Athens (Texas)

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

• 🌍 East Texas Arboretum and Botanical Society, 1601 Patterson Rd, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. 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.  

Do

• Christmas Park Athens (Land of Lights), 1500 NW Loop 7, ☎ [phone]. 6PM-10:30PM. $15 /car. 
• Athens Scuba Park, 500 N Murchison St, ☎ [phone]. 

Buy

Eat

• Cherry Laurel Cake Shoppe, 305 S Prairieville St, ☎ [phone]. 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., toll-free: [phone]. 
• America Best Value Inn, ☎ [phone]. 
• Best Western Inn On the Hill, 2050 State Highway 31 East, ☎ [phone]. 
• 🌍 Oak Creek Bed and Breakfast, 9004 County Road 2800 (10 minutes from downtown.), ☎ [phone]. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. Oak Creek Bed & Breakfast is a quiet romantic couple's retreat nestled deep in the East Texas woods. $110-$125. 
• Super 8, 205 US Hwy 175 West, ☎ [phone]. 
• Victorian Inn, 1803 Hwy 31 East, ☎ [phone]. 

Connect

Go next

Routes through Athens

Waco ← Corsicana ←

W  E

→ Tyler → Longview