The Fenton Tract is approximately 570 acres of forest adjacent to campus north and east of Horsebarn Hill, extending eastward to the Fenton River.

The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hartford and 90 minutes from Boston.