Carleton College - Area Immediately Around Campus

Rating	Posted By	Comment
5 - Excellent	efarn13 July 05 2012	Next to campus is the 880 acre Arboretum, great for running, snowshoeing, sketching, tubing the Cannon river, research, or relaxing. Corn fields on one side, Northfield on the other. Extremely safe. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	Gedaechtnis January 15 2011	Small town-y, but not lame like I expected. Very friendly. [View Full Report]
3 - Good	Apollo6 July 26 2010	Campus borders are not clearly defined because college owns older homes adjacent to campus buildings. These house specialty housing, offices etc. Could clearly hear the nearby train. Frequent trains. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	Youdon'tsay April 30 2010	Downtown Northfield is quaint and easily accessible on foot. [View Full Report]
	Keilexandra November 01 2009	I only drove briefly through Northfield, but I hear it's quite cute. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	reesezpiecez103 April 15 2009	The woods/lanscape are beautiful [View Full Report]
2 - Fair	raelah January 11 2009	Pretty boring small town. Plus, it's cold. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	NaNNa December 23 2008	Rural Minnesota about half an hour from the twin cities...in my mind, the perfect location. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	birdhouse November 05 2008	I walked two blocks off campus into a residential area. Typical midwestern town. Very very quiet, beautiful. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	magneticpoet October 15 2008	All of downtown Northfield is a short walk from campus. It's a really cute little town - especially Sweet Lou's Waffle Bar, which is just off campus. It's delicious! [View Full Report]
3 - Good	starbucks08 October 15 2008	Nothing but a couple restaurants are there. [View Full Report]
3 - Good	arkitex October 26 2007	Small town. Not much there. The nearby business district had book stores and a few shops and restaurants. Town closes up pretty much by 8 or 9pm [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	fhqwgads2005 June 25 2007	There is a pretty nice looking neighborhood surrounding the campus on one side (where a lot of students live off-campus). On the other side, is the large arboretum which was very beautiful. It' [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	stepherzzz June 14 2007	I actually thought Northfield was COOL. It's not huge or anything, but there is a little downtown area near campus with some restaurants, historical buildings, and a Caribou Coffee. [View Full Report]
4 - Very Good	Ritafinn October 29 2006	.The area is farmland. There are some nicely maintained houses around the campus. Not always easy to see where the campus ends and the surrounding neighborhood begins. Lots of faculty live very nearby. [View Full Report]
5 - Excellent	fireflyscout September 10 2006	Carleton is on the edge of downtown Northfield - easy walking to shops, restaurants. Nice residential area next to Carleton. [View Full Report]