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 ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Champion
- 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:
- 33.947880, -91.650127
- 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.
- 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 Lincoln County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Lincoln County
- Since Champion is near Desha County and also Jefferson County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Desha County
- eBird sighting report for Jefferson 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:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Champion ...
We found nineteen communities that share the name Champion.
There is one other community in Arkansas which is also named Champion.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, eighteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Alberta
- This Champion lies 1,562 miles [2,513.8 km]<2> to the northwest of the Champion that is located in Lincoln County.
- California
- Indiana
- Jennings County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> 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
- Missouri
- Douglas County
- This Champion is located in Douglas County and lies 210 miles [338 km]<2> to the north of the Champion that is located in Lincoln 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 227 miles [365.3 km] to the north northeast of the Champion that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Madrid County community of Champion.
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Fulton County
- This Champion is located in Fulton County and lies 681 miles [1,096 km]<2> to the northeast of the Champion that is located in Lincoln 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 777 miles [1,250.5 km] to the northeast of the Champion that is located in Lincoln 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 767 miles [1,234.4 km]<2> to the northeast of the Champion that is located in Lincoln 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 797 miles [1,282.6 km] to the northeast of the Champion that is located in Lincoln County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Champion.
- Texas
- Wisconsin
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.
- Bicker Crossing
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bicker Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bicker Crossing
- Bicker Crossing is located in Lincoln County
- Florence
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Four Groves ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Groves have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Groves
- Four Groves is located in Lincoln County
- Gourd
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Grady
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Grady is located in Lincoln County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grady <5>
- Jones Ferry
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Ferry
- Jones Ferry is located in Jefferson County
- Little Garnett
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Garnett have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Garnett
- Little Garnett is located in Lincoln County
- Pickens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Reedville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east) - Rose Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Silt ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - Star City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
- Star City is located in Lincoln County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,013 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Star City <5>
How Far From Champion to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories 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 and using the location of where the historic community of Champion once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Champion and extending to:
- Star City, which is the Seat of Lincoln County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the west. If you could walk a straight line from Champion to Star City, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
- Little Rock, which is the State Capital of Arkansas, lies 64 miles [103 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than an hour, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 879 miles [1,414.6 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,726 miles [10,824.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,451 miles [11,991.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,326 miles [8,571.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Champion. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9479, Longitude: -91.6501 In this case, the coordinates for Champion have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.711 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.863 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.233 degrees. |