The Wall to Winterfell Distance and Travel Time from Castle Black
Castle Black · Kingsroad · Horse · Army · Dragon
How far is Winterfell from the Wall? The northern end of the Kingsroad links the Stark seat with Castle Black, a road travelled by Jon Snow, Tyrion, Sansa and the army of the dead.
Castle Black is about 560 miles north of Winterfell in a straight line and roughly 650 miles by the Kingsroad. A lone rider needs about 16 days, a marching army about 43 days and a dragon about 9 hours of flight.
Distance & Travel Time
The essentials at a glance before the full breakdown.
How far is Winterfell from the Wall?
On the ThroneAtlas grid, Castle Black lies about 563 miles north of Winterfell, and the Kingsroad between them runs about 650 miles. For comparison, that is roughly the distance from London to Edinburgh and back.
North of Winterfell the road passes through thinly peopled country and then the Gift, the lands granted to the Night’s Watch that have largely emptied over the centuries.
| Method | Distance | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Lone rider | ≈ 648 mi | ≈ 16 days |
| Marching army | ≈ 648 mi | ≈ 43 days |
| Dragon | ≈ 563 mi | ≈ 9.4 flying hours |
Who travelled this road
In Season 1 Jon Snow rides north with his uncle Benjen and with Tyrion Lannister to join the Night’s Watch. In Season 6 Sansa escapes the Boltons and reaches Castle Black, and the Stark loyalists then march south again to retake Winterfell at the Battle of the Bastards.
In the final season the army of the dead comes through the breach at Eastwatch and marches on Winterfell, ending in the Battle of Winterfell. Follow Jon on the Jon Snow journey map.
How ThroneAtlas calculates distances
Every location on ThroneAtlas sits on one grid scaled to the 300-mile Wall, the only firm measurement in the books. Road distance adds 15% to the straight line for bends, fords and hills; sea routes add 30% for coastlines and capes.
Speeds are realistic medieval averages: about 40 miles a day for a lone rider, 15 for an army with baggage, 100 for a sailing ship and an estimated 60 miles an hour for a grown dragon. Treat the results as fan estimates for comparing routes, not official figures.
From Winterfell to Castle Black
The Wall to Winterfell: Questions
About 560 miles in a straight line and roughly 650 miles by the Kingsroad.
About 16 days for a lone rider covering 40 miles a day.
About 43 days at 15 miles a day, longer in snow.
About 9 to 10 hours of flight at 60 mph.
Castle Black, at the northern end of the Kingsroad.
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