Golf in Gering

Gering is the Scotts Bluff County seat, a city of roughly 8,000 positioned directly across the North Platte River from Scottsbluff. Scotts Bluff National Monument rises to 800 feet above the valley floor just west of the city, one of the most dramatic landmarks on the Oregon Trail and a persistent visual anchor for everyone who lives and plays golf here. The irrigated North Platte River valley supports sugar beet processing and other agriculture that distinguishes the Panhandle's economy from the rest of the state. Monument Shadows Golf occupies terrain where the monument's presence is always felt. Gering and Scottsbluff together form the Panhandle's dominant urban cluster, sharing the North Platte River valley in a bi-city arrangement similar to the Twin Cities model at a much smaller scale. Monument Shadows Golf Course benefits from the extraordinary visual context that Scotts Bluff National Monument provides — a backdrop that makes this among the most scenically memorable courses in Nebraska.