Giant City State Lodge: Features breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus along with three meeting rooms. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Giant City State Park: Offers a variety of outdoor recreation. Features information on its 4,000 square foot visitors center, sandstone bluffs and oak-hickory woodlands.
Makanda Local News: Topix.net: Local, regional, and statewide news collected from diverse sources on the web.
Touch of Nature Environmental Center: A comprehensive center offering opportunities for education, academic support and services. Photo gallery, services and conference planning are provided. Facility provided by Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Vulture Fest: Live entertainment, arts and crafts, dining, vulture watching and other activities to celebrate the Fall migration of the vultures to the area.