Sandy Creek
Sandy Creek is a stream in Clarke County, Georgia. Sandy Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Northridge Park, as well as near the neighborhood Greenmont.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tree That Owns Itself and Sanford Stadium.
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. Tree That Owns Itself is situated 2 miles south of Sandy Creek.
Sanford Stadium
Stadium
Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium is the on-campus playing venue for football at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, United States. The 93,033-seat stadium is the ninth-largest American football stadium in the NCAA, and the 15th-largest such stadium in the world. Sanford Stadium is situated 2 miles south of Sandy Creek.
Ware–Lyndon House
Manor estate
Photo: GAgayle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ware–Lyndon House is a historic house located at 211 Hoyt Street in Athens, Georgia, at the end of Jackson Street. Built circa 1850, the house is two stories and exhibits an Italianate style.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Athens and Normaltown.
Athens
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 1½ miles southwest of Sandy Creek.
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 3 miles south of Sandy Creek.
Sandy Creek
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Big Sandy Creek”, “Pocataligo Creek”, and “Pocateligo Creek”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Clarke County, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.98067° or 33° 58′ 50″ northLongitude
-83.38238° or 83° 22′ 57″ westElevation
614 feet (187 metres)Open location code
865RXJJ9+72GeoNames ID
4221249
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