Which fictional land is the setting of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit?

Middle-earth is the fictional land where J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is primarily set.

The Hobbit follows Bilbo Baggins from the Shire across Middle-earth toward the Lonely Mountain. Along the journey he encounters Rivendell, the Misty Mountains, Mirkwood, Lake-town, and the dragon Smaug’s stronghold in Erebor.

Middle-earth is not the name of an entirely separate planet. In Tolkien’s mythology, it is a region of Arda, the world created in his legendarium, and the stories take place in a distant mythological past of Earth. The term translates the Old English middangeard and related Germanic expressions for the inhabited world.

The Lord of the Rings also takes place largely in Middle-earth, but its map and historical focus are broader. Narnia, Westeros, and Earthsea are settings created by C.S. Lewis, George R.R. Martin, and Ursula K. Le Guin.