Watkinsville, GA

About five miles outside of Watkinsville, heading south along Ga Highway 15, you will see a sign on the right for Elder Mill Covered Bridge. Make a right turn onto Elder's Mill Rd and in about one mile you will come to the bridge. While you can stop on either side, there is a small parking area on the west end where your vehicle will be out of traffic, what very little that there is.

Elder's Mill covered bridge was originally built, in 1897, across Call's Creek, between Athens and Watkinsville. In 1924, it was no longer needed there so it was moved to it's current location spanning Rose Creek. The bridge is about 100 feet long and is one of the few left in Georgia, open to vehicle traffic, that has not been reinforced with steel beams.

You can follow one of the paths along Rose Creek to get different views of the bridge. Or, you can follow the path further along the creek, listening to the splashing of the water as it flows around the rocks and down the several small cascades. In the summer, the path is well shaded, helping you to remain cool from the heat in the open.

There is a small sign in the west side parking area that provides some information about the bridge.

Elder's Mill Covered Bridge is well cared for and supported by the community. The Watkinsville Garden Club has a small garden at the east end. During the Christmas season,the bridge is decorated with lights.

For more information on Watkinsville, Oconee County and the surrounding areas, or, for information on buying or selling your home or property in the area, please call me at 706-207-5290. Of, you can click here to email me with your inquiries. To search for homes and land in the Watkinsville, GA area please visit my website, The Athens Real Estate Page.

In Watkinsville, GA, for the week ending May 31, 2009 the real estate market looks like this:

There are 547 active listings of which 304 are residential, 7 are farm and land.

There are 41 listings under contract.

During the week of May 24 - May 31, 2009 there were two closed residential sales in Watkinsville.

For more information on Watkinsville, GA or if you are interested in buying or selling your home there, please call me at 706-207-5290. Or you can click here to email me with your inquiries. To search for homes in Watkinsville, please visit my website www.theathensrealestatepage.com.

In Watkinsville, GA, for the week ending May 24, 2009 the real estate market looks like this:

There are 549 active listings of which 307 are residential, 7 are farm and land.

There are 33 listings under contract.

During the week of May 17 - May 24, 2009 there were two closed residential sales in Watkinsville.

For more information on Watkinsville, GA or if you are interested in buying or selling your home there, please call me at 706-207-5290. Or you can click here to email me with your inquiries. To search for homes in Watkinsville, please visit my website www.theathensrealestatepage.com.

Today was the Oconee County Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting for the Georgia Aquatic Center in Watkinsville, GA.

The center is a privately owned year round club that actually opened about 2 years ago with one pool and has since added two more with a fourth huge new outdoor pool under construction.

The first pool to open is this indoor competition sized pool. It is regularly used for workouts year round.

There are 6 schools that hold their swim practices here, making October through January one of the busiest times for the center according to the club owners.

This indoor/outdoor pool can be used year around. The sides of the bubble are open in the summer.

(Even though this is mid-May, we are having a "Blackberry Winter" and it has been very chilly for Georgia in May).

The outdoor pool can be rented for parties by club members or non-members.

Doesn't the giant slide look like fun?

Workers are putting the finishing touches on the huge new outdoor pool before it opens for the summer.

The new pool features a beach entrance with a bench on the side so moms can sit and watch small children play in the water.

The GA Aquatic Center offers swim lessons for both children and adults, stroke and turn clinics, an after school swim camp, the Greater Oconee swim club for children kindergarten through ninth grade, the Blue Marlins Summer Swim Team for children from 5 to 18 years. They compete in swim meets with other teams in Oconee County. Additionally, there is USA Swimming year round for serious swimmers.

The mission of the GA Aquatic Center is to "operate a family oriented, neighborhood club that is modern and energy efficient, to offer the highest quality programs, to employ the most qualified, friendliest staff which will afford our members the highest recreation and family entertainment value for their dollar."

The center is located on South Bishop Farms Parkway just off US 441 south of Watkinsville at New High Shoals Rd.

For more information about the center, visit their website at www.georgiaaquaticcenter.com or give them a call at 706-769-AQUA (2782).

In Watkinsville, GA, for the week ending May 17, 2009 the real estate market looks like this:

There are 544 active listings of which 298 are residential, 10 are farm and land.

There are 35 listings under contract.

During the week of May 10 - May 17, 2009 there were no closed sales in Watkinsville.

For more information on Watkinsville, GA or if you are interested in buying or selling your home there, please call me at 706-207-5290. Or you can click here to email me with your inquiries. To search for homes in Watkinsville, please visit my website www.theathensrealestatepage.com.