Kissing Rock
Kissing Rock is an archaeological site in Clarke County, Georgia. Kissing Rock is situated nearby to University of Georgia Health Sciences Campus, as well as near the government office Social Security Administration.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Carnegie Library Building and Piedmont Athens Regional.
Carnegie Library Building
Library
Photo: RFoxx, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Carnegie Library Building is an historic building in Athens, Georgia. It was one of many such libraries donated by Andrew Carnegie which were named Carnegie Library after him. Carnegie Library Building is situated 560 feet south of Kissing Rock.
Piedmont Athens Regional
Hospital
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center is a hospital in Athens, Georgia. The hospital has 427 beds, a trauma center, and a neonatal intensive care unit. Piedmont Athens Regional is situated 2,400 feet southeast of Kissing Rock.
T. R. R. Cobb House
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The T. R. R. Cobb House built in 1842 is an historic octagon house originally located at 194 Prince Avenue in Athens, Georgia. On June 30, 1975, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. T. R. R. Cobb House is situated 1¼ miles east of Kissing Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Normaltown and Athens.
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.
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. Five Points is situated 2 miles southeast of Kissing Rock.
Kissing Rock
- Type: Rock
- Categories: archaeological site, historic site, and landform
- Location: Clarke County, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.9656° or 33° 57′ 56″ northLongitude
-83.40455° or 83° 24′ 16″ westOpen location code
865RXH8W+65OpenStreetMap ID
node 14027165371OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=rock
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