(3.208 Rating) A rolling meadow prairie style course with one fully wooded hole.
- RAW BEAUTY - Rolling meadows, backdrop forests and defined fairways cut though tall prairie grasses. There are lots of wild flowers dotting the landscape and it makes for some gorgeous scenery. I played nineteen different courses on this road trip and I rated this one as the second most beautiful of the bunch.
- HOLE 12 - The one non-prairie grass shot on the entire course and it is spectacular. Please, please, please more of this.
- CHALLENGING - Much of the challenge here is going to be the wind and fear of losing a disc. I could see a gunslinging Advanced player murdering this course, but also a Recreational player being raked over the coals. I enjoyed the challenge as a weak arm Intermediate level player.
- FRONT TEES - This appears to be a recent upgrade. Newly installed large concrete paver pads for the front tees.
- CHAINS - Nice MachVs that were all in good shape.
- COURSE MAP - Excellent course map between the parking area and tees (1) and (10). The tee signs however are too basic, being just wood with a hole number.
- NAVIGATION - I like how the course does two nine hole loops back to the parking area. It gives first time players the opportunity to count and see if they have enough courage and discs left to tackle the back nine.

Don't throw in the tall stuff.
- PRAIRIE GRASS - I lost a disc on my first throw. Walking up to tee (1) and staring down fairway, I decided to go back to the bag and grab a throw away... just in case. I could tell from the tee that the grasses and weeds were shoulder tall and thick on the left the whole way. I did not want to risk it. This is why it's always important to bring throw-a-ways on road trips. Anyways, this is not the only hole with prairie grass. It unfortunately is in play on 17 holes. Hole (1) was one of the worst spots thankfully, as many areas are only waist high and thinner. I found the stuff three other times and generally found the disc in 1 or 2 minutes. The fairway cuts through the tall grasses are generally 40 feet wide or more, for most of the course.
- LOST DISC POTENTIAL - Obviously a much higher chance than normal due to the con above.
- NOT BEGINNER FRIENDLY - I brought my family with me, because I read that the course was lightly wooded on the info page. Whoops. They did not like the course and I spent a lot of time in the tall grasses looking for their discs on what I thought were wide cut fairways.
- MISSED OPPORTUNITIES - A fully wooded hole like (12) could have happened a lot more. Yes it takes more work to develop this style of hole, but the pay-off is worth it IMO.
- BACK TEES - The back tee distances typical add 50 to 100 feet to each hole. Great for those that want to bomb shots over the open prairie. Unfortunately, when they recently upgraded the tees, they only did the front set.
- UNIQUENESS - As noted, the common theme is prairie grass. The island green on (4) and the tunnel shot on (12) were the only curve balls.
- TIME PLAY - Not a quick bag. I figure an hour and 15 minutes for quick solo who can keep it in the fairway most of the round.
- PAY TO PLAY - Apparently they take photos of your license plate at the gate of the park entrance, as there was no attendant. I think I paid five dollars a couple days later online. There are instructions on small takable cards at the gate.

I played 3 prairie style courses on this road trip and Heritage Trails was by far my favorite of the 3. Obviously for those that don't like this style, I would advise them to stay clear. However, for those that like to air out shots or for those that like beautiful rolling hill courses, this could be a good course to play.
- STRIP MINE - I researched a report that this park was going to be turned into a strip mine. All indications I found is that the proposal was abandoned.