Athens Welcome Center
Athens Welcome Center is a tourism office in Clarke County, Georgia. Athens Welcome Center is situated nearby to the museum Church-Waddel-Brumby House, as well as near the health club CrossFit Liberate.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ware–Lyndon House and Akins Ford Arena.
Ware–Lyndon House
Manor estate
Photo: GAgayle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ware–Lyndon House is a historic house located at 211 Hoyt Street in Athens, Georgia, at the end of Jackson Street. Built circa 1850, the house is two stories and exhibits an Italianate style. Ware–Lyndon House is situated 890 feet northwest of Athens Welcome Center.
Akins Ford Arena
Stadium
Akins Ford Arena is an indoor arena in Athens, Georgia. It is part of The Classic Center campus and is intended as an upgrade to the Classic Center Grand Ballroom, which had been configured as a 2,000-seat arena. Akins Ford Arena is situated 1,200 feet east of Athens Welcome Center.
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 3,600 feet southwest of Athens Welcome Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Athens and Normaltown.
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.
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 Athens Welcome Center.
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 Welcome Center.
Athens Welcome Center
- Type: Tourism office
- Categories: information, tourism, and institution
- Location: Clarke County, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.96244° or 33° 57′ 45″ northLongitude
-83.37464° or 83° 22′ 29″ westOpen location code
865RXJ6G+X4OpenStreetMap ID
way 1151647655OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=institutionalOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=information
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Church-Waddel-Brumby House and CrossFit Liberate.
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