Hillside Park

Hillside Park is a park in Clarke County, Georgia. Hillside Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood Park View Homes, as well as near Stonemill Run.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Akins Ford Arena and Springfield Cemetery.

Akins Ford Arena

Stadium

Akins Ford Arena is an indoor arena in Athens, Georgia. It is part of The Classic Center campus and was built as an upgrade to the Classic Center Grand Ballroom, which had been configured as a 2,000-seat arena.

Springfield Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: LadyofShalott, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery was founded in 1882 as a cemetery for African Americans in the 216th general militia district, Athens, Georgia area. Nine acres in size, it contains an estimated 3,500, mostly unmarked, graves.

Tree That Owns Itself

Photo: Boston Public Library, Public domain.

The Tree That Owns Itself is a white oak tree that, according to legend, has legal ownership of itself and of all land within eight feet of its base. Also known as the Jackson Oak, the tree is at the corner of South Finley and Dearing Streets in Athens, Georgia, US.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Athens and Normaltown.

Athens

Photo: Rob, CC BY 2.0.

Athens is a vibrant college town of 127,000 people in the Classic Heartland region of Georgia. Athens is most popular in the late summer and fall when students, families of students or college football fans visit the University of Georgia.

Normaltown

Neighborhood

Normaltown is a neighborhood in Athens, Georgia, by the Athens Regional Medical Center and named for the State Normal School formerly located there. It was the first area of Athens to be wired for electricity after the completion of the Mitchell Bridge hydroelectric plant in 1896. Normaltown is situated 2 miles west of Hillside Park.

Five Points

Neighborhood

Five Points is a retail corridor and neighborhood in Athens, Georgia, centered on the intersection of Milledge Avenue and Lumpkin Street. It occupies the South-Southwest edge of the University of Georgia campus. Five Points is situated 2 miles southwest of Hillside Park.

Hillside Park

Type: Park
Location: Clarke County, Georgia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.96761° or 33° 58′ 3″ north

Longitude

-83.36766° or 83° 22′ 4″ west

Elevation

728 feet (222 metres)

Open location code

865RXJ9J+2W

GeoNames ID

4200639

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