Macktown Forest Preserve (Historic Site and Golf Course)

 golf course, place with historical importance

Macktown Forest Preserve is comprised of a golf course and a historic site, which total 281 acres of wooded land along the Rock River. Macktown offers a shelterhouse and an education center. The education center and historic settlement are programmed by the Macktown Living History Education Center.

The Winnebago County Forest Preserve District, which owns the land on which Macktown and the trading post once sat, and the Macktown Living History Education Center have undertaken plans to restore Macktown to its 1830 - 1846 historic condition using a master plan.

The Macktown Golf Course was built in the 1930s. The mature trees and established conditions make this a popular course for beginning golfers.

www.macktownlivinghistory.com/