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:
- 39.259616, -121.037727
- 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 Nevada County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Nevada County
- Since Champion is near Yuba County and also Sierra County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- eBird sighting report for Yuba County
- eBird sighting report for Sierra 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.
Within California, the name Champion is unique.
Beyond California, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout 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 ...
- Alabama
- Alberta
- This Champion lies 848 miles [1,364.7 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Champion that is located in Nevada 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].
- 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
- Missouri
- Douglas County
- This Champion is located in Douglas County and lies 1,558 miles [2,507.4 km]<1> to the east of the Champion that is located in Nevada 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 1,710 miles [2,752 km] to the east of the Champion that is located in Nevada 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 1,940 miles [3,122.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Champion that is located in Nevada 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 2,102 miles [3,382.8 km] to the east northeast of the Champion that is located in Nevada 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 2,142 miles [3,447.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Champion that is located in Nevada 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 2,195 miles [3,532.5 km] to the east northeast of the Champion that is located in Nevada 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.
- Crystal Springs ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crystal Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Springs
- Crystal Springs is located in Nevada County
- Cypress Hill
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cypress Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cypress Hill
- Cypress Hill is located in Nevada County
- Forest Knolls
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forest Knolls have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Knolls
- Forest Knolls is located in Nevada County
- Gold Flat
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast) - Grass Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grass Valley
- Grass Valley is located in Nevada County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,763 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grass Valley <5>
- Hills Flat
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hills Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills Flat
- Hills Flat is located in Nevada County
- Providence ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Providence have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
- Providence is located in Nevada County
- Ridge View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ridge View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridge View
- Ridge View is located in Nevada County
- Sunrise Heights
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunrise Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Heights
- Sunrise Heights is located in Nevada County
- Sunset View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset View have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset View
- Sunset View is located in Nevada County
- Timber Trails
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timber Trails have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Trails
- Timber Trails is located in Nevada County
- Town Talk
(Less than 2 miles to the south) - Union Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Union Hill is located in Nevada County
- Willow Valley
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Valley
- Willow Valley is located in Nevada County
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 and using the location of where the historic community of Champion once stood, the straight-line distance beginning in Champion and extending to:
- Nevada City, which is the Seat of Nevada County, lies just to the East.
- Sacramento, which is the State Capital of California, lies 52 miles [83.7 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW). If you could walk a straight line from Champion to Sacramento, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 2,334 miles [3,756.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 5 days, a buggy would take 92 days and walking would take 133 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 7,293 miles [11,736.9 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 8,060 miles [12,971.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 6,111 miles [9,834.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Nevada County: www.new.mynevadacounty.com/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
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 drawn 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: 39.2596, Longitude: -121.0377 In this case, the coordinates for Champion have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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> | 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 339.195 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 340.02 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 327.306 degrees. |