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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:
    • 41.714773, -83.933277
    • 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 Fulton County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Fulton County
    • Since Champion is near Lenawee County and also Lucas County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lenawee County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Lucas 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.

There is one other community in Ohio that is also named Champion.

Beyond Ohio, we know of eighteen communities that are located 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 Ohio ...
    • Trumbull County
      • This Champion is located in Trumbull County and lies 161 miles [259.1 km]<1> to the east of the Champion that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Champion.
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Blount County
      • This Champion is located in Blount County and lies 554 miles [891.6 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Champion that is located in Fulton County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blount County community of Champion.
    • Alberta
      • This Champion lies 1,507 miles [2,425.3 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Champion that is located in Fulton 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 386 miles [621.2 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Champion that is located in Fulton 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 559 miles [899.6 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Champion that is located in Fulton 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 454 miles [730.6 km] to the southwest of the Champion that is located in Fulton 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 929 miles [1,495.1 km]<1> to the west of the Champion that is located in Fulton 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 445 miles [716.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Champion that is located in Fulton 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].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • This Champion is located in Allegheny County and lies 209 miles [336.4 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Champion that is located in Fulton 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 264 miles [424.9 km] to the east southeast of the Champion that is located in Fulton 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 1,120 miles [1,802.5 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Champion that is located in Fulton 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 277 miles [445.8 km]<1> to the northwest of the Champion that is located in Fulton 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.

  • Assumption
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Assumption is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
  • Dutch Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Dutch Ridge is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dutch Ridge
  • Jasper
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jasper is located in Lenawee County (MI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
  • Leslie ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Leslie is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
  • Lyons
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Mulberry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Mulberry is located in Lenawee County (MI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry
  • Townline ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Townline is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townline
  • Treadway ‑ Historic
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Treadway is located in Fulton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treadway

How Far From Champion to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs 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:

  • Wauseon, which is the Seat of Fulton County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<1> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Champion to Wauseon, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
  • Columbus, which is the State Capital of Ohio, lies 129 miles [207.6 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than three hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 411 miles [661.4 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 16 days and walking would take 24 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,051 miles [9,738.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,782 miles [10,914.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,661 miles [7,501.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>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 drawn 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 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.
<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're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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: 41.7148, Longitude: -83.9333       In this case, the coordinates for Champion have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.019 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.557 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.814 degrees.