Welcome to Athens East Side
The East Side of Athens is where the city spreads out — and where buyers who have done their research tend to land. More yard. More home. More breathing room. And closer than any other Athens neighborhood to the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, one of the most extraordinary green spaces in the entire Southeast.
The East Side stretches along corridors like Barnett Shoals Road, Gaines School Road, and College Station Road, and it delivers something increasingly rare in Athens: genuine space at accessible price points, without sacrificing proximity to everything the city has to offer. Southeast Clarke Park — 124 acres with a Tony Hawk-designed skate park, tennis, pickleball, and the World of Wonder Playground — is here. The UGA College of Veterinary Medicine is here — one of the most respected veterinary programs in the country and home to Georgia's only veterinary teaching hospital — anchors the Eastside and draws faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals who have made this neighborhood one of the most stable and desirable in Athens. Its presence is a quiet but powerful long-term anchor for both community quality and property values.
The dining scene is anchored by Preacher Green's — one of Athens' most beloved new local institutions — and DePalma's Italian Cafe, Eastside, a fixture of Athens dining since 1988.
