Lost Mountain Adventure Golf

Great fun for the whole family. My favorite mini-​golf in the Chicago-​land area. I think I’ve been here 25+ times and I’ll keep coming back!

This place is a blast! Reasonably priced, $ 7.95 adults. My aunties and I wanted to play a round of mini golf and we had a great time. The 18 hole course was actually pretty challenging at times. There were a few holes that had some interesting themes, rushing water, really fun. Of course two of us ended up losing a ball each and it was .75 for a missing ball. You had to walk all the way back to the counter to get a new ball of course. It’s easier to lose a ball than you think!!! I lost mine in the grassy hill on hole 3 or 4…
We played on a Tuesday afternoon and it wasn’t too horribly busy. I liked the Rapids hole best where you hit your ball in the stream and the water carried your ball to the hole.
It’s a very clean establishment with friendly staff, very enjoyable experience.

The people who work here are super friendly and have a good sense of humor. It’s an 18-​hole course that should take at least an hour to finish and costs $ 7.95 per person (I believe it’s cheaper if you’re under 13).
If you lose the ball, you have to pay a very minimal fee for another one. I bet you’re thinking what kind of doofus would lose a ball… well I lost mine okay?! There’s this one hole called Leap of Faith and I hit the ball a little too hard and the ball went flying into the small decorative pond right by it and sunk to the bottom.
I came here on a Saturday afternoon and it was pretty crowded — my boyfriend and I decided to start out of order which was a mistake because when you play the last hole, you can’t get your ball back. One of the workers was nice enough to give us two different balls to finish holes 1 – 4 which we had skipped.

Great place their nice and i love. I went with my team at work here and it was fun its really challenging i will definitely go back with my friends.

overall, this course is pretty attractive and really challenging. Some of the holes provide a good challenge to find the ace. The last few times my brother and i played with friends. The scores have been close and pretty competitive. If you want to find a good challenge, this place is the best!

This place is just okay. There is only one way to go on the mini golf course so if there are a lot of people, then be prepared to wait your turn. It feels rushed when it’s your turn to go next because another group is just watching and waiting for you to go. Would I try this place again? Maybe if it were less busy, since it’s not crazy expensive.

Went to this place expecting to have a fun time mini golfing with my fiancé. We arrived, got our clubs and golf balls, sprayed ourselves with insect repellant and went to mini golf. Little did I know this place was swarming with little bugs called midges or no see ums. These bugs attacked me everywhere and I got a pretty bad allergic reaction from it all. We asked for our money back because we even used the spray provided and they said no. So here we are with an awful review of this place that I won’t go back to ever again. Stay away

We’re trying to squeeze in lots of fun in the final stretch before school starts and figured, why not mini golf? This place was nearby and got good reviews, so we gave it a try. We had lots of fun at this 18-​hole course.
Some of the holes were pretty challenging. I was glad I wasn’t up first in our group, as I could watch and learn from others’ mistakes. For instance, sometimes you don’t know up front which of say 3 initial holes will get you closest to the final hole. There are some tricky ones with water too. Sometimes you actually want to land in the water — and other times no.
We’ll definitely plan to come back and are glad we got to have some summer fun and memories here.

Having grown up not far from here, I’m very happy to say that Lost Mountain is one of the better mini-​golf courses in the Chicago suburbs. Many other putt-​putts bill themselves as ‘challenge golf’ or something equally dopey, but really that’s just a cop-​out for being a bland, boring course (and they know that). Lost Mountain is ‘adventure golf’, and it certainly lives up to the name.
Greens fees are reasonable @ $ 7.50/pp, but due to its high-​visibility on 75^th street, it can get pretty crowded during peak hours. If it’s a nice evening in warm weather, expect to wait at nearly every other hole. Most of the course involves gradually climbing up their man-​made mountain, complete with waterfall and spotlights. Sometimes, they play cool tribal music through their ground speakers to really round out the enjoyable atmosphere.
The 18-​hole course: tons of fun to play. While some holes are deceivingly simple, there’s little nuances in every one to keep you on your toes. Several of them are multi-​tiered, while others involve a choose-​your-​own path type of approach. The best ones, though, are ‘Ride the Rapids’ (intentionally hit your ball in a stream), ‘Leap of Faith’ (hit up a steep slope to jump over water), and ‘Where Eagles Dare’ (3 levels). The course ends with a hole aptly named ‘Indiana’s Escape’, which, given the font used, is a clear nod to the fabled archaeologist Doctor Jones.
In years past, there used to be a grumpy old man that worked here, but he’s been replaced by disinterested high schoolers, so not much of a trade-​off. They have a newly-​added ice cream vending machine after the 18^th hole.
In short, Lost Mountain is the bees knees. I’ve only been to a handful of mini golf places that surpass LM in terms of fun, course creativity, variety, cleanliness, and outdoor ambiance. It’s the perfect place to bring a date on a summer evening.

When I was in high school I came here. I think it was the same place. We need more photos here. Anyhow I can’t wait to go back and see this place soon. It is one of the best courses.

Our first visit was today. Loved it. Haven’t played mini-​golf in years. Playing the holes were fun, but for me, the ambiance was wonderful. Waterfalls, bridges, streams… it was like going on a mini-​vacation for just over an hour. Each hole slowly rises up the mountain, until you get to the summit (where you can enjoy a nice view of the driving range behind the mountain, or the shopping area across the street), then the last few holes help you decline. There are some uneven steps, especially in the descent, so be careful if you’re clumsy by nature. Can’t wait to go back.

My family came here with our teenage son. There’s a sneaky section where you have to use the water, which is a bit unexpected if you’ve never been here. The staff was nice enough to fish my ball out of the water because I tried to go the traditional route. There are also frogs in the water (squee!!). Overall staff was friendly and going at 7pm-​ish on a Sunday, this place was a little busy, but not crowded. Fun stuff.

Love this place and its been a childhood favorite! Def recommend this place for a fun, inexpensive, and enjoyable time!

I’m not sure where the «adventure» comes in, although they use the Indiana Jones font on the signs and the 18^th hole is called «Indiana’s Escape.» While the grounds are nicely landscaped and the course is situated on a hill with some significant water elements, the holes themselves boast little embellishment. So in other words, it is attractive but not interesting.
But to be honest, I appreciate a clean, well maintained basic course more than a dump with windmills and tyrannosaurs. Lost Mountain is a fun play, and more challenging than most suburban courses. One reason is a design choice: the holes are bordered with rocks rather than wooden or concrete bumpers. This precludes the possibility of intentional banking, and any ricochets that occur are almost entirely random. It’s annoying to watch your shot skim just past the hole, then hit the wall behind it and carom off to the side instead of straight back towards the cup. There is also some significant elevation on many holes, which I like but which adds to the challenge.
The other frustration came from the course conditions. It was very wet that day, so I found it difficult to feel out the necessary amount of oomph. Also, there was significant debris on some of the holes; particularly, the 10^th and 11^th were carpeted with fallen tree buds and I watched a short putt roll astoundingly off course over just a few inches.
I shot 8 over par that day, which is really bad for me. Partly this was caused by the inherent difficulty of the setup, partly by the conditions, and partly by my poor play. If I were at my best I still probably would not have broken par though. They should consider raising the par from 2 to 3 on a few of these holes.

I brought my nephews mini golfing this past weekend to take advantage of the nice weather. We had a great time and there weren’t a ton of people around (though this place gets really hopping in the summertime). One of my nephews accidentally hit their ball into the murky water and the staff member was nice enough to have another one for free (sign says that it is .75 per lost ball) I’ve been coming here since I was in high school and will definitely be coming back again, probably in the next few months.

For $ 7.50 a person and close to home, this place is a great! I had been here a few times prior but my bf and I decided that we were bored on Saturday and thought making a friendly competition out of mini golf was just the thing to cure that boredom. We got lucky b/​c the place was practically empty when we got there. Mind you it was a bit chilly out that night but I’d definitely take that over warm and full of screaming children (no offence). Can’t wait to go back and of course the bf is stoked about the driving range right behind it. lol

This deluxe mini-​golf range beckons you as you drive past on 75^th St. Even if you don’t have kids in the car, who can resist a multi-​level terrain with huge waterfalls, rope bridges and looming tiki gods? It’s like a glowing beacon saying «TURN IN NOW!» Pay your 7-​ish bucks per adult, grab one of many of the wildly colored balls (not just boring primary colors here — they had three shades of purple!) and start your adventure!
Some of the holes are really easy, some look deceptively easy and then end up being difficult, and some were «Hell no!» for both of us. Good thing there is a 6-​stroke max per hole. (Some of their suggested pars seemed on the low side to us, and we did not do badly.) We still motored through, trying not to go TOO fast (a poky couple ahead of us prevented that anyway). Lots of fun stuff to take pictures with helped slow us down.
Be careful not to be too gregarious a putter in a few places, or you might send your ball flying down a grassy hill or into a waterfall… then it’s 75 cents for a replacement ball. (And yes I did do the former, but was able to hop the rope and retrieve it. One stroke penalty for me!)
There are a few water features that you are *supposed* to hit into, and your ball will take a flume ride toward the hole; a unique feature.
Overall, this is a fun course, particularly at night (they are open pretty late). Get while the getting’s good and fit in your golf adventure before it’s too cold!

A really cool minature golf place that I enjoyed visiting some time ago. It is right next to a gold range and course i think. Not many places where you can do both extreme versions of the golf. I just wish they had more cool artifact obstacles.

Very crowded but the coure itself was just okay. Will definitely try to go elsewhere in the future.

Gorgeous mini-​golf course! I like the use of water and hills to make it interesting. The holes could’ve been a little more challenging compared to other courses I’ve played, but the overall experience was a lot of fun and worth a visit!