Sandy Creek Nature Center
Location
205 Old Commerce Rd.
Athens
GA
30607
Phone
(706) 613-3615Rates
- Admission: $0.00
Hours of Operation
- Tuesday : 8:30am - 5:30pm
- Wednesday : 8:30am - 5:30pm
- Thursday : 8:30am - 5:30pm
- Friday : 8:30am - 5:30pm
- Saturday : 8:30am - 5:30pm
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A 225-acre natural area with more than five miles of foot trails including an ADA accessible boardwalk and one of the first "green" buildings in the state. The 11,400-square-foot Education and Visitor Center contains hands-on, interactive exhibits and teaching space that includes live animals as well as fresh and salt water tanks, including a live loggerhead sea turtle. The center also features its own planetarium. Sandy Creek Nature Center currently serves as the northern terminus of the North Oconee River Greenway (the 8-mile paved mutli-use trail connecting the Nature Center to the University of Georgia and beyond.)
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Near Interstate Highway |
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Suitable for Ages |
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