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Outdoor Activities ...

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

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

  • Weather ...
  • 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 Champion:
    • 33.935654, -86.445541
    • 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 Champion
  • 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 Blount County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Blount County
    • Since Champion is near Etowah County and also Coosa County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Etowah County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Coosa 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 Champion

Communities Also Named Champion ...

We found nineteen communities that are also named Champion.

Within Alabama, the name Champion is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of nineteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • This Champion lies 1,754 miles [2,822.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Champion that is located in Blount County.
    • Arkansas
      • Arkansas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Champion [Arkansas County].
      • Lincoln County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Champion [Lincoln County].
    • California
      • Nevada County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Champion [Nevada County].
    • Indiana
      • Jennings County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Champion [Jennings County].
      • Vigo County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Champion [Vigo County].
    • Michigan
      • Marquette County
      • This Champion is located in Marquette County and lies 872 miles [1,403.3 km]<1> to the north of the Champion that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marquette County community of Champion.
    • Missouri
      • Douglas County
      • This Champion is located in Douglas County and lies 393 miles [632.5 km]<1> to the northwest of the Champion that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Douglas County community of Champion.
      • New Madrid County
      • This Champion is located in New Madrid County and lies 264 miles [424.9 km] to the northwest of the Champion that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Madrid County community of Champion.
    • Montana
      • Deer Lodge County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Champion [Deer Lodge County].
    • Nebraska
      • Chase County
      • This Champion is located in Chase County and lies 952 miles [1,532.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Champion that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Chase County community of Champion.
    • New York
      • Jefferson County
      • This Champion is located in Jefferson County and lies 900 miles [1,448.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Champion that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Champion.
    • North Carolina
      • Wilkes County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Champion [Wilkes County].
    • Ohio
      • Fulton County
      • This Champion is located in Fulton County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Champion that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Champion.
      • Trumbull County
      • This Champion is located in Trumbull County and lies 593 miles [954.3 km] to the north northeast of the Champion that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Champion.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Champion is located in Allegheny County and lies 561 miles [902.8 km]<1> to the northeast of the Champion that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Allegheny County community of Champion.
      • Fayette County
      • This Champion is located in Fayette County and lies 576 miles [927 km] to the northeast of the Champion that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Champion.
    • Texas
      • Nolan County
      • This Champion is located in Nolan County and lies 826 miles [1,329.3 km]<1> to the west of the Champion that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Nolan County community of Champion.
    • Wisconsin
      • Brown County
      • This Champion is located in Brown County and lies 739 miles [1,189.3 km]<1> to the north of the Champion that is located in Blount County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brown County community of Champion.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Champion ...

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.

  • Allgood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Allgood is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allgood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
  • Graystone
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Graystone is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graystone
  • Hoods Crossroads
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Hoods Crossroads is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoods Crossroads
  • Maudlin ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Maudlin is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maudlin
  • Mill ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Mill is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill
  • Mountain View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Mountain View is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
  • Murphy Ford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Murphy Ford is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Ford
  • Straight Mountain
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Straight Mountain is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straight Mountain

How Far From Champion to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Champion and extending to:

  • Oneonta, which is the Seat of Blount County, lies just to the West Northwest.
  • Montgomery, which is the State Capital of Alabama, lies 107 miles [172.2 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Champion to Montgomery, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 624 miles [1,004.2 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,517 miles [10,488.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,226 miles [11,629.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,102 miles [8,210.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Champion) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Champion could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Champion, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Champion to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Champion. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9357, Longitude: -86.4455       In this case, the coordinates for Champion have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 313.486 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 309.126 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 310.062 degrees.