VFW Mitchell-Field Post 2872

VFW Mitchell-Field Post 2872 is a community center in Clarke County, Georgia which is located on Sunset Drive. VFW Mitchell-Field Post 2872 is situated nearby to Landmark Hospital of Athens, as well as near the sports venue Athens-Clarke Gymnastics Academy.

Type: Community center
Also known as: “Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States” and “VFW”
Address: 835 Sunset Drive, Athens, 30606

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 a 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 2,600 feet southeast of VFW Mitchell-Field Post 2872.

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 1 mile southeast of VFW Mitchell-Field Post 2872.

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 miles southeast of VFW Mitchell-Field Post 2872.

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

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 2½ miles southeast of VFW Mitchell-Field Post 2872.

VFW Mitchell-Field Post 2872

Category: building
Location: Clarke County, Georgia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.9674° or 33° 58′ 3″ north

Longitude

-83.4122° or 83° 24′ 44″ west

Brand

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Open location code

865RXH8Q+X4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 822073296

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=social_centre

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Landmark Hospital of Athens and Athens-Clarke Gymnastics Academy.

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