The Arch

The Arch is a historic site in Clarke County, Georgia. The Arch is situated nearby to the park Herty Field, as well as near the music venue Georgia Theatre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Georgia Theatre and Herty Field.

Georgia Theatre

Music venue

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Georgia Theatre is a live music venue and event space in Athens, Georgia. National and local acts across all genres have performed at the theatre, including rock, folk, country, indie, alternative, hip hop and electronic. Georgia Theatre is situated 700 feet northwest of The Arch.

Herty Field

Park

Photo: Pruddle, CC BY 2.5.

Herty Field, also known as Alumni Athletic Field, was the original on-campus playing venue for football, Track and field and baseball at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. Herty Field is situated 600 feet south of The Arch.

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 2,300 feet southwest of The Arch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Athens and Five Points.

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.

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 west of The Arch.

The Arch

Type: Tourist attraction
Categories: tourism and historic site
Location: Clarke County, Georgia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.95752° or 33° 57′ 27″ north

Longitude

-83.37529° or 83° 22′ 31″ west

Elevation

781 feet (238 metres)

Inception

1857

Operator

University of Georgia

Open location code

865RXJ5F+2V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4886558902

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archway

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

GeoNames ID

6690732

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