UNIT CONVERTERS

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Each section refers to the unit of your starting value. Simply select the value you are converting from to convert it to a variety of other units.

The Vara Calculator includes both converting to and from Vara. Select the relevant location for the vara units and the desired units to be converted from or to.

Note: All decimal units round to the nearest third digit. Foot & Inches show inches in fractions and rounds to the nearest 1/32nd.

Arpent (North America)

Decimal Feet/Feet & Inches

Feet & Fraction Inches

Feet & Fraction Inches

Please input fraction inches with the following format: 1 1/2 for 1 inch and 1/2 inch

Test: 0.000
Total Inches: 0.000
Millimeters: 0.000
Yards: 0.000
Chains: 0.000
Arpents (NA): 0.0000
Feet & Decimal Inches

Feet & Decimal Inches

Decimal Feet: 0.000
Total Inches: 0.000
Millimeters: 0.000
Yards: 0.000
Chains: 0.000
Arpents (NA): 0.0000
Decimal Feet

Decimal Feet

Feet: 0 Inches: 0
Total Inches: 0.000
Millimeters: 0.000
Yards: 0.000
Chains: 0.000
Arpent (NA): 0.0000

Meters & Millimeters

Meters
Decimal Feet: 0.000
Feet: 0 Inches: 0
Yards: 0.000
Chains: 0.000
Arpent (NA): 0.0000
Millimeters
Decimal Feet: 0.000
Feet: 0 Inches: 0
Yards: 0.000
Chains: 0.000
Arpent (NA): 0.0000

Yards

Yards
Decimal Feet: 0.000
Feet: 0 Inches: 0
Millimeters: 0.000
Chains: 0.000
Arpent (NA): 0.0000

Chains

Chains
Decimal Feet: 0.000
Feet: 0 Inches: 0
Millmeters: 0.000
Yards: 0.000
Arpent (NA): 0.0000

Arpent

Arpent - NA
Decimal Feet: 0.000
Feet: 0 Inches: 0
Millmeters: 0.000
Yards: 0.000
Chains: 0.000

Vara (To & From)

From Vara

Varas to Output Unit

Arpent - NA

Input Unit to Varas

Vara Legend

Arizona: 1 vara = 33.00 inches

California: 1 vara = 33.372 inches (Defined in LA County - state wide various records and reports can vary between 32.953 and 33.372 inches)

Florida: 1 vara = 33.372 inches

Mexico: 1 vara = 32.808 inches (Haggard Handbook for Translators of Spanish Historical Documents)

New Mexico: 1 vara = 33.00 inches

Spain: 1 vara = 32.9096 inches (Merriman & Wiggin (1930))

Texas: 1 vara = 33.3333 inches (Established by Texas law (1919))

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