• The City of Madison is the state capital and, with a population of nearly 200,000, is the state's second-largest city. Located mainly on an isthmus between two lakes, it is located 150 miles northwest of Chicago, and about 70 miles west of Milwaukee.
• Madison and the Southern Wisconsin area offer excellent facilities for extracurricular activities. Access to the four lakes within the city provides for ice-boating, ice-skating, and ice-fishing in winter, and boating, sailing, canoeing, swimming, water skiing, and fishing in the summer. Tennis, biking, and golfing are popular summer sports, and cross-country and downhill skiing are common winter activities.
• The University of Wisconsin–Madison offers excellent indoor campus facilities for swimming, tennis, racquetball, squash, and ice-skating.
• The Madison community offers a wonderful diversity of cultural activities ranging from classic opera, theater, concerts, and dance, to progressive music, art, and local entertainment. Many events are free or affordable for students.
• Students live in all parts of the city, although they are concentrated near the campus; more than half live within one mile of campus.
• Madison has an excellent bus system with frequent service to the campus from all directions, and many students commute by bicycle.
• The airport is convenient to the University campus, and excellent air service is available http://www.msnairport.com

Madison Internet Links

• Visit Madison.com
• City of Madison
• Dane County
• State of Wisconsin
• Travel Wisconsin.com
• The Overture Foundation Project
• Insider.com's Madison Section