In the l830's to l860's, in the Appalachian Mountains, it took three days to travel l20 miles by stagecoach.   This was covering rough terrain, using the Concord coaches, pulled by a team of four horses.    Stagecoach or stands were located roughly ten miles apart, because ten miles is the distance that a hog can travel in a day, and the stands were set up for drover travel.
Connie Aiken
Grad student
Appalachian State University
Boone, N.C.
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Stage stops are typically about 10 miles apart--a day's travel.  A stage coach is a relatively heavy coach, usually drawn by a pair.  Size, design & weight of the vehicle, freight, number of people, and type & number of animals are all variables in how far or fast a vehicle can travel.

Pat Roath, Curator of Collections
McFarland Curatorial Center
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Does anyone happen to have a rough figure for how fast the average horse-drawn carriage would have travelled over typical dirt roads (assuming it wasn't rainy or muddy, etc.)?  Thank you!

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Jennifer Gayman
Heritage Coordinator
Queen Anne's County, Maryland
www.historicqac.org
(410) 604-2100
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