WGAU-AM (Athens)

WGAU-AM (Athens) is a tower in Clarke County, Georgia. WGAU-AM (Athens) is situated nearby to the park Milledge Circle Historic District, as well as near the neighborhood Five Points.

Places of Interest Nearby

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 1½ miles northeast of WGAU-AM (Athens).

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 east of WGAU-AM (Athens).

Milledge Circle Historic District

Park

Photo: Gwringle, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Milledge Circle Historic District is a park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Five Points and Normaltown.

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.

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 north of WGAU-AM (Athens).

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.

WGAU-AM (Athens)

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

33.94123° or 33° 56′ 28″ north

Longitude

-83.40349° or 83° 24′ 13″ west

Elevation

656 feet (200 metres)

Open location code

865RWHRW+FJ

GeoNames ID

4228701

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