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Connect to Protect in Athens, Georgia

Connect to Protect in Athens is a garden. Connect to Protect is located near Firefly Trail.

Leisure
garden
Legend

Tourist information centers

  • Athens Gets Connected: Railroad Trestles. The Georgia Rail Road crossed the Oconee River into Athens in 1883. – approx. 300 ft.
  • Dudley Park, Firefly & Greenway Trails – approx. 500 ft.
  • Dudley Park, Firefly & Greenway Trails – approx. 550 ft.
  • Mill Products. Threads, cords and ropes producedthe the Athens Manufacturing Company. – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • Mill Products. Threads, cords and ropes manufactured at the Athens Manufacturing Company. – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • Mill Products: Weaponry. The Cook brothers came to Athens to manufacture guns for the Confederate Army. – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • Mill Products: Lumber, Grist, And Ginning. Athens’ first settlers used the huge forests and fertile slil of the area tk build their homes and provide food and clothing materials. – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • Making Things In The Mill: Textiles. Weaving fabric required very skilled workers. – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • Making Things In The Mill: Textiles. Making textiles from raw cotton requires several steps. – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • Making Things In The Mill: Weaponry. Water provided the power to saw, bore, mill, forge, cast and polish high quality rifles, carbines, and bayonets at the Cook & Brother Armory during the Civil War. – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • The Millstone, Grist Mills: Cornmeal and Flour – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • Making Things In The Mill: Sawing. Coming to the sawmill with felled trees, the settlers would leave with sawn timber to build their houses, barns and furniture. – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • Making Things In The Mill: Waterwheel To Product. Many different products were manufactured in the Athens mills, but the mills all worked in a similar way. – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • Park Map – approx. 0.2 mi.
  • Water Power. When using a creek or river to power a mill, water is channeled along a man-made headrace to direct it to the waterwheel. – approx. 0.2 mi.
  • Water Power: Waterwheels. Up until 1918 the textile mills along the river were powered directly by water using turbine waterwheels. – approx. 0.2 mi.
  • Water Power: Water And Gravity. The force of gravity pulls us towards the ground. This force also pulls downhill, and provides power to do work. – approx. 0.2 mi.
  • Georgia Railroad Trestle – approx. 0.2 mi.

Bus stops

  • Chicopee – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • Chicopee OB – approx. 0.2 mi.
  • East Broad Street and Willow Street Outbound – approx. 0.2 mi.
  • Oak Street at Poplar Street Outbound – approx. 0.2 mi.

Convenience stores

  • Golden Pantry Market – approx. 0.2 mi.

Beauty salons

  • Sugar Polish Nail Bar at Hickory Street 125 (30601) – approx. 0.2 mi.

Cafes

  • Vampire Penguin Shaved Snow and Coffee at Hickory Street 115 (30601) – approx. 0.2 mi.

Streets nearby

North Oconee River Greenway
The Millstone, Grist Mills: Cornmeal and Flour, Chicopee, North Oconee River Greenway, College Avenue Trailhead, River Overlook Civil War Defenses, Hanna Manufacturing Co. Baseball Bats and Railroads, Oak Street at Poplar Street Outbound, Williams and Oconee Outbound, School of Social Work, Carriage Lane Trailhead
300 ft
Cook & Brother Plaza
Mill Products, Mill Products: Weaponry, Mill Products: Lumber, Grist, And Ginning, Making Things In The Mill: Waterwheel To Product, Water Power, Making Things In The Mill: Textiles, Water Power: Water And Gravity, Water Power: Waterwheels, Making Things In The Mill: Weaponry, Making Things In The Mill: Sawing, Dudley Park, Firefly & Greenway Trails
0.1 mi
Wilkerson Street
0.1 mi
Mulberry Street
Park Map
0.2 mi
Branch Street
0.2 mi
Firefly Trail
Athens Gets Connected: Railroad Trestles, Georgia Railroad Trestle
0.2 mi
South Peter Street
0.2 mi
Williams Street
188 Williams Street at Oconee Street
0.2 mi
North Poplar Street
East Broad Street at North Poplar Street Outbound
0.2 mi
South Poplar Street
Oconee School
0.3 mi
Little Oconee Street
0.3 mi
Peter Street
0.3 mi
Herring Street
0.3 mi
Oconee Street
Oconee Street Methodist Church, Oconee Street at Park and Ride Outbound, University of Georgia Police Department, Blenderz Smoothies & Bowls, Shell, 1321 Oconee Street, Blink
0.3 mi
Harper Street
0.3 mi
East Broad Street
East Broad Street at Derby Street, Traffic E Broad at The Foundation Apt, East Broad and Dublin Street, East Broad Street at South Peter Street, Blue Sky Bar, Mr. Haircut, Agora Vintage, Lions Vape, Dooley's Bar & Grill, Bubble Cafe, East Broad Street and Willow Street; E Broad and Willow St, East Broad Street and Willow Street Outbound, Reddy Urgent Care, Canyons, Cellphone & Computer Repair, Truist, Truist Dawg, The Arch, Chicopee OB, Buddha Bar, Porterhouse Grill, Empourium Rooftop and Lounge, Cloud 9 Smoke & Vape, The Double Barrel, Duke's & Dottie's, Osteria Athena, Chick-fil-A, Broad and Lumpkin Outbound, Chipotle, Stoner’s Pizza, Mother Phở, Bel Jean Copy & Print, Queen Tea, Wells Fargo, UGA Arch (Downtown Athens), Leigh Ann Barnes, The Place, Target
0.3 mi
Kent Avenue
Enterprise
0.4 mi
Little Street
0.4 mi
North Peter Street
Peter Street at Moreland Avenue, Peter and Vine Street
0.4 mi
Georgia Drive
0.4 mi
Inglewood Avenue
0.4 mi
China Street
0.4 mi
South Derby Street
0.4 mi
Trilby Street
0.4 mi
Georgia Railroad Street
0.5 mi
Oak Street
Oak Street at Carr Street Outbound, Metro by T-Mobile, Vapped, 235 Oak Street at Poplar Street Inbound, Lickin Chicken, 337 Oak Street
0.5 mi
Carr Street
Carr's Hill
0.5 mi
Carr's Hill
0.5 mi

Shops nearby

R.Wood Studio
0.5 mi

Apartment buildings nearby

The Flats at Carrs Hill
0.2 mi

Auto repair shops nearby

Oldham's Body & Paint Shop
0.4 mi

Buildings nearby

Nuçi's Space
0.2 mi
Aardvark Exterminating
0.3 mi

Cemeteries nearby

Congregation Children of Israel Cemetery
0.4 mi

Churches nearby

St. Mary's Church Steeple
0.2 mi

Dentist's offices nearby

East Athens Family Dentistry
0.3 mi

Fast food restaurants nearby

Dairy Queen
0.4 mi

Liquor stores nearby

Oak Street Package
0.3 mi

Parks nearby

Dudley Park
0.2 mi

Places of worship nearby

New Dorsey Tabernacle Baptist Church
0.2 mi
Full Gospel Tabernacle
0.2 mi
New Faith Tabernacle Church
0.2 mi

Residential areas nearby

The Rive
0.1 mi
River Mill
0.4 mi
Towne View Place
0.5 mi

Restaurants nearby

Mama's Boy
0.2 mi

Retail buildings nearby

Rowland Chemical Company
0.4 mi

Streams nearby

Trail Creek
0.1 mi

University buildings nearby

Chicopee Building 8
0.2 mi