Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Rolling Hills Village

• 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 Rolling Hills Village:
  • 40.802500, -81.560556
  • 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 Rolling Hills Village

• 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 Stark County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Stark County
  • Since Rolling Hills Village is near Wayne County and also Summit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Wayne County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Summit 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 Rolling Hills Village

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rolling Hills Village ...

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.

• Clearview
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Clearview is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview
• Crystal Springs
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Crystal Springs is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
• Forty Corners Village
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Forty Corners Village is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forty Corners Village
• Lawndale
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Lawndale is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawndale
• Mayflower Village
  (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Mayflower Village is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayflower Village
• New England
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • New England is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New England
• Pauls ‑ Historic
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Pauls is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pauls
• Pigeon Run
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Pigeon Run is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Run
• Urban Hill
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Urban Hill is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urban Hill
• Walnut Hills
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Walnut Hills is located in Stark County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut Hills

How Far From Rolling Hills Village to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Rolling Hills Village and extending to:

• Canton, which is the Seat of Stark County, lies 9 miles [14.5 km]<1> to the east. If you could walk a straight line from Rolling Hills Village to Canton, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
• Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 94 miles [151.3 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 6 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 273 miles [439.4 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<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,000 miles [9,656.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,723 miles [10,819.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,599 miles [7,401.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'