Treadmill walks: 4K virtual walks with a timer
Turn your treadmill or walking pad into a window on the world. Choose how long you want to walk and where, enter your speed, and treadmill mode plays real 4K walks through cities and along nature trails, one after another, while it keeps time and estimates how far you have gone.
3,774 walks of 20 minutes or more · 3,978 hours · 152 countries
How long do you want to walk?
Where do you want to walk?
Your treadmill speed
Opens full screen. Time and distance count only while the video plays.
Walks by length
How treadmill mode works
- Pick a goal, from a quick 20 minutes to a two-hour session, and choose city streets, nature trails or a mix.
- Set the same speed as your treadmill, in km/h or mph. If you speed up or slow down, use the + and − buttons.
- Press start. The walk opens full screen; when one video ends, the next one begins. The timer and distance only count while the video is playing.
- When you reach your goal you can keep walking or finish. Your total time and distance are saved on this device.
On a computer you can also use the keyboard: space to pause, ↑ and ↓ to change speed, → for the next walk and F for full screen. On a TV, open this page in the TV's browser or cast your screen.
Tips for walking with a video
A comfortable walking speed for most adults is around 4 to 5.5 km/h (2.5 to 3.5 mph). Walking-tour cameras usually move at about that pace, so the picture feels natural. Mountain trails climb and descend: treadmill mode suggests a gentle incline of 3 to 5 percent when one is playing.
Put the screen at eye level so you do not look down, hold the handrails when you change settings, and always use your treadmill's safety clip. If you are new to exercise or have a health condition, check with a doctor first. The distance shown is an estimate based on the speed you enter.
Prefer to choose by hand? Try our playlists of treadmill walks in Europe and Asia, all walks of an hour or more, or the nature walks.
Questions
- What is treadmill mode?
- Treadmill mode plays long 4K walking videos one after another while it keeps time, shows your progress towards a goal and estimates the distance from the speed you enter. All controls sit outside the video.
- How is the distance calculated?
- Distance is your treadmill speed multiplied by the time the video was actually playing. If you change speed on the treadmill, change it in treadmill mode too with the + and − buttons. Pausing the video pauses the timer.
- Which videos are best for a treadmill?
- Walks filmed at a steady walking pace without cuts, like the city walking tours and nature trails here. Mountain trails go up and down, so they suit a session with some incline.
- Is my walking history saved?
- Your total time and distance are saved only in this browser on this device. Nothing is sent to us, and clearing your browser data resets it.
- Is it free?
- Yes. Walking Atlas is free. The videos are embedded from YouTube and belong to their creators, who sometimes show ads.