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Want to go for a long drive? Grand Island?s fine golf courses are the perfect place to do just that no matter what your skill level. Choose between 9 and 18-hole courses depending on how much time you have for a trip around the links. Most amenties are found at each course. Weekday prices average $7.00 to $10.00 for 9 holes, $11.50 to $15.00 for 18 holes. Weekends & holiday prices average $8.50 to $11.50 for 9 holes, $13.50 to $16.25 for 18 holes. Tee times are recommended.

Grand Island Municipal Golf Course is an 18-hole public course with golf shop, snack bar, driving range and shortgame practice area. Pro - Scott Brunzell, P.O. Box 1968, 2803 North Shady Bend Road, Grand Island, NE 68802. Tee times are recommended. (308) 385-5340.

Indianhead Golf Club is a public course with 18 holes, luxurious clubhouse, pro-shop, driving range, rental carts, snack bar and indoor golf simulator. Pro - Dennis Gavan, 4100 Husker Highway, Grand Island, NE 68803 (308) 381-GOLF (4653).

Fonner View Golf Course offers a 9-hole executive golf course, par 32 with five par-4 holes. The course has well-kept greens and picturesque holes. The natural dips and rolls give the fairways an eye-pleasing contour and provide a challenge. 1,966 yards per 9 holes. Located at 224 Stuhr Road, Grand Island, NE 68801 (308) 382-0202.

Riverside Golf Club is a private 18-hole course, with a proshop and concessions. Members and guests of other private clubs with a PGA professional are welcome. Convention groups by special arrangement, call the Convention and Visitors Bureau at (800) 658-3178. Pro - Dennis Fruchtl, Riverside Golf Shop, Riverside Drive, P.O. Box 975, Grand Island, NE 68802. (308) 382-2648.

Wood River Country Club and Golf Course is a 9-hole course open to the public with a pro shop, clubhouse, rental carts, driving range and swimming pool. Open 7-days a week. Located at 1937 West Holling Road, Wood River 68883. (308) 583-2225.

Centura Hills Golf Club is a 9 hole course open to the public with a clubhouse, rental carts and driving range. Open 7-days a week. Located at 312 Centura Hills Drive, Cairo. (308) 485-4650.

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Mrs. H.J. Bartenbach House

National Register of Historic Places

The house is a distinct and significant example of a Nebraska dwelling designed in the Moderne style of the 1930s, a style never widely popular in the state. The original house, a one-story Victorian dwelling constructed in 1893

Grand Island, NE NATIONAL REGISTER

Mormon Island State Recreation Area

Named for the winter stopover used by Mormon emigrants heading westward, Mormon Island State Recreation Area still offers comfort and conveniences to campers and other travelers on Interstate 80, as part of Nebraska's unique "Chain of Lakes."

In 1884-85

Grand Island, NE RECREATION

Fort O.K. Cannon

The cannon located on the South lawn of the Courthouse is dated 1853 and with the forged stamp of AMES CO. FOUNDERS, CHICOPEE, MASS.

"This cannon was left at Fort O.K. August 22, 1865 by Major J.R. Curtis 'for the protection of the settlement against attack by Hostile Indians'."

Grand Island, NE Landmarks

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

Evangelische Lutherische Dreinenigkeit Kirche - National Register of Historic Places

Plans for the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church were adopted in 1890, but construction did not begin until 1894

Grand Island, NE Historic Churches

Glade-Donald House

National Register of Historic Places

The Glade-Donald House is a distinctive example of the Shingle style. The house is completely sheathed with wooden shingles, and incorporates many bay and oriel windows, including two prominent bow windows on the front facade. The house was built about 1905

Grand Island, NE NATIONAL REGISTER

Things to do near Grand Island, NE

Red Cloud City Park

McCook Army Air Base

McCook Army Air Base, activated April 1, 1943, was one of 11 Army Air Force training bases in Nebraska during World War II. S...

Log Cabin

McKinley Park

Perkins County Historical Museum