From Wikitravel

Canton [1] is a mid-sized city located in Stark County, Northeast Ohio in the State of Ohio, USA. It is best known as the birthplace of professional American football and is the home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Contents 1 Understand 1.1 Tourist office 2 Get in 2.1 By plane 2.2 By car 3 Get around 4 See 5 Do 5.1 Annual Events 5.2 Outdoors 6 Learn 7 Work 8 Buy 9 Eat 10 Drink 11 Sleep 12 Contact 13 Stay safe 14 Cope 15 Get out

Understand

Tourist office

• Canton/Stark County Convention Visitors Bureau, 222 Market Ave. N. (Located inside the Millenium Centre), +1 330 454-1439, [2].

Get in

By plane

• Akron-Canton Regional Airport, CAK. Located on the north end of Stark County.

• Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, CLE. A hub for Continental Airlines, the Cleveland Airport, combined with an approximately one-hour drive is a convenient means to visit Canton.

By car

• Interstate 77. Canton can be accessed primarily by I-77 which provides connection to Akron and Cleveland to the north, runs through New Philadelphia and Marietta, Ohio to the south, ultimately running its course through West Virginia and the Carolinas.

Get around

• Stark County Regional Transit Authority.

See

• Pro Football Hall of Fame, 221 George Halas Dr. NW, 330 456-8207, immediately off of I-77. Canton was home to the Canton Bulldogs, the first professional football team. Northeast Ohio is also home to many of the most significant football coaches in the professional and college ranks, including:
  • Paul Brown who coached at nearby Massillon High School, Miami University in Oxford, founded the NFL franchises of Cleveland Browns and later the Cincinnati Bengals;
  • Woody Hayes who coached at nearby New Philadelphia High School, Miami University and The Ohio State University Buckeyes; and
  • Don Shula who grew up in Grand River east of Cleveland, played at John Carroll University in suburban Cleveland, and enjoyed a long and distinguished professional football career with the Cleveland Browns, the Baltimore Colts and the Miami Dolphins.
• Presidential Library and Memorial for 25th US President William McKinley [3], 800 McKinley Monument Drive NW, telephone 330 455-7043, fax 330 455-1137.
• First Ladies National Historic Site, 205 & 331 Market Ave. S, 330 452-0876, victorian family home of US Presidential First Lady Ida Saxton McKinley now serves as an educational center on the subject of contributions by the wives of US Presidents and other women with significant roles in historical US politics.
• Canton Classic Car Museum, Market Ave. S at Sixth St. SW, Phone: 330 455-3603.
• Canton Museum of Art, 1001 Market Ave. N, Phone: 330 453-7666, especially known for collections of watercolors and ceramics.
• Haines House Underground Railroad Museum, 186 West Market St., Alliance, 330 829-4668.
• Harry London Chocolates, guided tours of chocolate factory, just outside of Akron/Canton Regional Airport.
• MAPS Air Museum, 5359 Massillon Road, North Canton, 330 896-6332.

Do

• Palace Theatre
• St. Helena Canal Boat

Annual Events

• Pro Football Hall of Fame Inauguration
• Hall of Fame Bowl, National Football League (NFL) preseason kick-off game

Outdoors

• Atwood State Park
• Historic Lincoln Highway

Learn

• Kent State University Stark Professional Education & Conference Center, 6000 Frank Avenue NW, 330 244-3300
• Hoover Historical Center located on the campus of Walsh University, 1875 East Maple Street, North Canton, 330 499-0287, provides history, contributions and legacy of the Hoover vacuum cleaner.

Work

Canton is home to the Fortune 1000 headquarters of:

• 417 The Timken Company, bearings and specialty steel manufacturer
• 671 Diebold, Electronics and ATM manufacturer

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

• Canton Marriott McKinley Grand [4], 320 Market Avenue South, Phone: 330 454-5000, Fax: 330 454-5090, in downtown Canton and across the street from the National First Ladies' Library.
• Fairfield Inn Canton, 5285 Broadmoor Circle NW, +1 330 493-7373, Fax: +1 330 493-7373, [5].
• Residence Inn Canton, 5280 Broadmoor Circle NW, +1 330 493-0004, Fax: +1 330 493-0004, [6].

Contact

Stay safe

Cope

Get out

• Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Located primarily north of Canton, this park follows the course of the Cuyahoga River and the historic Ohio & Erie Canal between Cleveland, Akron and Canton. A number of older buildings are preserved here. The Cuyahoga Scenic Railroad, with train cars from the 1940's and 1950's also runs through the park from Cleveland to Akron and Canton. The Canal Byway extends from Lake Erie in Downtown Cleveland through the southern suburbs past Akron, Canton, New Philadelphia and into rural Bolivar and Historic Zoar.
• Hall of Fame Cycle. Tourists can plan visits to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Inventure Place (the National Inventors Hall of Fame) in Akron, and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton.
• Geauga Lake and Wildwater Kingdom amusement park in Aurora.
• Atwood Lake Resort.
• Amish Country centered in Holmes County to the southwest of Stark County.

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