 Beazell Memorial Forest, the largest park maintained by Benton County, is located 10 miles from the town.Education has had a place in Corvallis since the earliest days of the town, with the first school building constructed in 1848 and put to use in 1850.During the first decade of the 21st century, local boosters claimed that Corvallis had the highest education rate per capita of any city in the state of Oregon.