Best Golf Courses Near Middletown, OH

With festivals, historic sites, nice restaurants and plenty to do outdoors, Middletown is a good place to visit and live. Located about 35 miles north of Cincinnati, this city of around 50,000 people has a summertime balloon festival, an art festival, Bulls Run Nature Sanctuary and Reserve and a few museums. One of the most popular is the Canal Museum, which focuses on the history of the Miami-Erie Canal. There’s also the historic BC Warbirds Museum as well as the Fig Leaf Brewing Company for those who might like to sample a little craft beer, perhaps after a round a golf at the many public courses available in the area. Golf in the area includes the highly-regarded Hamilton Elks Golf Club, which has an 18-hole Donald Ross course first opened in 1925 and another nine holes designed by Mike Hurdzan. Other good public golf options include 27-hole Shaker Run in Lebanon as well as Pleasant Valley Golf Club in Liberty Township.