Greenways provide opportunities for individuals to experience nature in a variety of ways while linking parks, neighborhoods, points of interest, and activity centers. The North Oconee River Greenway is a 3.5 mile long, paved bicycling and walking path that is open sunrise to sunset every day. The Greenway path is open to all types of non-motorized uses and dogs are welcome as long as they are on a leash. There are over 700 acres of greenspace along the Greenway including a number of Riverside Parks. The northern end the North Oconee River Greenway connects with Cook’s Greenway Trail at Sandy Creek Nature Center. The Greenway follows the North Oconee River south from Sandy Creek Nature Center toward downtown Athens and the University of Georgia.

Parking to access the North Oconee River Greenway is avaliable at:

-Sandy Creek Nature Center
-Greenway park at College Avenue & Martin Luther King Parkway
-Dudley Park off of East Broad Street
-North Oconee River Park on Martin Luther King Parkway
-Poplar Street behind Dudley Park
-Easley’s Mill off Poplar Street

The Greenway follows the North Oconee River. Click here for maps of the Greenway. Keep an eye out for the dragonfly markers along the Greenway. The marker and arrows help you know where the Greenway turns at intersections and cross walks.

Rules and Regulations

• Dogs must be on-leash and under control. Help us keep pet waste off of paths and out of streams!  Scoopy Doo Bags and receptacles are provided.
• Please clean up after yourself and your pets!
• Bicycling is permitted on paved surfaces only.
• Fishing is permitted along the Greenway, in Riverside Parks and along Cook’s Trail. Georgia legal equipment and a DNR fishing license is required. Visit www.gadnr.org for more information about licenses and regulations.
• Smoking is prohibited in all parks.
• Alcohol is prohibited in all parks.

Click here for Greenway programs.

Athens-Clarke County Greenways & Riverside Parks are part of the Natural Resources Division of the Leisure Services Department.  The Oconee Rivers Greenway Commission provides oversight for project construction, program management and the development of the Greenway Network Plan.

Alan Campbell Greenway Prints - Impressions of the Oconee River by Alan Campbell. Proceeds from print sales benefit The Oconee Rivers Greenway Commission. Signed, unframed prints available for $250.