<p>Cornell has very dramatic natural environment and very good academics.</p>
<p>Williams is located in a pristine and profoundly beautiful mountain valley. Great academics but maybe smaller than what you’re looking for.</p>
<p>Also small but in very pretty mountain-ish settings: Hamilton and Skidmore. Amherst is in a small town, but accessible to nature and seems bigger because of the consortium. You could also look at schools in Vermont and Maine, like Middlebury and Colby. I haven’t been there so I can’t compare.</p>