Athens (Texas) - city in Texas, United States

Athens is a small city in the Blackland Prairie region of Eastern Texas.

Get in

By car

To get here from Dallas, take US 175 South. From Houston, take I-45 North to Corsicana, then Texas State Highway 31 East. From Austin, take I-35 North to Waco, then Texas State Highway 31 East. From Tyler take US 31 West.

By plane

Tyler Pounds Regional Airport offers service to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport via American Eagle Airlines and to Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport via United Express.

Get around

See

• A total solar eclipse on Monday 8 April 2024 starts at 1:41PM local time and lasts 3 min. Chances of a clear sky are 40%. The track of totality is northeast from Mexico to enter the US at Del Rio then through Texas into Arkansas.
• East Texas Arboretum and Botanical Society, 1601 Patterson Rd, 32.2129°, -95.8785°, +1 903 675-5630, etabs@mycvc.net. 8PM-5PM daily. 100+ acre botanical gardens built largely by volunteers on the site of an old abandoned truck farm. 2$/vehicle or 25$ yearly membership
• Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center, 5550 FM2495, +1 903-676-2277, etabs@mycvc.net. 9AM-4PM W-Sa. This is a good way to get up close to fish stocks being reared by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Do

• Christmas Park Athens (Land of Lights), 1500 NW Loop 7, +1 903-675-7469. 6PM-10:30PM. $15 /car
• Athens Scuba Park, 500 N Murchison St, +1 903 675-5762.

Buy

Eat

• Cherry Laurel Cake Shoppe, 305 S Prairieville St, +1 903 677-5599. Anything prepared here is personally done with expertise, good taste, and great care. From catering to cakes to salads or sandwiches, these ladies know what they are doing.

Drink

Sleep

• Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Athens, 1119 E. Tyler ST..
• Best Western Plus Royal Mountain Inn & Suites, 1814 State Hwy 31 E, +1 903-292-1750.
• Super 8, 205 US Hwy 175 West, +1 903 675-7511.

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