<p>If you don’t like cities and love the wilderness then I guess I would suggest Dartmouth, Cornell, Amherst, Williams, Middlebury, Bowdoin etc. You might want to figure out a size range, as Amherst at ~1600 students is a vastly different place from Cornell at ~13000 students. There are also many schools which are not exactly rural or wilderness-y, but also not in big cities, which would be like Duke, Princeton, etc. Also if you have a particular interest in some major or subject, that could help you decide, although I would give that the least weight considering these schools are all so good that they excel in most departments. It might be a factor though if you want to do engineering, which I don’t think is offered at all liberal arts colleges.</p>