Mountain View Adventure Center

It’s so hard to find batting cages nowadays so when I found Mountain View, I was ecstatic. With both softball and baseball cages, as well as slow, medium, and fast pitch, Mountain View has a cage for all skill levels.
Their mini-​golf course is more fun that it looks. Some of the holes are very challenging and OB’s abound with their low edges and hilly terrains. One thing they really need to do is clean the water so the smell isn’t such a devastating distraction to the putter. It smells like rotten eggs and it can really throw you off your game.

Not a bad course, pretty challenging. Not a ton of flair.

Although I can’t comment on the miniature golf since I haven’t played here in about 15+ years, the batting cages have been a staple in our softball team’s practice regimen.
Since the cages are actually our only source of practice… this is likely why we went 1 – 10 this last season.
I can’t blame the MVAC.
They offer 2 cages for high arc pitching, which already blows any non-​existent competition in the area out of the water. I say this because most, if not all, batting cages have closed in years past, but when they were open they didn’t even have the high arc option. The rest are dedicated to baseball (so thats 2 softball & 7 – 8 baseball).
Each token is a buck, or 6 for $ 5, so I stock up at the beginning of the season and keep them in my car. They also have bats & helmets (just throwing that out there if for some reason you might be unfamiliar with how batting cages work… making sure all the ‘bases’ are covered).
All in all, we try to come here whenever schedules allow, and will continue to until we quit or get thrown out of our league.
Note: The skate park & mini golf seem popular and look well kept/​clean, so they might be worth checking out as well.

I finally played recently. Its great. A little smaller than congo river or holes and knoles. But still a great place.

$ 7 for 18 holes of mini golf if you are a resident ($ 8.50 if you aren’t). They are all fun. $ 3 for the second round. The atmosphere of the place is very nice with a mini waterfall and pond. They incorporate he waterfalls into the golf course which is pretty neat. They also have batting cages, $ 5 per person is more than enough for the cages. Parking is free.

Tiger Woods-​approved course.
Kidding. It’s Robert-​approved. Moderately difficult 18-​hole mini-​golf (they call it «adventure golf») course. Well-​maintained and includes a fair amount of challenges – uphill shots, downhill, water & traps, and a couple cheesy hole-​through-​the-​windmill holes. This course is easier than the Diversey mini-​golf in Chicago, but it’s also busier and costs a few dollars less.
The only thing that really bothered me was the loud music. It’s annoying. There’s a full concession stand which is nice, and there are other things to do nearby – batting cages and a skate park.
Needed course rule: If your child takes more than six strokes to get even near the hole, please allow people to play the hole ahead of you.

A handsome and deceptively simple-​looking course.
The theme is a nineteenth-​century western mine, with a multipurpose grey weathered-​wood building at the front and a waterfall-​fed pond in the middle. The course is extremely well maintained; that is, I assume, the main justification for the relatively high rates (the park district charges $ 7 for residents and $ 8.50 for nons).
The holes themselves are nearly unadorned. At first glance they seem straightforward, but actually most are quite challenging due to elevation changes and obstructions. Thanks to banks, ramps, multiple tiers, small but diabolically placed hillocks, even a couple of water crossings, every hole makes you think hard about your first shot, and often your second. I ended up with a 51, nine shots over par, which is a pretty high score for me. So it is a fun but moderately difficult course.
One major demerit: playing wall-​to-​wall Taylor Swift during our visit. Horrid pop «music» is bad enough in public spaces, but why on earth did it have to be the same continuous shite for 80 minutes? I had made it all the way to 2014 without ever hearing any of this crap (that I know of) but apparently whoever was running the stand that day has a boner for talentless, teen-​angsty garbage. Once my wife told me who it was, the wretched lyrics, terrible melodies, and awful arrangements kept burrowing into my ears as I was trying to putt. I attribute at least three or four strokes of my score to that distraction.

While looking to kill some time in the Des Plaines area, we found this mini golf course and decided to give it a try. The most recent mini golf experience I had in this area was at Par-​King, so it was obvious that this wasn’t going to be nearly as fun. Plus I think it was more expensive than Par-​King. The holes were nothing fancy, but the scenery was pretty. Without the waterfalls, I’d probably go as far to lower this to one star but it was expensive, not really fun or thrilling, and not very challenging.

they’ve got slow pitch high arc batting cages here… $ 1 for 18 pitches, great for me to shake the rust off before softball season starts! and my teammates can tell ya, I need the practice!

Nicely groomed but nothing fancy. No moving targets, wind mills, two-​part greens. The running water is lovely. A little expensive for non-​residents over 12 years of age ($ 8.50)…

Me likey. Came for mini-​golf. The holes are more challenging than they let on to be. All holes are par ²⁄₃ but we definitely struggled with a few of them (we even racked up a couple 5’s). The course is nicely designed and fairly well-​kept. Water traps, jumps, good obstacles.
I liked: the music, the fact that it wasn’t super-​crowded, the fact that it’s in the middle of a park (so you can take a walk on the trail, use the batting cages, try out the skate park, or play out in the fields), and the concessions available.
I didn’t like: the loud static on the radio sound system, the price ($ 8 for non-​residents could be a little more reasonable), and the fact that some holes had two different cups you could putt to. Holes with multiple cups weren’t marked or connected to each other, which caused for a bit of confusion after our first hit.
I’m coming back!

Came here for the batting cages and was pretty impressed. There are several speeds for baseball (slow, medium, fast, super fast) and there’s also a slow pitch softball cage. It’s not too expensive… I think it was about a $ 1 or so per token/​session. The hours are pretty decent too… I think they are open until 10 or 11 which is nice for us night owls. Bats are free, and they do have helmets (although I’m not sure if it costs anything to rent them because I brought my own [and by «brought my own» I mean borrowed my husband’s sweaty helmet]) and you ARE required to wear them. If I were you, I’d bring some gloves too… my hands were killing me.
There is a skate park behind the cages and some mini-​golf too if you’re into that kind of thing as well. Overall, Mountain View isn’t a bad place to take out some aggression (or have what most people call «date night»).

My son and I had a great time playing these 18 holes. This is my kind of mini golf with sculpted greens and some decent obstacles. We had a blast and it was worth the drive from Oak Park.

This golf course was a ton of fun. I loved playing golf while listening to the waterfalls! The mountain theme was fun. My only complaint was that if you lose the ball in the water… it is gone… and that is very easy to do. The golf course was crowded, but everyone was very polite.
I know they also have batting cages here, but I have not tried it out yet!

Believe it or not, this golf course and the nearby walking/​bike path is a great place to bird watch. Yes, yes, I know it’s a mini golf course run by the park district. I do come here to mini golf, and I do appreciate that the park district is resurfacing some of the greens with new «grass.» Nevertheless, the real reason I mini golf here and not someplace else, besides the close-​to-​home location, is the birds.
I’ve spotted swallows, swifts, ducks, geese, two species of heron, a cormorant, an egret, cardinals, crows, red-​winged blackbirds, song sparrows, hawks, and even some of the feral Quaker parrots usually seen in Hyde Park and Addison. There are the usual colorful finches and chickadees often seen in these parts, plus the occasional harder-​to-​spot migrant species. There are always baby ducks and geese at the right time of year, and the swallows will skim the water all around you as you place your ball and prepare to calculate your number of strokes over par.
I don’t recommend the concessions here, because half they time they’re gross and not even the right temperature. I recommend coming here to become infuriated by a tiny plastic ball, see some wildlife, take a walk, and hit the batting cages. Bring your sunscreen and sit out on the picnic tables by the water so you can watch the birds and fish while you sip a beverage. It’s a great summertime afternoon activity.

A really great 18-​hole mini golf course! The service is great, and there are some really fun holes! I downed it one star, only because of the fact that if you hit it in the water, it’s not coming back! (Compared to Holes ‘n Knolls in Glen Ellyn, IL)