Hanover, New Hampshire is a vibrant New England town located approximately two and a half hours northwest of Boston. Set upon the intersection of the Connecticut River and the Appalachian Trail, and flanked by the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the Green Mountains of Vermont, Dartmouth's location is striking in its natural beauty.
Dartmouth students can easily access incredible resources right in Hanover and around the Upper Valley. The Hopkins Center serves as the region's major state-of-the-art performance center, hosting more than 500 performances each year by artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma. Dartmouth brings political leaders and other luminaries for lectures, teaching fellowships and other activities. Recent speakers and events include: Democratic Primary Debate, Desmond Tutu, Maya Angelou, Ehud Barak and Richard Leakey. With a catalog of 65,000 works, the Hood Museum of Art is one of New England's foremost collections. The Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, one of the nation's most distinguished teaching hospitals, serves all of northern New England and receives over two million visitors each year.
In Hanover, there are more than 20 restaurants and cafés, a multi-screen movie theatre, numerous clothing shops, specialty shops and other retail services all within easy walking distance of campus. To access the range of other retailers and services in the Upper Valley, students can use the free local bus service. Area transportation hubs are easily accessible making getting to and from campus simple.
Hanover and its surrounding community offer a truly extraordinary combination of stunning natural beauty and ample exurban resources.
