This 60± acre tract off Thurmond Road sits just west of Athens, Georgia, with about a third of a mile of private frontage on the Middle Oconee River and road frontage on both GA Highway 330 and Thurmond Road. Enter from Thurmond Road and the land opens into gently rolling pasture, partially fenced and framed by mature tree lines. Beyond the fields, hardwood bottoms stretch toward the river, where mature white oaks and pecans rise, and wildlife signs are easy to find: rubs on saplings, scrapes beneath overhanging branches, and well-traveled game trails. Deer, turkey, ducks, and other native wildlife visit often. The land changes with the seasons. Spring brings lush green grass across the Bermuda hay fields. In fall, the hardwoods turn gold while hay is cut and baled for horses and livestock through the winter. Winter opens long views across the fields and tree line. Please contact Keith Guthrie (404-790-7271) for showings. Please do NOT access the property without a confirmed appointment; the adjoining residence is occupied. There is room to run horses, hunt the woods, plant gardens, manage livestock, or simply hold the land as a long-term retreat. Its size, natural buffers, and setting provide real privacy while remaining convenient to Athens. Just across Highway 330 from the property's entrance, the 505± acre Bear Creek Reservoir offers open water, with a public boat ramp for boating and fishing. Downtown Athens and the University of Georgia are about 15± minutes away: close enough for dinner, a ballgame, or a night in town, yet far enough that the evenings still belong to the land. Acreage subject to final survey. The offering excludes the existing residence, pond, well, and outbuildings. All information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed and should be independently verified.
The A-2 zoning district is composed chiefly of open land, small agricultural uses, and individual single-family homes including manufactured homes. The A-2 zoning district is intended to be compatible with and implement the agricultural and rural character areas described in the comprehensive plan, and it is intended to implement the intensive agriculture, agricultural/forestry, residential agricultural character area only, and public/institutional land use categories of the future land use plan as provided in the comprehensive plan.
Permitted uses
Include but are not limited to:
Equestrian facility
Greenhouse / nursery
Livestock production
Religious facility
Housing-Single unit
Public service
Kennel
Agriculture-Cropland
Cemetery
Housing-Mobile home park
Climate risks
1/10 Flood Factor
Minimal risk of a flood reaching the building in the next 30 years
3/10 Fire Factor
0.77% chance of being in a wildfire in next 30 years
5/10 Heat Factor
7 days above 106° expected this year, 17 days in 30 years
6/10 Wind Factor
27% chance of strong winds in next 30 years
3/10 Air Factor
3 unhealthy days expected this year, 4 days in 30 years
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Historical weather
Statham, GA • 30666
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Sun exposure
In this area, properties receive around 8.9 hours in
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Redfin Estimate for 197 Thurmond Rd
$1,322,836
$27K under list price of $1.35M
Nearby comparable homes
The Redfin Estimate uses 6 recent nearby sales, priced between $400K to $875K.