Which NCAA campus is best?

Long Beach State Univetsity.

We also have Japanese gardens to run laps around. And Asian bunnies to hurdle.

I went to Eastern Michigan, very scenic part of the country. Nice trails, really enjoyed my time there.

Cornell and Ithaca are gorges in the summer.

UNC, Virginia, Colorado, and Indiana are some of my favorite larger campuses. Good architecture/ wooded feel (minus CU).

Maybe biased but Dartmouth has a super beautiful campus and so many different trails that you could go your entire career here not even having done all the runs. Of course, you're more limited to road runs in the winter.

CampusTalk wrote:

Which NCAA campus is best, based on architectural beauty, natural scenery and running trails?

Assuming this isn't a troll thread, the answer is probably UVa. It's basically the pastoral model of college that everyone stereotypically has in their head. Penn State is also up there, but it sucks and is for idiots.

On a smaller scale, lots of schools in small college towns in the Northeast qualify: Williams, Middlebury, Smith.

Go49ers wrote:

Long Beach State Univetsity.

We also have Japanese gardens to run laps around. And Asian bunnies to hurdle.

Since when did best mean most ghetto? Enjoy your empty pyramid, bum riddled riverbed bike paths, and getting your bike stolen every semester.

The best campus is University of Washington. Amazing mix of old and new. Cherry blossoms blooming in the quad right now. Really cool downtown area of Seattle with athletics right on the water. Oh, there are also good trails.

I liked Stanford’s campus, warming up on the campus was cool. Notre Dame has a very nice campus as well.

The worst campus I visited was Iowa State.

Bin arun wrote:

I liked Stanford’s campus, warming up on the campus was cool. Notre Dame has a very nice campus as well.

The worst campus I visited was Iowa State.

Have you ever been to Arizona State? That campus is $h1t.

Go49ers wrote:

Long Beach State Univetsity.

We also have Japanese gardens to run laps around. And Asian bunnies to hurdle.

I assume you're joking, as I checked it out on Google Maps and about 2/3 of the campus is covered by parking lots.

Nice track facility, though.

BYU! ???

Gordon Ramsay wrote:

Bin arun wrote:

I liked Stanford’s campus, warming up on the campus was cool. Notre Dame has a very nice campus as well.

The worst campus I visited was Iowa State.

Have you ever been to Arizona State? That campus is $h1t.

CORRECTION: University of Arizona

Middlebury college has to be up there for architectural and especially scenic beauty. I've never been on their trails but it sounds like they have an awesome trail network around campus through forest and farmland.

UW Parkside has a nice xc course and 400 acre Petrifying Springs park ( featuring glacial hills and pure spring water). " The Brat Stop " is just down the road if you'd rather drink Wisconsin beer products.

East Coast... Furman

West Coast... Pepperdine

Bin arun wrote:

The worst campus I visited was Iowa State.

Iowa State? Really? It's not bad, just spread out.

More shot/ discus/ hammer rings than most places

Western Washington University-Bellingham

https://vimeo.com/195260295

No particular order...

Duke, Stanford, Virginia, USC (Cali), Oklahoma State, Harvard, UCLA, Furman, Oklahoma, Washington

Forget everything else, the beauty is unsurpassed - nestled in the most majestic fauna in the world (Coastal Redwoods and ferns, etc) and overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The actually do have a couple of NCAA teams, DIII of course.