Find the Best Mini Golf in Chicago and Chicagoland Area

Check out these fun places for mini golf Chicago area families can't get enough of, and share the love for your favorites with your likes and reviews!

Whether you have time for a quick round of putt putt or a whole day at a family fun center, our interactive map will help you find a kid-friendly spot for mini golf near you.


 
    City Mini Golf at Maggie Daley Park
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     (346.1 mi)

    This outdoor 18-hole miniature golf course is operated by City Mini Golf and is located in beautiful Maggie Daley Park. The immediate skyline is your backdrop, with the lakefront also nearby to the east. The theme of the course pays ode to Chicago sports and famous city landmarks.

    Check out Maggie Daley's play garden, too, which is steps away from the golf course. This is one of Chicago's highest-voted playgrounds for kids - and it's free!

    Diversey Miniature Golf
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     (349.9 mi)

    This 18-hole miniature golf course in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood puts your skills to the test while meandering through cascading waterfalls and footbridges. The mini golf course is located next to the driving range, which also offers golf lessons for kids.

    White Mountain Golf Park
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     (353.8 mi)

    A part of White Mountain's Executive Golf Course features an all-ages mini-golf course, or "The Mini-Mountain." Many of the holes play around water and with creative elevation changes.

    Space Golf
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     (354.0 mi)

    Space Golf is an indoor mini golf course lit with glowing black lights! Enjoy18 holes of adventure golf year round. The theme is space, so expect to see aliens, planets, and other futuristic robots and creatures.

    Haunted Trails
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     (354.2 mi)

    Like the name implies, Haunted Trail's 18-hole miniature golf is designed with kid friendly, spooky characters like cartoon skeletons and mummies. This mini golf course is a bit small, and shouldn't be that challenging for adults, but kids definitely enjoy putt-putting through the Halloween theme as well as experiencing additional on-site attractions. Haunted Trails also features small rides, go-karts, batting cages, and arcades with prizes.

    Novelty Golf
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     (355.6 mi)

    Novelty Golf is a family favorite spot for mini golf, located in Chicago's northern suburb of Lincolnwood. This place has two outdoor 18-hole miniature golf courses. Like the name, the course is designed with eclectic and whimsical features. You'll putt-putt through the Statue of Liberty, a T-Rex, windmills, and a giant rooster. They also have batting and slow-pitch softball cages, indoor arcades, pinball, and more outdoor games for all ages to enjoy.

    Skokie Sports Park
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     (356.0 mi)

    Skokie Sports Park is top rated golf range that also features two adventure mini-golf courses for the entire family: Traveler's Quest and Kid's Quest. Traveler's Quest is themed with world-wide landmarks, while Kid's Quest is complete with interactive, climbing obstacles on the holes. The mini-course, taking after its premier golf range, is also extensively built with lush landscaping, water falls, and spacious greens.

    Pioneer Park Mini Golf
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     (361.3 mi)

     This 18-hole course is part of the Niles Park District. Be sure to check out Friday Family Fun Nights - every Friday, you can get 1 round of mini golf, 1 batting cage token, a hot dog, chips, and small drink for $10. Not a bad deal!

    Forest Preserve Golf Harry Semrow
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     (368.3 mi)

    This local driving range offers 18-hole mini golf for families on its beautifully manicured course.

    Mountain View Mine Adventure Mini-Golf
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     (368.6 mi)

    This semi-challenging 18-hole mini golf is part of the Des Plaines Park District's Mountain View Adventure Center, which also features a skate park and batting cages on site. The old mining town themed course has plenty of fun obstacles for kids of all ages, including rock formations, waterfalls and other water features. Concessions are available in case a little friendly competition makes anyone hungry! Residents of Des Plaines receive discounted admission.

    Lost Mountain Adventure Golf
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     (369.5 mi)

    Lost Mountain is located in Chicago's western suburb of Woodridge that is built around a mystical three-tiered waterfall. As the saga goes, "Lost Mountain is said to be the last remnant of the fabled Illini Mountains" more than 2 million years ago. The course today challenges young adventurers through daunting holes, bridges, rivers, passing quick sand and racing rapids, and more obstacles to theme. Make your way to the summit of Lost Mountain!

    Woodland Trails Mini Golf Course
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     (370.4 mi)

    This 18-hole putt putt course is administered by the River Trails Park District and offers seasonal fun for all ages.

    Holes & Knolls
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     (373.2 mi)

    Located within Maryknoll Park, bring the whole family for a round of mini-golf which includes 36 holes! The facility offers several convenient spaces for families such as large seating patio area and a full concession stand to help you have an easy day out. The course is roomy, has a big waterfall, and is full of fun.

    Wilderness Falls Mini Golf
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     (374.3 mi)

    Choose from a couple different courses at Wilderness Falls. Play across a 35-foot waterfall, caves, over rickety bridges, elevation changes, and racing rapids. Often during the summer, you'll bump into Maddux the Moose, too, who mingles with families and is happy to pose for photos. After putt putt, take a swing in their batting cages.

    Par-King Skill Golf
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     (374.8 mi)

    Ages

    At least 48" tall

    Par-King is a stand-out spot for mini golf near Chicago! Located in the northern suburb of Lincolnshire, Par-King maintains two 18-hole courses, many of which feature moving obstacles and water holes you’ll find both fun and challenging. They call themselves the "World's Most Unusual Golf Course" and it could certainly be up there given its eccentric, eye-catching, and quirky motif.

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