Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Alabama
• Level 2: Limestone County

Current local time in Athens:

07:09 AM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Athens on map:^[1]

Athens GPS coordinates^[2]

34° 48' 8.748" North, 86° 58' 19.884" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	35.37776°,	-87.67532°
Center:	34.80243°,	-86.97219°
Lower-right:	34.22306°,	-86.26907°
Map W x H:	128.4×128.4 km	= 79.8×79.8mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑76.4% North
Athens:	34.80243°
min Lat:	⇓23.6% South 19.06759°

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min Long	Athens	max Long
-171.73463°	-86.97219°	-66.98998°
W 50.3%⇐		⇒49.7% E

Elevation

Elevation of Athens is 218 m = 715 ft, and this is 76.8 m = 252 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	45.1%
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
Athens	218 m = 715 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	54.9%

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 1263.7 km =785.2 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Athens
North Pole	6137.4	3813.6	to North
Arctic Circle	3531.5	2194.4	to North
Tropic Cancer	1263.7	785.2	to South
Equator	3869.7	2404.5	to South

Nearby cities:

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

• Ardmore 24 km =14.9 mi, 28°
• Courtland 34.2 km =21.3 mi, 244°
• Decatur 21.9 km =13.6 mi, 182°
• Elkton 28.8 km =17.9 mi, 15°
• Flint City 31.1 km =19.3 mi, 179°
• Harvest 21.1 km =13.1 mi, 73°
• Hillsboro 27 km =16.8 mi, 227°
• Madison 23.4 km =14.5 mi, 119°
• Minor Hill 32.8 km =20.4 mi, 329°
• Priceville 31.6 km =19.6 mi, 167°
• Redstone Arsenal 32.5 km =20.2 mi, 113°
• Rogersville 29.7 km =18.5 mi, 275°
• Triana 32.5 km =20.2 mi, 137°
• Trinity 24.2 km =15 mi, 206°
• Washington Street Courthouse Annex 0.1 km =0.1 mi, 287°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Атенс
• In Chinese: 阿森斯