Golf in Falls Creek

Falls Creek is a small Jefferson County borough on Sandy Lick Creek near the Clearfield County line, in the deeply forested plateau country of west-central Pennsylvania. Jefferson County is predominantly wooded — the Allegheny Plateau's extensive state forest holdings make it one of the most heavily forested counties in the state — and Falls Creek's position at the county boundary places it between DuBois's commercial influence to the west and Clearfield County's rural communities to the east. Sandy Lick Creek flows through a narrow valley characteristic of the plateau's drainage pattern, with steep wooded slopes on both sides. Golf in Falls Creek serves a small rural population that lacks the density to support facilities oriented toward any kind of destination or resort market — the club here is a community institution for the townships surrounding a small borough in a sparsely settled county.