
Hinckley Hills Course
Hinckley Hills Golf Course


About this course
Hinckley Hills Golf Course is a public facility in Hinckley, Ohio, designed by Harold Paddock. The course serves the communities southwest of Cleveland, situated in the rolling terrain characteristic of Medina County. Paddock, an Ohio-based architect active in the mid-twentieth century, designed several courses throughout the region during an era of golf expansion that brought the game to smaller municipalities and rural areas. The property takes advantage of natural elevation changes common to this part of northeast Ohio, where glacial activity shaped the landscape into a series of ridges and valleys. The routing likely incorporates these contours to create variety in shot requirements and visual interest, with holes playing across slopes and through wooded corridors typical of the area's mixed hardwood forests. As a public course in a smaller Ohio community, Hinckley Hills functions as an accessible option for local golfers and visitors exploring courses outside the Cleveland metropolitan area. The facility serves both regular play and league activity common to municipal and daily-fee operations in the region. Hinckley itself is known for its annual return of the buzzards each spring, a local tradition that draws visitors to the area, though the golf course operates primarily as a neighborhood amenity rather than a destination layout.
Quick facts
- Location
- Hinckley, OH, USA
- Access
- Public
- Year built
- 1963
- Designer
- Harold Paddock
- Holes
- 18
- Par
- 72
- Length
- 6,509 yards
- Difficulty
- 71.1/124
Getting there
The journey to Hinckley Hills Golf Course begins at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), roughly thirty miles north, where the transition from urban sprawl to rural Ohio unfolds in under forty minutes. The drive south along Interstate 71 gradually peels away the city's industrial edge, giving way to rolling farmland and the wooded ridges of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau. As you exit into Hinckley Township, the roads narrow and curve through dense hardwood forests and past century-old barns, the landscape quietly signaling arrival in one of Medina County's most serene corners. Hinckley Hills reveals itself not with fanfare, but with the understated charm of a classic Midwestern daily-fee course tucked into the hills where buzzards famously return each spring.

FAQ
Common questions about Hinckley Hills
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Hinckley Hills was designed by Harold Paddock.
Yes. Hinckley Hills is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Hinckley Hills is 72.
Hinckley Hills plays 6,509 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Hinckley Hills is 124.
Hinckley Hills is a 18-hole course.




