Colleges that sit next to state parks, forests, rivers and/or lakes?

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<p>Loyola is on the Chicago lake front. Northern Michigan is on Lake Superior but it’s easy to get into.</p>

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<p>Michigan State University - E. Lansing
(The Red Cedar River)</p>

<p>The Ohio State University - Columbus
(The Olentangy River)</p>

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<p>Another school would be Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY. It’s not exactly in a woodsy area but there are many trees and great views of the Hudson River.</p>

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<p>Many old colleges and universities occupy prime real estate. Think about it, often they were one of the first institutions built when a community began to be settled or to grow. Ideally they would have been sited upwind from industry, uphill from flood plains, in tolerably quiet places. A few great universities (Chicago, Penn, Yale) occupy urban areas whose surroundings have become more or less undesirable, but even there the campus centers remain beautiful. I think the majority of long-established LACs, and many modern public universities, are in very scenic places. So the list on this thread could grow very long indeed.</p>

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<p>Hamilton has an arboretum in the middle of campus. So does Swarthmore, although, I wouldn’t call the surrounding area particualrly woodsy. You should just browse Googlemaps:
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<p>Quinnipiac (CT) - adjacent to “Sleeping Giant State Park”</p>

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<p>Indiana University _ Bloomington - Monroe County Reservoir and Brown County state Park
and a natural stream runs through the campus</p>