Chicagoland Miniature Golf Course Listings

    Are you, perhaps, like me?  Do you like playing miniature golf and always wonder where there might be another place to do it?   And also, you live in Chicago?  Here is a compendium of links that may be of some assistance.

Courses I've Played

Course Name Address Driving Distance from City* # of Holes Difficulty** Recommended?
Congo River (IL) 1325 N. Barrington Rd
Hoffman Estates, IL
45 mins 36 Easy Yes
Coyote Crossing 27W650 North Avenue
West Chicago, IL
45 mins 18 Medium Slight yes
Cozzi's 405 N. Rand Rd
Lake Zurich, IL
45 mins 18 Medium Slight yes
Diversey Mini Golf 141 W. Diversey Pkwy
Chicago, IL
In city 18 Medium Barely
Enchanted Castle 1103 S. Main St
Lombard, IL
45 mins 9 Easy/medium Slight yes
Green at Grant Park 352 E. Monroe
Chicago, IL
In city 18 Excessively difficult No
Harry Semrow's Mini Golf 1150 E. Golf Rd
Des Plaines, IL
30 mins 18 Easy/medium Yes
Lighthouse Mini Golf 2126 N. Lewis Ave
Waukegan, IL
45 mins-1 hr 18 Easy Yes
Lost Mountain 1535 75th St
Woodridge, IL
45 mins 18 Easy Yes
Mountain View Mine 510 E. Algonquin Rd
Des Plaines, IL
30 mins 18 Hard Slight no
Navy Pier 600 E. Grand
Chicago, IL
In city 18 No stated par Barely
Novelty Golf 3650 W. Devon Ave
Lincolnwood, IL
Just outside 36 Medium Yes
Par King 21711 N. Milwaukee Ave
Lincolnshire, IL
45 mins 36 Easy/medium Big yes
Pioneer Park 7135 N. Harlem Ave
Niles, IL
30 mins 18 Medium Yes
Putt-Putt Fun Center 408 E. Devon Ave
Elk Grove Village, IL
20-30 mins 54 Hard No
Putting Edge 275 Parkway Dr, Ste. 321
Lincolnshire, IL
45 mins 18 Easy No
River View 8 North Ave
St. Charles, IL
1 hour 18 Hard Slight yes
River's Edge 2205 Skokie Valley Hwy
Highland Park, IL
30 mins 18 Medium/hard Barely
Sisolak's Golfarama 38153 N. Sheridan Rd
Beach Park, IL
1 hour 18 Medium Yes
Sport Zone Park 100 Business Rt. 30
Aurora, IL
45 mins-1 hr 18 No stated par No
Sportsman's Country Club 3535 Dundee Rd
Northbrook, IL
30 mins 18 Medium Yes
Traveler's Quest 3459 Oakton St
Skokie, IL
10-15 mins 18 Obnoxiously hard No
Wilderness Falls 145 S. Clow Int'l Pkwy
Bolingbrook, IL
45 mins-1 hr 36 Easy Yes

*Of course Chicago is a large city and your mileage may vary.  Wilderness Falls is likely not an hour's drive from the southwest side, for instance.  Times are approximate from most parts of the north side.
**By difficulty I mean the ability of a decent player to challenge the course's stated par.  I don't want to give the impression that people should shy away from any "hard" course, but if a course is fairly challenging and sets a correspondingly unreasonable par, I have a hard time recommending it for "fun."

Late, Lamented

Course Former Location Year Closed # of Holes Difficulty Was it recommended?
Congo River (WI) 7610 120th Ave
Kenosha, WI
2008 or 2009 18 Easy Yes
Twin Links 199 W. Rand Rd
Mount Prospect, IL
2006 36 Easy Big yes

Now that we've covered courses I have played, here's a list of courses I would like to play.  Or, at the very least, they're area courses that I haven't yet played.  This is as much a checklist for myself as anything else, but you may also find the collection of links useful.

Course

Location Driving Distance from City
Action Territory 12345 75th St
Kenosha, WI
1 hr 15 mins
Ballybunion Mini Golf 4200 IL Route 83
Long Grove, IL
45 mins-1 hr
Crystal Mines Mini Golf 370 Liberty Dr
Crystal Lake, IL
> 1 hour
Golf Waters Mini Golf 1100 W. Wood St
Bensenville, IL
30-40 mins
Holes and Knolls Mini Golf 845 Pershing Ave
Glen Ellyn, IL
45 mins
The Hub at Berens Park 493 Oaklawn Ave
Elmhurst, IL
30-45 mins
Lambs Farm Mini Golf 14245 W. Rockland
Libertyville, IL
45 mins
Lighthouse Point Mini Golf 14 State Route 25
Dundee, IL
45 mins-1 hr
McCarthy Park 16801 S. 80th Ave
Tinley Park, IL
45 mins-1 hr
McCollum Park Mini Golf 6801 S. Main St
Downers Grove, IL
45 mins
Putter's Peak 950 W. Lake St
Addison, IL
45 mins
River Trails Park District 1500 E. Euclid Ave
Mount Prospect, IL
30-45 mins
Stony Creek Golf Complex 5860 W. 103rd St
Oak Lawn, IL
45 mins-1 hr