<p>Clarkson. In the Adirondacks…</p>
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<p>No. New York City is definitely the woods, in a sense.</p>
<p>Drew University in rural, isolated Madison, New Jersey has one of the most tree-covered campuses I’ve visited. </p>
<p>I’m kidding about the “rural, isolated Madison” part, but not about the trees.</p>
<p>Another school with similar trees to Drew (Pines) would be UNC-Wilmington.</p>
<p>St. Olaf is more forestey than Carleton, but neither really is all that much.</p>
<p>I spent a month at on the URichmond campus. The nice thing about it is that the buildings are mostly around one side of this huge lake, and on the other side (and all around) is this big wooded area with plenty of trails to jog on.</p>
<p>Smith has some woodsy areas. The walk along Paradise Pond is lovely.</p>
<p>Dartmouth is definitely woodsy!</p>
<p>Ditto Drew, which is referred to as “The University in the Forest.” (They actually have deer roaming around campus!)</p>
<p>I don’t think anyone has mentioned Conn College. Campus proper isn’t particularly woodsy; but they have a huge arboretum.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, and NYU. ;-)</p>
<p>Not many deer at Humboldt but a mountain lion has made its presence known more than once.</p>
<p>Paul Smiths - such a pretty campus, especially in the winter if you can stand the cold. The forestry and tree management students have lots to practice on!</p>
<p>Bard is in the woods</p>
<p>Whitworth, in Spokane WA - “Behind the pinecone curtain.”</p>
<p>It depends whether you want the actual campus to be “woodsy,” or whether you want the surrounding area to be forest. </p>
<p>Wellesley’s campus is an arboretum, designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, and is more wooded than most. The campus itself is “woodsier” than Dartmouth and Williams. But the surrounding area is suburban (albeit mature, wooded suburban, not tract housing).</p>
<p>Dartmouth’s campus has unbelievably gorgeous specimen trees, but is not particularly “woodsy” itself. It has more a classic New England town feel. (Like Bowdoin and Williams.) On the other hand, go a few miles in most directions and you are in the woods. Go a little further and you are in National Forest, and the college is one of the largest landowners in the state. Williams is also adjacent to forested vistas. Bowdoin is not terribly far from the forests of Maine, but Brunswick is a classic New England town, not “the woods.”</p>
<p>I’ve heard that Bard’s campus is spread out and woodsy.</p>
<p>Great post, Consolation.</p>
<p>I’m more into campuses that are woodsy themselves, rather than woodsy surrounding areas.</p>
<p>I have visited Dartmouth, Amherst, and Williams and I thought Dartmouth and Amherst were okay, but I thought the Williams campus was atrocious.</p>
<p>These three schools are all located in rural areas, but there really isn’t a whole lot going on in the actual campuses.</p>
<p>A school like Duke is located in an urban environment, but the campus itself is very wooded and scenic. This is what I am looking for…</p>
<p>ctparent and consolation, you mah boiz.</p>
<p>I just hit up the Bard web site, and I am absolutely stunned by the campus. Unreal.</p>
<p>I also just found out that they have Early Action. Perfect timing.</p>
<p>Are there any other schools out there that are woodsy like Bard???</p>
<p>Really, my only gripes with Bard are the lack of D1 sports and the sub-2000 student body.</p>
<p>There is not a lot going on at Dartmouth, Amherst and Williams? Where you there during break? </p>
<p>My son was looking for the ultimate outdoor/woodsy school and can’t believe all that Dartmouth offers. He’s been hiking, biking, kayaking, golfing, rock climbing and is anxiously awaiting ski season as the college has it’s own hill. It has trails and cabins all through the state and a major lodge where students come together. There’s a 50 mile hike that starts on campus and ends at the lodge. Dartmouth is the ultimate living in the woods experience.</p>
<p>And BTW, is this a college search or a playground search? Same question I asked DS!</p>
<p>Dartmouth is awesome, but the campus itself is kinda blah. </p>
<p>Just patch of grass - building - grass - pathway - building - grass - building - grass - tree - pathway</p>
<p>Stanford–27,000+ trees on central campus alone, numerous more on the rest of the campus (I think estimates are at 45,000), not to mention it has a huge arboretum that it connects to, owning over 8,000 acres covered in trees. Heck, the official seal of the university has a tree on it, and the mascot of the band is a tree. (The city that Stanford is often considered to be part of is Palo Alto, which is named after a tree.)</p>
<p>UCSC, obviously</p>
<p>Berkeley also has a very foresty feel to its campus, with a creek running through it.</p>
<p>2G1C4L:</p>
<p>The Duke Gardens, surrounding the admissions office, is a lovely deeply wooded but isolated area between East and West campus that probably gets more foot traffic from visiting HS’ers and their parents than Duke students. The East Campus where freshman live is certainly not wooded nor particularly scenic. West Campus, a bus shuttle away from East, has a much more traditional college look with lots of mature trees and open quads. Even this is no more wooded than most other suburban or rural campuses. I’d agree with the prior posts that there certainly are much more “woodsy” campuses out there. Duke is a place even more likely to rope off quads from foot traffic than encourage communing with its natural assets. </p>
<p>I’m also another confused poster about the “there really isn’t a whole lot going on in the actual campuses” comment about Dartmouth, Amherst, Williams. Certainly don’t agree with this unless you were talking about the surrounding community, not campus life.</p>
<p>Wow… choosing a college based on how “woodsy” it is? That’s pretty low on my list of important things to look for in a college =P</p>
<p>Actually, the South campus at Northwestern is very wooded with winding paths. And the Berry campus has not only trees, but a mountain.</p>
<p>I really like Northwestern’s campus, although it seemed kinda dreary.</p>