Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

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

• 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 Rootstown:
  • 41.099221, -81.242571
  • 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 Rootstown

• 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 Rootstown is near Stark County and also Summit County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Stark 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 Rootstown

Curious and Interesting Names Near Rootstown ...

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 north)
  • Black Horse is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Horse
• Bloody Corners
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Bloody Corners is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloody Corners
• Brady Lake
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Brady Lake is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady Lake
  • Estimated population in 2018: 464 people
• Edinburg
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Edinburg is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edinburg
• Five Corners
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Five Corners is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Corners
• Hamlet Park
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hamlet Park is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet Park
• Hilltown ‑ Historic
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hilltown is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltown
• Industry
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Industry is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Industry
• Randolph
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Randolph is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Randolph <1>
• Valley Hills
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Valley Hills is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hills

How Far From Rootstown 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 Rootstown to various places of note, such as the White House.

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

• Ravenna, which is the Seat of Portage County, lies just to the North.
• Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 120 miles [193.1 km]<2> to the southwest (SW). If you could drive a straight line from Rootstown 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 269 miles [432.9 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<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,974 miles [9,614.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,698 miles [10,779.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,574 miles [7,361.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'