Golf in Wood River

Wood River is a Madison County industrial city on the Mississippi River at the mouth of Wood River creek, historically defined by its oil refinery — one of the major ConocoPhillips facilities in the Midwest, established in the early twentieth century when petroleum refining came to the river corridor. The city sits close to Hartford, Alton, and East Alton in the densely developed stretch of Madison County along the river, sharing the industrial and working-class character that defines this part of the Metro East. Belk Park Golf Course provides accessible recreational golf for a community whose economic identity has been built around the refinery and related industrial employment.