
Mound Course
Mound Golf Course
About this course
Mound Golf Course sits in Miamisburg, a city in southwestern Ohio's Miami Valley, named for the prominent Adena burial mound that rises nearby. The course was designed by Alex Nipper Campbell, a regional architect active in Ohio during the early-to-mid twentieth century. Campbell's work typically emphasized playability and routing that worked with natural terrain, characteristics that would have suited the rolling topography common to this part of the state. The Miamisburg area features gently rolling land shaped by glacial activity and the Great Miami River drainage, providing natural movement and elevation change for golf. Courses in this region often incorporate mature hardwood trees, modest elevation shifts, and seasonal water features. Mound Golf Course serves the local community as a municipal or daily-fee facility, offering accessible golf in a landscape that balances open farmland character with wooded corridors. The course name likely references the Miamisburg Mound, one of the largest conical burial mounds in the eastern United States, which stands as a significant archaeological and cultural landmark visible from various points in the city. This connection to local history gives the course a distinct sense of place within the community. As a Campbell design in a smaller Ohio city, Mound represents the kind of straightforward, functional golf architecture that has served generations of regional players without pretense or national attention.
Quick facts
- Location
- Miamisburg, OH, USA
- Access
- Public
- Year built
- 1935
- Designer
- Alex Nipper Campbell
- Holes
- 9
- Par
- 36
- Length
- 2,789 yards
- Difficulty
- 35.1/110
Getting there
The journey to Mound Golf Course begins at either Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport or Dayton International Airport, both roughly equidistant at thirty to forty minutes by car. The drive north from Cincinnati or south from Dayton follows Interstate 75 through the gently rolling terrain of the Miami Valley, where suburban sprawl gradually yields to the quieter contours of southwestern Ohio. Exit signs for Miamisburg guide you west into a modest city whose name hints at the ancient Adena burial mound rising nearby - a reminder that this landscape has drawn people to its elevated ground for millennia, long before the first fairway was ever carved into its hills.

FAQ
Common questions about Mound
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Mound was designed by Alex Nipper Campbell.
Yes. Mound is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Mound is 36.
Mound plays 2,789 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Mound is 110.
Mound is a 9-hole course.



