We had heard that Berry College was one of the most beautiful campuses you'll ever see. I know a couple of people who went to school there but had never seen the campus, even on the rare occasion of driving through Rome the year before.
On our latest escapade to see fall foliage, we went through Rome and decided late October would be the perfect time to take a quick self-guided, driving tour through more than 26,000 acres that make up the campus.
Speaking of 26,000 acres, Berry's size makes it one of the largest campuses in the world and the largest contiguous college campus. The majority of these acres are unspoiled and undeveloped woodlands, meadows and streams, a part of which makes up a nature preserve.
Berry actually has two campuses -- the main campus and the mountain campus that's about three miles away. In 1902, Martha Berry founded the college for rural (not urban) boys who had previously had little or no education of any kind. For years, Berry only admitted this class of students. Eventually, as the school grew and Berry died, others were admitted and Berry turned into a more modern school.
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