Golf in Makanda

Makanda is a small Jackson County village south of Carbondale, perched at the edge of the Shawnee National Forest where the terrain becomes genuinely hilly by Illinois standards. The community has an arts-colony character, with a boardwalk of small shops and studios that draws visitors from the SIU campus. Apple Creek Golf Course provides a local recreational golf option in this otherwise rural forested township. The community's golf culture reflects the midwestern combination of practicality and recreation, where courses are built and maintained with community investment and the straightforward purpose of providing quality sport for working families. The community's golf culture reflects the midwestern combination of practicality and recreation, where courses are built and maintained with genuine community investment and the purpose of providing quality sport for working families.