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By Nick Villano

Mississippi Rebels players make their way down the Walk of Champions before their game against the Austin Peay Governors at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports
Mississippi Rebels players make their way down the Walk of Champions before their game against the Austin Peay Governors at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports /
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A member of the University of Maine. (Photo by Michael Ivins/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images) /

Best college towns in America: Orono, Maine (Home of University of Maine)

Orono, Maine might be the least known town on this list. About 11,000 people attend the University of Maine. Orono doesn’t even have that many people living in the town. However, it’s still the premier university for the northernmost state in New England. Maine is becoming a popular vacation destination, so it might soon also become a popular university destination.

Most people in Orono would like to keep the small-town feel they have currently. It was once the center of the lumber industry, as people used flowing rivers to run the saws, but obviously, we are past that and now it’s known for the university.

The university itself has everything one might want from the state of Maine. Amazing architecture, billowing forests, and bubbling brooks, this has everything all the other great universities have, but this one actually has majors that focus on nature.

Autumn at the University of Maine might be the best place to see the leaves change. There are so many trees right on campus that the leaves changing changes the way the campus looks entirely. That’s what makes football season so great at the University of Maine. Walking through campus when it’s this pretty is one heck of a home-field advantage.

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