Hiland Golf Club

Hiland began as a cattle and dairy operation. After retiring from corporate life in 1984, Fort Ann native Gary Bowen bought up farms along Haviland Road in Queensbury, built a herd of 160 cows, and brought his brother Jim home from Iowa to help. When the dairy plan stalled, the brothers turned their "pristine little plateau" above Glens Falls into Hiland Park, a planned community wrapped around a golf course, starting development in 1986. Architect Stephen Kay laid out the par-72 championship course across 250 acres of tall pines and mountain views, and it opened to the public in August 1988. The day before, Jim recalls, Gary made a hole-in-one on the sixth. A 40,000-square-foot Tudor-style clubhouse anchors the property, now operated as Hiland Park Country Club.