Athens Gets Connected: Railroad Trestles

Athens Gets Connected: Railroad Trestles is in Clarke County, Georgia. Athens Gets Connected: Railroad Trestles is situated nearby to the garden Connect to Protect, as well as near Dudley Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sanford Stadium and Akins Ford Arena.

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 3,100 feet southwest of Athens Gets Connected: Railroad Trestles.

Akins Ford Arena

Stadium

Akins Ford Arena is an indoor arena in Athens, Georgia. It is part of The Classic Center campus and was built as an upgrade to the Classic Center Grand Ballroom, which had been configured as a 2,000-seat arena. Akins Ford Arena is situated 2,100 feet northwest of Athens Gets Connected: Railroad Trestles.

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 1 mile west of Athens Gets Connected: Railroad Trestles.

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. Five Points is situated 1½ miles southwest of Athens Gets Connected: Railroad Trestles.

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 2 miles west of Athens Gets Connected: Railroad Trestles.

Athens Gets Connected: Railroad Trestles

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Clarke County, Georgia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.95649° or 33° 57′ 23″ north

Longitude

-83.36695° or 83° 22′ 1″ west

Open location code

865RXJ4M+H6

OpenStreetMap ID

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Notable Places Nearby

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