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Connect With Nature
Our campus is beautiful!
The outdoor spaces at Illinois allow you to build wellness by connecting with nature without going too far from campus.

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Outdoor Fitness

The Outdoor Fitness Court, Complex Fields, Playfields, and the Illini Grove are available for you to use as community members of Illinois.  Additionally, the Campus Bike Center empowers you with knowledge about how to repair and maintain your bicycles and Adventure Rec provides rentals for outdoor equipment such as tents, kayaks, camping gear, and more for your outdoor activities. 
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Arboretum

Open from dawn to dusk, you can wander through the Arboretum’s 80-acres of lawns, gardens, and wooded areas in the southeast part of campus along Lincoln Avenue. The Arboretum staff welcomes you to walk around the ponds and along our many walkways to discover plantings of native and ornamental trees, shrubs, and perennials. Or just relax while enjoying nature’s serenity.
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Japan House

The Japan House aims to make the beauty of traditional Japanese arts and culture accessible to everyone. Visitors can enjoy traditional Japanese gardens, filled with green foliage, rustic stone, and water features that emphasize the natural landscape, creating a peaceful, tranquil environment. The Japan House also offers classes, Tea Ceremony, outdoor meditation, and special events.
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Red Oak Rain Garden

The Red Oak Rain Garden is a place to immerse yourself in natural beauty without having to leave campus. It’s welcoming for human and wildlife visitors and is a working garden, designed to soak up rainwater runoff by mimicking natural Illinois landscapes.
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Sustainable Student Farm (SSF)

SSF is a hands-on learning environment for low-input, environmentally and economically sustainable food production.  SSF produces crops for the campus community and for year-round use in the residence halls in partnership with Dining Services. Tours of the farm and workshops on topics relating to organic/sustainable agriculture and vegetable production are available.
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Allerton Park and Recreation Center

The Allerton Park property contains 1,500 acres of woodland and prairie areas, a mansion and reflecting pond, a 10-acre meadow, formal sculpture gardens, hiking trails, a café, and several lodging facilities.  Just a 30-minute drive from the Illinois campus, away from the distractions and noise of everyday life, Allerton offers a unique opportunity to experience art, nature, and history.
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