The Moss Tract is north of campus, mostly in the Town of Willington. It is approximately 416 acres bisected by Daleville Road.

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.