Slide show: Favorite natural places on campus

With a new academic year under way and autumn just around the corner, Inside UW–Madison, an e-newsletter, recently asked faculty and staff to name their favorite natural places on campus. Whether you can check them out in person or can only admire from afar, here are some of the locations that no doubt inspired Newsweek and The Daily Beast to rank UW–Madison as the second-most beautiful college campus.

Observatory Hill
“I love the moment [passing Elizabeth Waters Residence Hall] when you can see the lake just before you start to walk down the hill to the lakeshore residence halls,” wrote a fan of this particular campus spot.

Photo: Jeff Miller