Golf in Island City

Island City is a small Union County community adjacent to La Grande in the Grande Ronde Valley, where the valley floor's agricultural character — hay, grains, and cattle — defines the landscape between the Blue Mountains to the west and the Wallowa Mountains rising to the east. Island City functions as a residential extension of La Grande's amenities while maintaining its own incorporated identity. Golf in the Grande Ronde Valley serves a community that is geographically isolated from Oregon's population centers, with the Wallowa Mountains providing a dramatic eastern backdrop that rivals any scenic golf setting in the state. The Grande Ronde Valley's agricultural identity — a sharp contrast to the timbered Blue Mountain slopes rising on three sides — gives Island City its characteristic open, wide-sky setting that distinguishes eastern Oregon's valley communities from their western counterparts.