Getting Around
Plan on a Car
Akron is a driving city. Akron-Canton is twenty minutes out, Cleveland Hopkins about forty five, and METRO RTA covers the main corridors.
Insider Tips
The Akron Guidebook
How to do Akron right, from the team bringing the Stay In standard to the North Coast.
Medical
Near the Hospitals
Akron Children's and Summa Health are downtown and close to each other. Cleveland Clinic Akron General sits just west, off Market Street.
Seasons
Four Real Ones
Summer belongs to Blossom and the valley, fall to the park, and winter is genuinely cold with lake effect snow reaching this far south.
Essentials
Groceries and Basics
Acme is the local chain and worth knowing. Giant Eagle and Target in Fairlawn and Chapel Hill for a full shop.
Day Trips
What Is Within an Hour
Cleveland in forty minutes, the national park in ten, Amish country in Holmes County in about an hour, Canton and the Hall of Fame in twenty five.
Outdoors
Metro Parks
Summit Metro Parks runs a system most cities would envy. Sand Run, the Gorge, and Cascade Valley are all inside the city.