The Lake is on the south side of the Hogwarts Castle. The lake is approximately a half-mile in diameter and the home to various creatures.Take a nice swim in the lake, but watch out for the giant squid and the Mer-people.

The Quidditch pitch is a grassy oval field, 500 feet long by 180 feet wide. There is a small circle in the center of the field where the balls are released. Three 50-foot-tall poles with hoops on them stand at either end as goals. There is a scoring area marked off at each end, around the area of the hoops.

Herbology is the study of magical plants and fungi, including their care and their magical properties and uses. Some magical plants form important ingredients in potions, others have magical effects in their own right. Taught By Professor Sprout.

Come here to learn about the various creatures know to the wizarding world. Classwork usually consists of handling, feeding, controlling various creatures. Taught by Professor Hagrid.

The Gamekeeper and Keeper of the Keys lives in a small wooden house on the edge of the forbidden forest. A crossbow and a pair of galashes were outside the front door...There was only one room inside. Hams and pheasants were hanging from the ceiling, a copper kettle was boiling on the open fire, and in the corner stood a massive bed with a patchwork quilt over it.

The Whomping Willow is a very valuable, very violent tree planted alone in the middle of the school grounds. It was planted to disguise the opening to a secret passage from Hogwarts to the Shrieking Shack. There is a way to temporarily paralyze the tree. There is a particular knot on the trunk which can be pressed using a long branch in order to stop the attacks.

To the west of Hogwarts Castle is a large, dark forest. The forest is thick with trees but there are paths, brooks, and some clearings. Off the path, the way is almost impassable, although people have moved through it and creatures as large as Acromantulas and a Ford Anglia have managed to get around. The forbidden forest is home to a wide and strange assortment of creatures. Anything wild and dangerous that needs a place to live is put there.

There is a wide flat lawn opposite the castle from the forest and Hagrid's hut where the First Years took their first flying lesson. The sloping lawns lead down toward the forest and border the lake. Come to the lawns to have a picnic or hang out, play some muggle sports if you want to as well!