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 Tree That Owns Itself.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Herty Field and Tree That Owns Itself.
Herty Field
Park
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.
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 2,900 feet south of The Arch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Athens and Five Points.
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.
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.95752° or 33° 57′ 27″ northLongitude
-83.37529° or 83° 22′ 31″ westElevation
781 feet (238 metres)Inception
1857Operator
University of GeorgiaOpen location code
865RXJ5F+2VOpenStreetMap ID
node 4886558902OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archwayOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
6690732
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