[jpsb]

"1254 ft is less than 3 miles. Are you sure it isn’t 1254 miles instead?"

Not only is it less then 3 miles it is less then 1/3 of 1 mile. 5280 feet in a mile, so 1254 is about a 1/4 mile. :)

[NathanR]

True. I don’t always remember that a mile is over 5000 ft