<p>I'll second UC Santa Cruz. It's a beuatiful outdoors environment. </p>
<p>And...I know you don't really want east coast, but UNC Ashville would fit the bill too. It's in an eclectic little town right up in mountains...</p>
<p>Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.</p>
<p>I would definitely second the suggestion that you look at schools in the Pacific Northwest. My son and I visited UPS, Willamette, Reed, and Lewis & Clark. All are good schools academically (although Reed is certainly has the most "intellectual" vibe of the group) and they all seemed to be very much into the whole outdoorsy/environmental thing.</p>
<p>Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin. <a href="http://www.northland.edu/Northland%5B/url%5D">http://www.northland.edu/Northland</a>. Member of the ecoleague of colleges, <a href="http://www.ecoleague.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.ecoleague.org/</a>.</p>
<p>It's cold up by Lake Superior though.</p>
<p>If you're willing to go a bit reachy on the east coast, Dartmouth is meant for you.</p>
<p>If you're really outdoorsy, take a look at Paul Smiths College <a href="http://www.paulsmiths.edu%5B/url%5D">http://www.paulsmiths.edu</a>. If you love the ocean, check out College of the Atlantic in beautiful Bar Harbor, Maine <a href="http://coa.edu/html/home.htm%5B/url%5D">http://coa.edu/html/home.htm</a></p>
<p>Wabash
Ohio University
Grinnell
Carleton
Macalester</p>
<p>i definitely agree with whitman. also evergreen state, if you can handle that, lol. i dont really agree with UW and UPS, because they are basically in the city. you sound like you want a more rural school. also, you said you wanted a smaller school and UW is huge.</p>
<p>Brand new college: Wyoming Catholic. Check out their website--don't think anyone can beat it for "outdoorsy." (Well, maybe Deep Springs, but they don't take women there).</p>
<p>If you have a strong interest in environmental science, check out the College of Natural Resources and Sciences at Humboldt State University in California. I knew someone who was majoring in forestry there - she wanted to be a park ranger. Can't get much more outdoorsy than that!</p>
<p>In re Post #29;</p>
<p>But Andreaaa, the forestry, natural resources, conservation and other related Biology/Environmental Science programs at the U of Washington are quite comprehensive and very respected. No doubt, however, that the UW is a large and urban school.</p>
<p>Oberlin College definetley</p>
<p>I would second Humboldt State (in the redwoods, near the beach, and watch out for the mountain lions on the edge of the forest). Their Natural Resources group is a very outdoorsy one. S every weekend is either out on the dunes helping with restoration, in a creek somewhere removing invasive plant species, backpacking in the nearby Trinity Alps or rock climbing in some newly discovered secret spot. Freshman year he also tried surfing and last year bought a kayak. Summer employment has been in some really beautiful parks. Last summer was in Tibet traveling through the country on 4WD vehicles doing research for his field studies. Arcata is a very environmentally active community as well.</p>
<p>bowdoin, bates, middlebury</p>
<p>This thread is 2+ years old. The OP is not listening any more.</p>