Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: West Virginia
• Level 2: Mercer County

Current local time in Athens:

11:07 AM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Athens on map:^[1]

Athens GPS coordinates^[2]

37° 25' 20.424" North, 81° 0' 58.32" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	37.97866°,	-81.71933°
Center:	37.42234°,	-81.0162°
Lower-right:	36.86186°,	-80.31308°
Map W x H:	124.2×124.2 km	= 77.2×77.2mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑64.3% North
Athens:	37.42234°
min Lat:	⇓35.7% South 19.06759°

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min Long	Athens	max Long
-171.73463°	-81.0162°	-66.98998°
W 69.4%⇐		⇒30.6% E

Elevation

Elevation of Athens is 788 m = 2585 ft, and this is 493.2 m = 1618 ft above average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	8.1%
Athens	788 m 2585 ft
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	91.9%

See also: United States elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Athens is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 1555.1 km =966.3 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Athens
North Pole	5846.1	3632.6	to North
Arctic Circle	3240.2	2013.4	to North
Tropic Cancer	1555.1	966.3	to South
Equator	4161	2585.5	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Athens: (largest is in red/bold)

• Bluefield 24.9 km =15.5 mi, 227°
• Bluefield 29.4 km =18.3 mi, 230°
• Bluewell 24.7 km =15.3 mi, 240°
• Brush Fork 26.4 km =16.4 mi, 233°
• Coal City 33.3 km =20.7 mi, 329°
• Hinton 30.1 km =18.7 mi, 21°
• Montcalm 22.2 km =13.8 mi, 250°
• Narrows 20.7 km =12.9 mi, 119°
• Pearisburg 26.9 km =16.7 mi, 113°
• Pembroke 35.2 km =21.9 mi, 108°
• Peterstown 19.4 km =12.1 mi, 98°
• Piedmont 22.1 km =13.7 mi, 278°
• Princeton 9.9 km =6.2 mi, 230°
• Rich Creek 17.7 km =11 mi, 104°
• Shady Spring 32.3 km =20.1 mi, 347°