The Grove is a ten-acre tree-shaded square at the heart of the University of Mississippi campus and the social centre of campus life. On any ordinary day it is a pleasant lawn under oaks, magnolias, and elms, with brick paths threading between the older campus buildings. On a home football Saturday it transforms into one of the more spectacular communal events in American college sports.
The surrounding buildings — the Lyceum, the Croft Institute, the University Museum, and the old library — are worth looking at on the same circuit. The Walk of Champions runs from the Grove down to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium at its southern end. There is a free walking-tour map available at the campus visitor centre near the Lyceum.