Driving Directions to Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Just below the simplified map of the Athens area showing the location of Emmanuel Church, you will find driving directions with mileage figures. If you prefer to chart your own course from your particular starting point, you might find an interactive Google map useful. Link to Google map.

From Atlanta: Take I-85 north to Ga. Hwy. 316 (exit for Athens and Lawrenceville). Continue on Ga. 316 until you come to the Home Depot on your right. You are now on Epps Bridge Road. Continue for 2.3 miles, at which point you will merge with Atlanta Highway traffic heading toward downtown Athens. Proceed 2.6 miles until you come to Milledge Avenue. Turn left at the Varsity drive-in restaurant and drive 0.5 miles on Milledge Ave until you come to Prince Avenue. Avoid the temptation to stop for a donut. Turn right on Prince Avenue. The church is three blocks (0.2 miles) on the left.

From Madison, Macon, and points South: Take US 441to Athens. Route 441 (along with routes 129 and 15) intersects the Athens Perimeter (Loop 10) at a stoplight. Route 441 traffic is directed to turn right at the light and merge with the Perimeter. Drive 1.6 miles from the stoplight to Exit 15, the exit for Milledge Avenue. Turn left onto Milledge and drive 3.1 miles until you come to Prince Avenue. Turn right on Prince Avenue. The church is three blocks (0.2 miles) on the left.

From Lexington and Augusta: From Augusta, drive to Lexington. From Lexington, take U.S. 78 to Athens. On your way downtown you will pass under the Athens Perimeter (Loop 10). Start measuring mileage from that point. Drive 1.3 miles to a stoplight. Bear very slightly left onto Broad Street which is one of the main streets in Athens. Drive 0.4 miles on Broad Street to the fifth light. Turn right onto Pulaski Street and drive 0.2 miles until the road intersects Prince Avenue at a stoplight. Turn left and go about 0.3 miles. The Church is on your right.

From Elberton: Take Ga. Hwy. 72 West to US 29 and proceed to Ga. Hwy. 10 West (the loop). Exit the loop at North Avenue and turn right. Drive 1.3 miles on North Avenue until you come to a stoplight. (You will have passsed under a railroad trestle at the 1.1 mile mark.) Bear right at the light and you will be on Dougherty Street which turns into Prince Avenue. Go about 0.8 miles on Dougherty/Prince. The Church is on your right.

From Commerce and Interstate 85: Take U.S. 441 South to Athens. The highway passes under the Athens Perimeter (Loop 10) on the outskirts of the city. Start measuring mileage from that point. Stay on the highway for 0.6 miles until you reach the first traffic signal at the intersection with College Avenue. Turn right on College Avenue and proceed 0.7 miles until College Avenue intersects Dougherty Street at a stoplight. Turn right onto Dougherty Street (which becomes Prince Avenue) and go 0.6 miles until you come to the Church on the right.

From Jefferson and Gainsville: Remain on U.S. 129 South into Athens. The road becomes Prince Avenue when it enters Athens. Cross over the Athens Perimeter (Loop 10) and drive 1.8 miles. The Church is on your left.