User blog comment:Silvered Girl/How far?/@comment-4279996-20120718205849

I've attempted to measure the distances using the maps at the back of the LOTR books, although the map being in four parts makes it a little difficult. So, by birds' eye view I'd say Rohan is around 675 miles from Hobbiton; Gondor is between 700 and 900 miles, depending on which part of Gondor you are travelling to; and Mordor is about 1125 miles. Lothlorien is between 225 to 300 miles from Rivendell, depending on your route through the mountains. I'm not sure how long it would take to travel these distances, although the journey to Mordor took Frodo and Sam roughly 6 months (bearing in mind the various delays along the way). These are only approximate measurements, but I hope they help to give you some idea.