About College Visit Guides

College Visit Guides publishes parent-first, trip-based campus visit guides. Instead of one school per page, each guide groups nearby schools into realistic days. It covers official tour sign-up links, where visitors park, the nearest transit stop, a hotel base that works for the whole trip, meals between tours and things for younger siblings.

How we source

• No invented data. Every address, garage, rate, hour, distance and transit line comes from a page we actually checked. If we can't confirm a detail, we leave it out or point you to the official page.
• Visible sources. Facts carry small [S#] links to the exact page we used, and each guide ends with its full source list and the date we checked it.
• Official pages first. Parking, tour formats and check-in details come from each university's own admissions or transportation pages. Hours come from the restaurant's or attraction's own site where possible.
• We don't copy tour schedules. They change constantly. We describe the usual visit format and link to the school's official sign-up page.
• Travel times are labeled. Drive times are no-traffic estimates from OpenStreetMap routing. Where we give transit ride times, they're the transit agency's own scheduled times, without waits or transfers.

Independence

We aren't affiliated with any university. Schools don't pay to be included. Some hotel and tour links are affiliate links, and the affiliate disclosure explains how they work.

Image credits

All campus and city photos come from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses (public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA). We resized and cropped them for the web and made no other changes. Universities don't supply or endorse these images.

• Ell Hall, Northeastern University (2025): Ell Hall - Northeastern University (54953357542).jpg by ajay_suresh. License: CC BY 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Marsh Chapel, Boston University (2021): Marsh Chapel, July 2021.jpg by Chris Rycroft. License: CC BY 2.0. Resized and cropped.
• Gasson Hall, Boston College (2023): Gasson Hall in Boston College.jpg by Amandajunyue. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Goddard Chapel, Tufts University (2010): Goddard Chapel - Tufts University - IMG 0933.JPG by Daderot. License: Public domain. Resized and cropped.
• Harvard Yard (2021): Straus Hall, Massachusetts Hall, and Matthews Hall.jpg by Chris Rycroft. License: CC BY 2.0. Resized and cropped.
• The Great Dome, MIT (2017): 2017 Maclaurin Buildings (MIT Building 10) and Great Dome.jpg by Beyond My Ken. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Boston skyline from the Charles River (2021): Downtown Boston skyline and the Charles River (51534558117).jpg by Chris Rycroft. License: CC BY 2.0. Resized and cropped.
• Royce Hall, UCLA (2019): 2019 UCLA Royce Hall 1.jpg by Beyond My Ken. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Doheny Memorial Library, USC (2023): Doheny Memorial Library of USC.jpg by EEJCC. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Storke Tower and the University Center, UCSB (2019): UCSB University Center and Storke Tower.jpg by Coolcaesar. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Geisel Library, UC San Diego (2010): Geisel Library, UC San Diego.jpg by Stephen Bay. License: CC BY 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Aldrich Park, UC Irvine (2009): UC Irvine, Aldrich Park - Humanities.JPG by Mikejuinwind123. License: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and cropped.
• Walter Pyramid, Cal State Long Beach (2006): Walter Pyramid.jpg by Summum. License: CC BY-SA 2.5. Resized and cropped.
• Sather Tower, UC Berkeley (2023): Sather Tower from Memorial Glade.jpg by Coolcaesar. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Mission Santa Clara de Asís (2024): Mission Santa Clara de Asís 2024a.jpg by Antony-22. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Memorial Union area, UC Davis (2020): UC Davis Memorial Union.jpg by Borawik. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Washington Square Arch, New York (2017): Washington Square Arch, New York.jpg by Marco Almbauer. License: CC0. Resized and cropped.
• Low Memorial Library, Columbia University (2025): Low Memorial Library at Columbia University 12-17-2025.jpg by Magpieturtle. License: CC BY 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Keating Hall, Fordham University (2014): Fordham Keating Hall viewed from south.jpg by John Perry. License: CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized and cropped.
• College Hall, University of Pennsylvania (2010): College Hall (University of Pennsylvania) - IMG 6596.JPG by Daderot. License: Public domain. Resized and cropped.
• Campus church, Villanova University (2013): Villanova University Kyrka.jpg by Sofia j. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Parrish Hall, Swarthmore College (2007): Swarthmore Parrish Hall.jpg by Kungming2. License: CC BY 3.0. Resized and cropped.
• Packer Chapel tower, Lehigh University (2006): Lehigh Packer Chapel Tower.jpg by Joseph Giansante. License: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and cropped.
• Gilman Hall, Johns Hopkins University (2008): Gilman Hall, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.jpg by Daderot. License: Public domain. Resized and cropped.
• American University campus (2018): The American University Campus is comprised of an abundance of mature trees and other plant life..jpg by Herrperry123. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• The Rotunda and the Lawn, University of Virginia (2011): The Rotunda and Lawn University of Virginia Charlottesville VA March 2011.jpg by Phil Roeder. License: CC BY 2.0. Resized and cropped.
• Burruss Hall, Virginia Tech (2015): Burruss Hall-1.jpg by Smash the Iron Cage. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• The Wren Building, William & Mary (2005): The Wren Building (3501325643).jpg by benuski. License: CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized and cropped.
• Westhampton Lake, University of Richmond (2011): Westhampton Lake.jpg by Oleg Brovko. License: CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized and cropped.
• Old Campus and Durfee Hall, Yale University (2007): Old Campus Courtyard and Durfee Hall, Yale University, New Haven, 2007.jpg by DimiTalen. License: CC0. Resized and cropped.
• College Row, Wesleyan University (2012): Wesleyan University - College Row 01.jpg by Joe Mabel. License: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and cropped.
• University Hall, Brown University (2020): University Hall (Brown) 2.jpg by Filetime. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Harkins Hall, Providence College (2021): Harkins Hall, Providence College, Rhode Island.jpg by Kenneth C. Zirkel. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Campus view, UConn Storrs (2013): Campus view - University of Connecticut - DSC09948.JPG by Daderot. License: CC0. Resized and cropped.
• Johnson Chapel, Amherst College (2004): Amherst College Johnson Chapel fall.jpg by Elizabeth Dei Rossi. License: Public domain. Resized and cropped.
• Old Chapel and Painter Hall, Middlebury College (2018): Old Chapel and Painter Hall, Middlebury College 5.jpg by Kenneth James Burchfiel III. License: CC0. Resized and cropped.
• Dartmouth Hall, Dartmouth College (2024): Dartmouth Hall at Dartmouth College.jpg by Kenneth C. Zirkel. License: CC BY 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Miller Library, Colby College (2016): Miller Library, Colby College.jpg by Colby Mariam. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University (2023): Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University (2023) 01.jpg by Kiran891. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Colgate University campus (2012): Colgate University campus setting.jpg by Tomwsulcer. License: CC0. Resized and cropped.
• Libe Slope, Cornell University (2025): Cornell University - looking down Libe Slope to West Campus 01.jpg by Joe Mabel. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Bascom Hill, University of Wisconsin–Madison (2022): University of Wisconsin–Madison August 2022 16 (Bascom Hill).jpg by Michael Barera. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Deering Library, Northwestern University (2015): Deering Library - Northwestern University.jpg by Lacrossewi. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Main Building and Golden Dome, University of Notre Dame (2015): Main Building at the University of Notre Dame.jpg by Matthew Rice. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Law Quadrangle, University of Michigan (2024): Law Quadrangle, University of Michigan, University Avenue and State Street, Ann Arbor, MI.jpg by w_lemay. License: CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized and cropped.
• Tech Tower, Georgia Tech (2008): Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Administration Building 6284.jpg by James Emery. License: CC BY 2.0. Resized and cropped.
• Calloway Building, Emory University (2015): Calloway Building on the Emory University Quadrangle.jpg by Marc Merlin. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Duke University Chapel (2025): Duke University Chapel side in July 2025.jpg by Sdkb. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Kirkland Hall, Vanderbilt University (2023): Kirkland Hall at Vanderbilt University.jpg by Jaydenwithay. License: CC BY 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Lovett Hall, Rice University (2008): Rice University - Rice statue with Lovett Hall.JPG by Daderot. License: Public domain. Resized and cropped.
• Gibson Hall, Tulane University (2019): Gibson Hall, 2019.jpg by EEJCC. License: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and cropped.
• Westcott Building, Florida State University (2018): Westcott Building and fountain at Florida State University.jpg by Ernie Stephens. License: CC0. Resized and cropped.

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