Editing Granite City, Illinois (section)

==Recreation==
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[[Image:Wilson Park 27th.jpg|thumb|right|27th Street Parkway & Fitness Path]]
The Granite City Park District owns 13 parks. Wilson Park is the most notable. A {{convert|1.4|mi|km|adj=on}} paved trail encircles the {{convert|74|acre|m2|adj=on}} park which contains a pool, ice rink, park office, skate park, food and beverage stand, tennis courts, several pavilions, baseball fields, and a wedding area. The Park District offers baseball, flag football, tennis, soccer, basketball, and hockey programs for the youth.

Every summer around July 4, Wilson Park hosts the Patriots in the Park program. The program includes live entertainment, carriage rides, carnival rides, food & beverage stands, and the second largest fireworks display in the St. Louis area.

Madison County Transit provides an outstanding {{convert|85|mi|km|adj=on}} network of newly paved, well maintained bikeways throughout the county as well as Granite City.

The new [[YMCA]], part of the River's Edge Development was recently completed. The complex includes aquatics programs, a youth center, weightlifting, batting cages, basketball/tennis courts, and a child care center.

There are also two golf courses near Granite City. The Legacy Golf Course and the Arlington Golf Course both offer eighteen hole championship courses.  Horseshoe Lake State Park wraps around [[Horseshoe Lake (Madison County, Illinois)|Horseshoe Lake]], a {{convert|2400|acre|km2|adj=on}} natural lake, the largest lake in the St. Louis area. The park provides a place for picnicking, cycling, fishing, wildlife viewing, and small boating. Hunting is allowed during hunting season and a small primitive campground is located on Walker's Island.

There are 2 roller skating rinks in the area and [[Confluence Crush Roller Derby]] practices in the adjacent village of [[Pontoon Beach]].