Tree That Owns Itself
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.Photo: Boston Public Library, Public domain.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: tree in Georgia
- Also known as: “Jackson Oak”, “Son of the Tree That Owns Itself”, “Son of The Tree That Owns Itself”, and “The Tree That Owns Itself”
- Address: South Finley Street, Athens, GA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include University of Georgia and Hill First Baptist Church.
University of Georgia
University
The University of Georgia is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia, United States. Chartered in 1785, it is the first state-chartered public university in the United States. University of Georgia is situated 1 mile southeast of Tree That Owns Itself.
Hill First Baptist Church
Church
Hill First Baptist Church "is the oldest African American church in the Athens, Georgia community". It is a contributing property to the Reese Street Historic District. Hill First Baptist Church is situated 1,000 feet northwest of Tree That Owns Itself.
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 3,300 feet southeast of Tree That Owns Itself.
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.
Tree That Owns Itself
- Categories: remarkable tree, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Clarke County, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.95504° or 33° 57′ 18″ northLongitude
-83.38238° or 83° 22′ 57″ westInception
1832Open location code
865RXJ49+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 2626985473OpenStreetMap feature
historic=treeOpenStreetMap feature
natural=treeOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1421130
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Tree That Owns Itself” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الشجرة التي تمتلك ذاتها”
- Armenian: “Ծառ, որը պատկանում է ինքն իրեն”
- Czech: “Jacksonův dub”
- Czech: “Strom, který vlastní sám sebe”
- Danish: “Tree That Owns Itself”
- French: “l’arbre qui se possède lui-même”
- French: “Tree That Owns Itself”
- German: “Tree That Owns Itself”
- Hungarian: “Fa, ami önmaga tulajdona”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “The Tree That Owns Itself”
- Norwegian: “The Tree That Owns Itself”
- Persian: “درخت جکسون”
- Persian: “درختی که دارنده خودش است”
- Persian: “درختی که مالک خودش است”
- Persian: “فرزند درختی که مالک خودش است”
- Portuguese: “Tree That Owns Itself”
- Russian: “Дерево, которое принадлежит самому себе”
- Spanish: “El Arbol Que Se Pertenece A Si Mismo”
- Spanish: “El árbol que se pertenece a sí mismo”
- Spanish: “El Árbol Que Se Pertenece A Sí Mismo”
- Turkish: “Kendi kendinin sahibi olan ağaç”
- Vietnamese: “Cây Sở Hữu Chính Mình”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Phoenix Community of Athens and Parkview Recreation Center.
Nearby Places
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