Attractions
Nearby parks and recreational areas include Fort Yargo State Park (which offers miniature golf, boat rentals, fishing, cottages, tennis, nature trails, camping, picnicking, and an interpretive center near the well-preserved survivor of the original four log forts or “blockhouses” built by settlers in 1792 for protection from wildlife, the elements, and out of fear of the local Creek and Cherokee tribes), Bear Hollow Wildlife Trail, and Sandy Creek Nature Center. In Athens, itself, are Founders Memorial Garden and the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. For those who prefer to do their walking in the presence of educational narrative, there are the University of Georgia Museum of Natural History, Church-Waddel-Brumby House Museum, The Georgia Museum of Art, and the U.S. Navy Supply Corps Museum.