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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Brittain, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brittain and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Brittain:
    • 41.064501, -81.463169
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Brittain
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Summit County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Summit County
    • Since Brittain is near Portage County and also Stark County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Portage County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Stark County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Brittain

Communities Also Named Brittain ...

We found five communities that are also named Brittain.

Within Ohio, the name Brittain is unique.

Beyond Ohio, we know of five communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Pulaski County
      • This Brittain is located in Pulaski County and lies 738 miles [1,187.7 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brittain that is located in Summit County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pulaski County community of Brittain.
    • Kansas
      • Cloud County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Brittain [Cloud County].
    • Missouri
      • Dallas County
      • This Brittain is located in Dallas County and lies 655 miles [1,054.1 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Brittain that is located in Summit County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallas County community of Brittain.
    • North Carolina
      • Rutherford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Brittain [Rutherford County].
    • West Virginia
      • Taylor County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Brittain [Taylor County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Brittain ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Cascade ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Cascade is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
  • Cottage Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cottage Grove is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
  • Derby Downs
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Derby Downs is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Downs
  • Firestone Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Firestone Park is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Firestone Park
  • Goodyear Heights
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Goodyear Heights is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodyear Heights
  • Halo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Halo is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
  • Lakeview
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Lakeview is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview
  • Logtown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Logtown is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
  • Maple Valley
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Maple Valley is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Valley
  • Pony
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pony is located in Portage County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pony
  • Portage Lakes
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Portage Lakes is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Lakes
  • Six Corners
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Six Corners is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Corners
  • White House Park
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • White House Park is located in Summit County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Park

How Far From Brittain to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brittain to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Brittain and extending to:

  • Akron, which is the Seat of Summit County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 110 miles [177 km]<1> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Brittain to Columbus, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 7 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 277 miles [445.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,985 miles [9,631.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,708 miles [10,795.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,584 miles [7,377.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brittain) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Brittain could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Brittain, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Brittain to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brittain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0645, Longitude: -81.4632       In this case, the coordinates for Brittain have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.471 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.701 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 305.871 degrees.