The northern part of the municipal territory lies in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids mountain range.

The whole territory of Rožnov pod Radhoštěm lies in the Beskydy Protected Landscape Area.

The highest point in the territory is located on the hillside of the Velká Polana mountain at 980 m (3,220 ft) above sea level.

The village was founded during the colonization by Bruno von Schauenburg between 1246 and 1267, however, there is a possibility that there was already a small settlement that was only expanded.

[2] For a long time, the town consisted only of wooden buildings and slowly transformed into stone ones.

[2] The I/35 road (part of the European route E442) from Valašské Meziříčí to the Czech-Slovak border passes through the town.

Rožnov pod Radhoštěm is the starting point of a railway line to Kojetín via Valašské Meziříčí.

The life of the ancestors and folk architecture are presented in three separate areas called Little Wooden Town, Wallachian Village and Water Mill Valley.