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LEISURE Parks, Sports & Recreation centers, dance center, historic theatre,
Nothing captures a Bulldog’s spirit disc golf course, dog parks, a nature
UGA Department of Theatre and Film like wolfing down a hot dog in Sanford center, tennis center, a youth sports
Stadium on a crisp autumn day, complex, a skate park, miles of
• U GA Department of Dance: several surrounded by cheering fans in waves greenway and trails and a zoo.
dance companies within the UGA of red and black. And yet football is Athens is also home to America’s first
Department of Dance perform in a wide only the beginning when it comes to garden club, the 313-acre State Botanical
variety of genres. www.dance.uga.edu stretching the mind and body in Athens- Garden of Georgia, and one of the most
Clarke County. extensive and diverse collections of
• U GA Department of Theatre and Film Children have ample opportunity to specialty nurseries and gardens in the
Studies: everything from Shakespeare join in the fun with soccer, softball, and Southeast United States.
and Chekov to the most cutting-edge baseball programs all around Athens- Spend an afternoon exploring the 80
modern productions on the calendar. Clark County. Swimming pools are acres of Bear Hollow Wildlife Zoo and
www.drama.uga.edu accessible at the YWCA, Bishop Park, East Memorial Park. The child-friendly zoo
Athens Community Park, Memorial Park, nestled in a hardwood forest is home to
• U GA Performing Arts Center: houses Rocksprings Park, Southeast Clarke Park, bears, bobcats, and other native wildlife.
UGA’s two superb concert halls, and Thomas N. Lay Park. Extensive playground equipment, picnic
Hodgson Concert Hall and Ramsey For golf enthusiasts, Athens offers shelters, a lake, and walking trails are
Concert Hall; offers six different series, top-quality private and semi-private also part of the complex.
showcasing the finest music and dance courses to challenge and thrill pros The 60-acre Oconee Forest Park has
performers from the around the world. and amateurs alike. Nature-lovers will walking trails, a 1.2-mile mountain bike
be amazed at the hiking, fishing, and trail, and a 15-acre lake. Mature oak and
boating facilities that bring you face to hickory trees mingle with tulip poplars in
face with the often overlooked natural the old-growth forest.
beauty of Athens. Sandy Creek Nature The Greenways and riverside
Center offers a myriad of outdoor parks provide opportunities to
activities, and Sandy Creek Park’s experience nature while linking parks,
shoreline is a picturesque place for a neighborhoods, points of interest, and
romantic or family picnic. activity centers. The North Oconee River
Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Greenway is a 3.75-mile, 10-foot-wide,
Department maintains more than 2,500 poured concrete trail that connects with
acres of diverse parks and facilities Cook’s Greenway Trail at Sandy Creek
including five swimming pools, an Nature Center and follows the North
arts center and museum, community Oconee River south toward downtown
Athens and the University of Georgia.
UGA Symphony Orchestra
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