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Forest Park Golf Course occupies public land in Valparaiso, a city in Porter County that sits at the edge of Indiana's Dunes Country — the southern shore of Lake Michigan where glacial activity left behind a landscape of rolling terrain, sandy soils, and hardwood forests. That geography shapes the experience here in ways a scorecard can't capture: tree-lined corridors, natural contours, and the kind of setting that makes a municipal round feel like considerably more than a utilitarian outing.
As a public facility, Forest Park serves the everyday golfer — the Porter County regular who wants a fair, walkable round without a private-club price tag. Courses like this form the backbone of local golf culture, and in a region with genuine golfing density (northwest Indiana and the southern Chicago suburbs support a serious golfing population), that role matters.
At par 70, the layout plays shorter than a regulation par-72 track, which typically means fewer par 5s and a premium on iron play and accuracy rather than raw length. It rewards course management over power, making it accessible to a wide range of players.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue · men | 5,843 | 68.6 | 122 | 70 |
| White · men | 5,642 | 67.5 | 120 | 70 |
| Red · women | 5,178 | 70.5 | 121 | 72 |
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