Minnesota offers a diverse collection of miniature golf courses to choose from. You can play at outdoor courses during the summer months or head for an indoor facility when the weather turns cold. You can also combine the fun of mini golf with learning at one of the state's museums, which also have miniature golf courses.
Mini Golf at Golfing Facilities
You can play a round of mini golf at some regulation golf courses and practice facilities in Minnesota. It's a fun way for you to incorporate children and non-golfers into your practice sessions. Along with having 40 heated stalls for working on your driving and irons, the Golf Zone in Chaska also has indoor and outdoor 18-hole miniature golf courses. The Crosswoods Golf Course in Crosslake incorporates design elements like woods and waterfalls drawn from the local area into its outdoor course.
Courses at Museums
Miniature golf courses attached to museums in Minnesota offer you quirky opportunities to learn while also enjoying a round of fun golf. Keeping with its theme of exploring the state's mining and geological history, the Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm has a miniature golf course designed to take you through an old mining site. The nine-hole course at St. Paul's Science Museum of Minnesota uses mini golf to teach lesson about the flow of water and its role in geology.
Mini Golf Courses with Other Activities
Along with playing mini golf at the Wildwedge Family Golf Park in Pequot Lakes, you can try to find your way out of a wooden maze that is almost 10,000 square feet. Parents can head up to an observation deck to keep an eye on their children or give them advice in case they get too lost. The nine-hole miniature golf course at the Cyclin-Inn in Whalan is along the Root River State Bicycle Trail, making it a great point to take a break from a ride and play some mini golf.
Miniature Golf in the Park
In 2009, the Northeast Park in Minneapolis became the first park in the city to have its own miniature golf course. You can play golf at the park along with getting wet at the adjacent water park, playing on one of the athletic fields or enjoying the playground equipment with a kid.
Time Frame
Most outdoor miniature golf courses in Minnesota are not open throughout the year because of cold, snow, rain and other inclement weather. The Adventure Gardens Miniature Golf facility operated by the city of Richfield opened its 2010 season on May 2 and closed for the year after Labor Day. Indoor miniature golf courses are options if you want to play outside of the summer months.
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