The Class of '97 Trail at Middlebury College is 4.6 miles. Begin on South Street, west of the Middlebury College baseball fields and just north of Porter Hospital. Follow the Trail Around Middlebury (TAM) signs west as you skirt the southern perimeter of the Middlebury College Golf Course. Upon crossing Route 30, you will enter the “Colin O’Neil Class of ’97 Trail”, designed and built by senior Environmental Studies students in conjunction with the Middlebury Area Land Trust (MALT).

The 350-acre main campus of Middlebury College is located in the Champlain Valley between Vermont’s Green Mountains to the east and New York’s Adirondack Mountains to the west. The campus is situated on a hill to the west of the village of Middlebury, a traditional New England village centered on Otter Creek Falls.

Middlebury’s campus is characterized by quads and open spaces, views of the Green Mountains and the Adirondacks, and historic granite, marble, and limestone buildings. Old Stone Row, consisting of the three oldest buildings on campus, Old Chapel, Painter Hall, and Starr Hall, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Painter Hall, constructed in 1815, is the oldest extant college building in Vermont. Emma Willard House, a National Historic Landmark, hosts the admissions office.

Since the mid-1990s, student housing has been grouped into five residential Commons: Atwater, Brainerd, Cook, Ross, and Wonnacott.

Visitors to Middlebury College are asked to follow campus visitor policies. See Visiting Campus for information about visiting the college.

The AllTrails website has a description and map of a hike on the Class of '97 Trail.