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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

St. Mary's Cathedral

Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - National Register of Historic Places

St. Mary's Cathedral is one of the finest Late Gothic Revival churches in the state, constructed in 1926-28

Grand Island, NE Historic Churches

Hotel Yancey (Yancey Motor Hotel)

National Register of Historic Places

Named for its proprietor, William L. Yancey, the hotel was begun in April of 1917

Grand Island, NE NATIONAL REGISTER

Central Nebraska Ethnic Festival

Join us at this two-time award winning Ethnic Festival in the downtown Grand Island on the weekend of July 27-29. Experience the sights, sounds, and tastes of the world, all in one location as we celebrate our ethnic diversity. You too, can celebrate your ethnic heritage

Grand Island, NE FESTIVALS

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

This landmark English Gothic structure opened for worship on July 7, 1889. The church was constructed with red granite from Colorado and trimmed in gray sandstone from Wyoming. The stained glass windows were imported from Europe. In 1903

Grand Island, NE Historic Churches

Things to do near Grand Island, NE

Elwood Fishing

The NGPC regularly stocks the lake which is populated with walleye, white bass, northern pike, crappie, channel catfish, larg...