Activities & Facilities
Dartmouth has extensive athletic facilities including indoor and outdoor running tracks, indoor and outdoor tennis courts, one of the finest ice arenas in the nation, a football stadium, an Olympic-size indoor pool, a dance studio, a fully-equipped weight room, and additional facilities for basketball, squash, racquetball, fencing, riflery, volleyball, and crew.
See Big Green Sports
(Left) Mike Barton Th'04 won national cycling races while completing his M.E.M. degree.
(Right) Mustafa Abdur-Rahim '04 Th'05 competed in the U.S. Olympic trials during his B.E. year.
Explore the great outdoors
Hanover and surrounding areas offer opportunities for outdoor adventure and recreation in all seasons. The Connecticut River is just one of many rivers and lakes offering canoeing, kayaking, rowing, sailing, swimming, fishing and other water sports. The Dartmouth golf course is within walking distance of the campus. And you can take advantage of opportunities for rock climbing, on-and off-road biking, in-line skating, camping, and hiking, including the Appalachian Trail, which passes directly through Hanover. The winter holds many possibilities too, with skating on Occom Pond, sledding on the golf course, alpine skiing at the Dartmouth Skiway and at many other top-rated ski resorts of New England, and cross-country skiing in open settings or along serene, wooded trails around Hanover.
- Outdoor Programs Office
- Dartmouth Outing Club
- Ledyard Canoe Club
- Hanover Country Club
- Dartmouth Riding Center at Morton Farm
- Dartmouth Skiway
- New Hampshire Ski Resorts
- Vermont Ski Resorts
- The Appalachian Trail (a footpath from Georgia to Maine which passes directly through Hanover)
- White Mountains
The Connecticut River is a five-minute walk from Thayer School.