Tribute to Olympic and Paralympic Athletes

Tribute to Olympic and Paralympic Athletes is a monument in Champaign, Illinois. Tribute to Olympic and Paralympic Athletes is situated near Parkland College on Mattis, as well as near Dodds Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Dodds Park and Staerkel Planetarium.

Dodds Park

Park

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Dodds Park is located in northwestern Champaign, Illinois near Parkland College. This 110-acre park is noted for the "Tribute to Olympic Athletes Monument" on its grounds. The park was purchased in 1969 for the sum of $298,495.

Staerkel Planetarium

Planetarium

The William M. Staerkel Planetarium is a planetarium at Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois. It is the second largest planetarium in the state and has the first Carl Zeiss M1015 opto-mechanical star projector installed in the western hemisphere. Staerkel Planetarium is situated 3,300 feet west of Tribute to Olympic and Paralympic Athletes.

Champaign Park District

Government office

The Champaign Park District is the special district responsible for maintenance of public parks in the city of Champaign, Illinois. There are just over 650 acres of parkland within the city limits. Champaign Park District is situated 1½ miles south of Tribute to Olympic and Paralympic Athletes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wilbur Heights and Campustown.

Wilbur Heights

Hamlet

Wilbur Heights is an unincorporated community in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. Wilbur Heights is a northern suburb of Champaign and Urbana. Wilbur Heights is situated 2½ miles east of Tribute to Olympic and Paralympic Athletes.

Campustown

Quarter

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Campustown is an area in Champaign, Illinois. Centered on Green Street, the district contains about eight city blocks occupied by various small businesses, restaurants, bars, and apartment buildings which mostly house university students. Campustown is situated 3 miles southeast of Tribute to Olympic and Paralympic Athletes.

Champaign-Urbana

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Champaign-Urbana is a metropolitan area in central Illinois, composed of the towns of Champaign, Urbana, and Savoy. The community is the site of the main campus of the University of Illinois, one of the great public universities of the United States.

Tribute to Olympic and Paralympic Athletes

Type: Monument
Category: historic site
Location: Champaign, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.1322° or 40° 7′ 56″ north

Longitude

-88.27958° or 88° 16′ 47″ west

Open location code

86GH4PJC+V5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 257334957

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=monument

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Parkland College on Mattis and Dodds Park Disc Golf.

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Places to explore: Champaign County Worker’s Memorial and Prairie Grid.

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