The university is in a town of about 70,000 people. Not a college town, but has all the sorts of shops or restaurants that one would expect. The campus is surrounded by neighborhoods, with US Highway 13 running between the academic campus and the sports fields, and a range of shops and restaurants on Hwy 13. They have the Seagull Century, which is a well regarded regional bike ride in October, thousands of bikers come to ride. It is FLAT, and easy to get out of town and ride long distances on small country roads. The bike ride to Assateague National Seashore is about 40 miles (the freshman orientation program: “Bikes, Beaches, and Beyond” introduces students to biking and camps at Assateague). There are a few nice parks for walking on trails, but overall the Eastern Shore is less a hiking area. But if you like to canoe or (not whitewater) kayak, few places in the East are better, and lots of flat empty roads for exploring on a bike, leading to small fishing towns on the Chesapeake Bay, beaches, etc. And of course, Ocean City.
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