Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Doolittles Corners

• 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 Doolittles Corners:
  • 41.218594, -81.315106
  • 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 Doolittles Corners

• 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 Portage County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Portage County
  • Since Doolittles Corners is near Summit County and also Geauga County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Summit County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Geauga 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 Doolittles Corners

Curious and Interesting Names Near Doolittles Corners ...

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.

• Black Horse
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Black Horse is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse
• Brady Lake
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Brady Lake is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
  • Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
• Earlville
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Earlville is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlville
• Evergreen Village
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Evergreen Village is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Village
• Fish Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Fish Creek is located in Summit County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fish Creek
• Freedom Dam
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Freedom Dam is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom Dam
• Hamlet Park
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hamlet Park is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet Park
• Kent
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Kent is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,319 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <1>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Kent
  • From Doolittles Corners to Kent
• Oregon Corners
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Oregon Corners is located in Summit County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon Corners
• Silo
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Silo is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silo
• Twin Lakes
  (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Twin Lakes is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes

How Far From Doolittles Corners to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Doolittles Corners and extending to:

• Ravenna, which is the Seat of Portage County, lies just to the Southeast.
• Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 122 miles [196.3 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Doolittles Corners to Columbus, with an average speed<3>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 southeast (SE). Driving would take four to five hours, a buggy would take 11 days and walking would take 16 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,972 miles [9,611 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,696 miles [10,776.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,572 miles [7,357.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'