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Explore Downtown Champaign
The district Downtown Champaign of in Champaign County (Illinois) is located in United States about 603 mi west of Washington DC, the country's capital.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 23°C / 74 °F
Morning Temperature | 15°C / 60 °F |
Evening Temperature | 24°C / 75 °F |
Night Temperature | 18°C / 65 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 2% |
Air Humidity | 63% |
Air Pressure | 1008 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 5 km/h (3 mph) from North-West |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 86% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Saturday, 18th of May 2024
25°C (77 °F)
20°C (68 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Sunday, 19th of May 2024
28°C (82 °F)
22°C (72 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Monday, 20th of May 2024
28°C (82 °F)
22°C (72 °F)
Broken clouds, moderate breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
TownePlace Suites Champaign Urbana/Campustown
LA QUINTA INN CHAMPAIGN
Country Inn and Suites by Radisson Champaign North
HAWTHORN SUITES BY WYNDHAM CHAMPAIGN
Residence Inn Champaign
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Holiday Inn Express & Suites URBANA-CHAMPAIGN (U OF I AREA)
Courtyard Champaign
Hilton Garden Inn Champaign- Urbana
Hampton Inn Champaign-Urbana-At Univ of Ill
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (U of I, University of Illinois, UIUC, or simply Illinois) is a public research-intensive university in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system. The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is the second oldest public university in the state, and is a founding member of the Big Ten Conference. It is considered a Public Ivy and is a member of the Association of American Universities.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Research is a private company that makes computation software. The founder and CEO of Wolfram Research is Stephen Wolfram, scientist and author, who maintains close involvement with the development of Mathematica. The primary software product of Wolfram Research is the program Mathematica, an environment for technical computing, which has, as of January 2013, undergone an upgrade to version 9.
Memorial Stadium (Champaign)
Memorial Stadium is a football stadium located in Champaign, Illinois, in the United States, on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The stadium is dedicated as a memorial to the Illinois men who died in World War I and World War II. The stadium is primarily used as the home of the University's football team.
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
The Beckman Institute is a unit of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign dedicated to doing interdisciplinary research. A gift from scientist, businessman, and philanthropist Arnold O. Beckman (1900-2004) and his wife Mabel, led to the building of the Institute, which opened in 1989. Current research at Beckman involves the areas of nanoscale structures and processes, biological intelligence, imaging science, and human-computer interactions.
UIUC College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) is the largest college in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, created in 1913 through the merger of the College of Literature and Arts and the College of Science. It has nationally ranked programs in chemistry, psychology and speech communications. Its main offices are in Lincoln Hall, and most of the classes that occur on the Main Quad are LAS classes.
WPGU
WPGU 107.1 is a fully commercial student-run college radio station located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is operational 24-7, broadcasting alternative music and other programming throughout Champaign-Urbana and surrounding communities. It is owned by the Illini Media Company.
Assembly Hall (Champaign)
Assembly Hall is a large dome-shaped indoor arena, located in Champaign, Illinois, and is part of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Hall hosts games for the Fighting Illini men's and women's basketball teams, and doubles as a performance and event center.
Illinois Terminal
Opened in January 1999, the Illinois Terminal is an intermodal transportation center, providing city bus, intercity bus, and rail connections to, from, and within Champaign, Illinois. The terminal also houses a Subway restaurant and the Champaign office for Michael Frerichs, Illinois State Senator for the 52nd District.
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts was built in 1969 in Urbana, Illinois, USA, on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as an educational and performing arts complex. Herman C. Krannert, an industrialist (founder of Inland Container Corporation and alumnus of the University) and his wife Ellnora Krannert made a gift of $16 million which made creation of the Center possible.
Boneyard Creek
Boneyard Creek is a 3.3-mile-long waterway that drains much of the cities of Champaign and Urbana, Illinois. It is a tributary of the Saline Branch of the Salt Fork Vermilion River, which is a tributary of the south-flowing Vermilion River and the Wabash River. The creek flows through the northern sections of the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The newsletter of the university's ACM chapter is Banks of the Boneyard, named after the creek.
Huff Hall
Huff Hall is a 4,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Champaign, Illinois, United States. The arena opened in 1925 and was known as Huff Gymnasium until the 1990s. It is named after George Huff, who was the school's athletic director from 1895 to 1935. Huff Hall is home to the University of Illinois Fighting Illini volleyball and wrestling teams. Prior to the opening of Assembly Hall in 1963, it was home to the basketball team as well.
Champaign Central High School
Champaign Central High School is a high school located in Champaign, Illinois. It has 1,385 students in grades 9-12. The principal is Joe Williams. It is part of the Champaign Unit 4 School District school system. Its sports teams are the Central Maroons.
University of Illinois College of Law
The University of Illinois College of Law (UIUC Law) is the law school of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the flagship campus of the public University of Illinois university system. The College of Law was established in 1897, and offers the J.D. , LL.M. , and J.S.D. degrees in law. The College of Law also hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers.
UIUC Graduate School of Library and Information Science
The Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) is a graduate school at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The program is currently accredited in full good standing by the American Library Association. The school is also a charter member of the iSchool initiative. GSLIS offers professional degrees including the standard Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), Master in Biological Informatics, and a Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS).
Noyes Laboratory
Noyes Laboratory is a chemistry laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that was established in 1902. When it was expanded in 1916 it housed the largest chemistry department in the United States. In 1939 the building was dedicated in honor of the influential U of I chemist William A. Noyes.
Krannert Art Museum
The Krannert Art Museum is a museum of art at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, USA. It has 48,000 square feet of space devoted to all periods of art, from ancient Egyptian to contemporary photography. Its collection of more than 9,000 objects includes specializations in 20th-century art, Asian art, and pre-Columbian art, particularly works from the Andes.
Alma Mater (Illinois sculpture)
The Alma Mater is a bronze statue by sculptor Lorado Taft located on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The 10,000-pound statue depicts a mother-figure wearing academic robes and flanked by two attendant figures representing "Learning" and "Labor", after the University's motto "Learning and Labor. " Standing at the corner of Green St and Wright St. at the heart of campus, the statue is iconic for the University and a popular backdrop for student graduation photos.
Orpheum Children's Science Museum
The Orpheum Children's Science Museum is a children's science museum located in an old Orpheum Theatre in downtown Champaign, Illinois. The Museum covers all of the entrance to the theater, and some adjoining space outside. There are plans to turn the stage and theater part into exhibits soon. The Orpheum has many exhibits, ranging from a simple machines castle to a musical instrument made of pvc tubing.
Blue Waters
Blue Waters is a petascale supercomputer at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. On August 8, 2007, the National Science Board approved a resolution which authorized the National Science Foundation to fund "the acquisition and deployment of the world's most powerful leadership-class supercomputer. " The NSF awarded $208 million for the Blue Waters project.
Virginia Theatre (Champaign)
The Virginia Theatre is a live performance and movie theatre in downtown Champaign, Illinois. It has been providing theatrical and cinematic entertainment to the Champaign-Urbana community since its doors opened in 1921. Each year, the Virginia Theatre is host to movies from film reels, plays from various acting troupes, concerts, and Ebertfest, presented by the UIUC College of Media. It is currently owned by the Champaign Park District.
Altgeld Hall
Altgeld Hall, built in 1897 on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus, United States, is home to the Department of Mathematics and the Mathematics Library. Altgeld Hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. A feature of Altgeld Hall is the University Chime which marks the hours, half hours, and quarter hours. The bell tower plays a ten minute concert every school day at 12:50 PM.
McFarland Memorial Bell Tower
The McFarland Memorial Bell Tower is a 185-foot bell tower that was built on the South Quad of the The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
UIUC Engineering Hall
Engineering Hall is an administrative building at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is located in the south end of the Bardeen Quadrangle on Green Street in Urbana, Illinois, facing the Illini Union. Engineering Hall serves all disciplines within the UIUC College of Engineering and is well known for representing the school's colors with its orange bricks and blue roof.
Activities and Recreation Center
The Activities and Recreation Center, more commonly known as the ARC, is an athletic facility at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign for current university students, members and guests. According to the university, Activities and Recreation Center is "one of the country's largest on-campus recreation centers".
University Laboratory High School (Urbana, Illinois)
University Laboratory High School, known as Uni, or Uni High, was established in 1921 and is a laboratory school located on the engineering part of the campus of the University of Illinois. Its enrollment is approximately 300 students, spanning five years (the traditional grades 9-12, preceded by a composite 7th and 8th grade year known as the "subfreshman" year).