod?

The rod is a unit used to measure distance. It is an old English unit. Rod is the same length as a perch (pole). perch is measured using cordage or wood.

One rod equals to 16.5 feet (5.029 metres).  The idiom "rod" is derived from the old English rodd.

Since 1965, rod has been legalized as a unit of measurement in the united kingdom.

Nowadays, the use of rod is not common but Some fields are still using it such as:

  • the acquisition of pipeline easements.
  • maps measure portages
  • recreational canoeing
Rod to Meter | Rod to Foot | Rod to Centimeter | Rod to Inch | Rod to Kilometer | Rod to Mile | Rod to Millimeter | Rod to Yard | Rod to Micrometer |
Atomic unit of length Convert from Rod to Atomic unit of length
Aln Convert from Rod to Aln
Angstrom Convert from Rod to Angstrom
Arpent Convert from Rod to Arpent
Astronomical unit Convert from Rod to Astronomical unit
Attometer Convert from Rod to Attometer
Barleycorn Convert from Rod to Barleycorn
Bohr radius Convert from Rod to Bohr radius
Caliber Convert from Rod to Caliber
Centiinch Convert from Rod to Centiinch
Centimeter Convert from Rod to Centimeter
Chain Convert from Rod to Chain
Chain (US survey) Convert from Rod to Chain (US survey)
Cubit (Greek) Convert from Rod to Cubit (Greek)
Cubit (UK) Convert from Rod to Cubit (UK)
Decimeter Convert from Rod to Decimeter
Dekameter Convert from Rod to Dekameter
Earth's distance from sun Convert from Rod to Earth's distance from sun
Earth's equatorial radius Convert from Rod to Earth's equatorial radius
Earth's polar radius Convert from Rod to Earth's polar radius
Electron radius (classical) Convert from Rod to Electron radius (classical)
Ell Convert from Rod to Ell
Exameter Convert from Rod to Exameter
Famn Convert from Rod to Famn
Fathom Convert from Rod to Fathom
Fathom (US survey) Convert from Rod to Fathom (US survey)
Femtometer Convert from Rod to Femtometer
Fermi Convert from Rod to Fermi
Finger (cloth) Convert from Rod to Finger (cloth)
Fingerbreadth Convert from Rod to Fingerbreadth
Foot Convert from Rod to Foot
Foot (US survey) Convert from Rod to Foot (US survey)
Furlong Convert from Rod to Furlong
Furlong (US survey) Convert from Rod to Furlong (US survey)
Gigameter Convert from Rod to Gigameter
Hand Convert from Rod to Hand
Handbreadth Convert from Rod to Handbreadth
Hectometer Convert from Rod to Hectometer
Inch Convert from Rod to Inch
Inch (US survey) Convert from Rod to Inch (US survey)
Ken Convert from Rod to Ken
Kilometer Convert from Rod to Kilometer
Kiloparsec Convert from Rod to Kiloparsec
Kiloyard Convert from Rod to Kiloyard
League Convert from Rod to League
League (statute) Convert from Rod to League (statute)
Light year Convert from Rod to Light year
Link Convert from Rod to Link
Link (US survey) Convert from Rod to Link (US survey)
Long cubit Convert from Rod to Long cubit
Long reed Convert from Rod to Long reed
Megameter Convert from Rod to Megameter
Megaparsec Convert from Rod to Megaparsec
Meter Convert from Rod to Meter
Microinch Convert from Rod to Microinch
Micrometer Convert from Rod to Micrometer
Micron Convert from Rod to Micron
Mil Convert from Rod to Mil
Mile Convert from Rod to Mile
Mile (Roman) Convert from Rod to Mile (Roman)
Mile (statute) Convert from Rod to Mile (statute)
Mile (US survey) Convert from Rod to Mile (US survey)
Millimeter Convert from Rod to Millimeter
Nail (cloth) Convert from Rod to Nail (cloth)
Nanometer Convert from Rod to Nanometer
Nautical league (int.) Convert from Rod to Nautical league (int.)
Nautical league (UK) Convert from Rod to Nautical league (UK)
Nautical mile (international) Convert from Rod to Nautical mile (international)
Nautical mile (UK) Convert from Rod to Nautical mile (UK)
Parsec Convert from Rod to Parsec
Perch Convert from Rod to Perch
Petameter Convert from Rod to Petameter
Pica Convert from Rod to Pica
Picometer Convert from Rod to Picometer
Planck length Convert from Rod to Planck length
Point Convert from Rod to Point
Pole Convert from Rod to Pole
Reed Convert from Rod to Reed
Rod (US survey) Convert from Rod to Rod (US survey)
Roman actus Convert from Rod to Roman actus
Rope Convert from Rod to Rope
Russian archin Convert from Rod to Russian archin
Span (cloth) Convert from Rod to Span (cloth)
Sun's radius Convert from Rod to Sun's radius
Terameter Convert from Rod to Terameter
Twip Convert from Rod to Twip
Vara castellana Convert from Rod to Vara castellana
Vara conuquera Convert from Rod to Vara conuquera
Vara de tarea Convert from Rod to Vara de tarea
X-unit Convert from Rod to X-unit
Yard Convert from Rod to Yard