How far did Apollo 17’s lunar rover travel on the Moon?

Apollo 17’s lunar rover traveled 35.9 kilometers on the Moon.

Commander Eugene Cernan and lunar module pilot Harrison Schmitt drove the battery-powered Lunar Roving Vehicle during three moonwalks in the Taurus–Littrow valley. Their total traverse distance was about 35.9 kilometers, allowing them to visit geological sites that were too far apart to reach on foot.

Apollo 17 was the final crewed lunar landing mission. Its rover journeys supported extensive sampling, including the collection of orange volcanic soil and the famous “geology station” observations made with Schmitt, the only professional geologist to walk on the Moon.

The distance refers to the rover’s total surface traverse, not the straight-line distance from the landing point or the astronauts’ entire walking distance. Apollo 15 and Apollo 16 also used rovers, but Apollo 17 achieved the greatest total rover mileage.