<p>Are there good places to go sledding on or near campus? I couldn’t really tell all that well from the tour route, but I’m just curious. I’m from around Boston so this is something I wonder about.</p>
<p>Hey, we should have at least a few light-hearted threads, right? ;o</p>
<p>Haha, never thought of that...but the last two years it seemed like all the big snowstorms occured when I was on winter break. Brown is mostly flat, and I doubt you would want to sled down the hills with the roads to the city.</p>
<p>Damn, sounds like my worst fears realized. Looks like I'll have to tear up these half completed forms and just try for Cornell and its nice big hills instead...</p>
<p>re: your suggestion: The roads heading down to RISD and the town looked really inviting for sledding when I was there (had there been say, 4 feet of snow). Over by the rock library etc... yeah. Oh well.</p>
<p>Yeah exactly, but I don't want to spend 23 Gs for a semester and end up in the hospital when a car takes me out. Alas...</p>
<p>Cornell has some nice cliffs to jump off of along with its rolling hills....stay at Brown!</p>
<p>There's a hill at a nearby private school where many people in the area go sledding. The hills around Brown/RISD were the scene of the extreme games several years ago, and are quite steep. There's a reason the neighborhood where Brown is located is named College Hill...</p>
<p>Everyone sleds down George st on Ratty trays! It's not too steep but it's a great tradition. The little slope on Lincoln Field is also good ratty tray territory. In terms of more serious sledding, though, you'll have to take a walk.</p>
<p>Here's where I try to salvage my thread a little bit:
So I loaded up arc NASA worldwind and checked out some topographical maps of the surrounding area, roads looked pretty good as had been said, but:
How's Brown for nearby open / green space? Quads are great, stadium scenery is good, just wondering if there is more to be seen.</p>