Indian Camp Creek (know by locals as ICC) is a mostly open 18-hole course located in the northwest corner of St. Charles County, putting it on the outer edge of the St. Louis region. This is one of 3 18-hole courses in and overseen by St. Charles County Parks, and has a polished design that can offer a fun round to a variety of skill levels.

ICC's location is right off of Highway 61, about 7-8 minutes north of the I-64/I70 junction, making the park very accessible from that direction. If your GPS has you come from the other direction, be wary, as the directions may take you into a nearby subdivision; that happened to me my first time going to ICC, and the subdivision even has signs at the entrance of their road saying "This is not Indian Camp Creek Park". I highly recommend coming from HWY 61- the convenience is worth it. There are no gas stations or restaurants near the park, but there are plenty further up the highway from either direction if you need snacks or drinks.
Note that the course is very deep into the park once you arrive. After a couple of minutes driving on the 2-lane road, you will enter a loop road that's one way. From here, it's about a 5-minute drive to the course itself. Just keep going, and parking will eventually be on the right for the course. When you notice a silo structure and a tall chimney to your left, the parking lot you want will be the next one on the right.

In terms of park amenities, saying ICC offers a lot might honestly sell the park short. The park is just over 600 acres, and offers plenty to park goers throughout that land, including camping, fishing, 8 reservable shelters, playgrounds, and a group camping area great for larger groups. The park also has 10 miles of multi-use trails for hiking, biking, and even equestrian use. As you drive through the park, you will see different parking areas for different uses, giving park goers plenty of land to enjoy. This includes the disc golf course, as the course never intrudes on other park activities. The park also has bathrooms throughout, including one next to the parking lot for the disc golf course.

The course equipment at ICC is top notch. Next to the parking lot, you will find a course bulletin board and a practice basket that offers a large amount of space to practice putts from. The bulletin board typically has scorecards available. Just across the road, you will find hole 1 along with the rest of the course. Each hole includes 2 grippy concrete tee pads, a tee sign for each pad, and 3 pin placements on each hole. Each tee sign is complete with a graphic of the hole layout, locations for all 3 pins, which pin is in use, distances, and the direction of the next hole. It's nice to have 2 signs that each show the distances to the pin from that specific tee. The baskets are Mach 3s, and are in great shape after 8 years of use so far. They are also powder coated orange, and stand out very well. The colored baskets throughout the St. Charles County Parks courses is one of my favorite things about each of the 18 holes; it would be nice to see more courses go this route when they are able to.

The course design has a ball golf vibe to it on a large percentage of the course. ICC's defining design feature is open mowed fairways surrounded by natural prairie grass OB. 15 holes on the course have at least 1 side mostly lined by prairie grass, and many of the holes are fairly open with a small number of trees serving as obstacles in the fairway or guardians to pin placements. While many holes have limited trees, elevation helps provide more variety on the course. 14 is a fairly open hole, but plays significantly uphill for added challenge to drives. On the other end of things, 11 plays significantly downhill, requiring intentional drives to make sure you stay in bounds. Some open holes have better obstacles than others, with hole 4, 10, 16, and 17 coming to mind as ones that require careful placement of drives and/or approaches.

The course also has 3 wooded holes, which all play short but provide challenging placements. 13 is probably the biggest birdie opportunity on course but can punish errant drives. Hole 7 is also short, but has challenging placements including an elevated pin on a tree stump. Overall, the course is very open as long as you stay on fairways, with elevation changes playing a big factor in providing variety in how the course plays. The fairways throughout the course are tight enough where you need to think before you throw, as any disc that lands in the prairie grass is OB and can be hard to find when the grass is at its thickest. The parks department does a great job of maintaining the fairways, and also included clear paths between holes, as well as an occasional path back to the parking lot from different parts of the course. As a whole, navigation is pretty easy at ICC

The course difficulty at ICC comfortably covers a wide variety of skill levels. Newer players will find some nice challenge from the short tees, as this course can provide great practice with drive placement. Intermediate players will likely be able to shoot low 50s from the short tees, with the long tees providing more challenge in terms of distance.

Course highlights for me would have to be Holes 1, 11, and 18. Hole 1 is wide open, but makes for a fun opening hole to ease into the round. 11 is straight downhill for up to 480 feet, and is a a great opportunity to rip a drive for max distance into the green. 18 is also a great downhill hole with 2 pins guarded inside the tree line, providing a fun hyzer drive opportunity for RHBH throwers to end a round.

ICC's course design mostly has one particular vibe to it with the open fairways, and it fulfills that vibe very well. That being said, despite having 3 holes with a more wooded focus, the course can feel repetitive. The elevation changes help to a degree, but as a whole, you can get away with a limited variety of shots at ICC. As a RHBH dominant player, I never felt uncomfortable with a backhand shot on course, with hole 15 being the one time I thought about a forehand drive. The open shots are fun, but if you're looking for variety between open and tight fairways, this probably won't be your favorite course. Hole 5 is the first hole where the opening drive felt different from the previous hole, with hole 6 providing the first genuine change of pace during a round here.

The tee pad locations add to this downside. Some courses that provide multiple tees have tee placements that add a lot of variety, whether that be distance changes, the angle of shots from different tees, or elevation. At ICC, the only difference between the two tee pad locations for the most part is distance, with the long tee being placed behind and in line with the short tee. Some holes, like 9 and 16, genuinely provide an added challenge or different shot requirement other than distance, but for most of the holes at ICC, my shot or drive doesn't change much from one tee to the other.

I think most of the pin placements are okay for newer players, but keep in mind that some pins top 450-500ft, which can be daunting if you don't have much distance behind your drive yet.

Given how open the course is, the lack of shade can be a factor in how comfortable playing here. St. Louis summers don't play around, and you'll be wanting more shade than this course provides in July and August. Play your summer rounds earlier in the day!

Some folks will not like the prairie grass on the course playing such a large role. I personally do not mind it, and appreciate it from an environmental standpoint. That being said, it can get very thick when it's fully in season, making disc finding challenging if you aren't 100% sure where you drive landed. If you aren't a fan of prairie grass, this course will not be your cup of tea.

Overall, Indian Camp Creek is a very fun course that disc golfers of many skill levels can enjoy. The openness of the course makes for a fun, fairly stress-free round; the lack of variety in shot requirements and hole design is the main thing that keeps me from rating the course higher. That being said, this course still provides a lot of fun, and is a strong addition to the St. Charles Parks Department, and St. Louis disc golf as a whole. Tim Wiegard did a great job with the course design and it's use of the open land.

If you want to make a day of disc golfing, Quail Ridge is just down the highway and provides a great wooded golf experience to compliment ICC's openness. If you have the time and stamina, you can add New Melle for the St. Charles 18 trifecta, as it's just down the road from Quail Ridge.

If you would like more information on Indian Camp Creek or any of the other St. Charles County Courses, check out the St. Charles County Disc Golf Club on Facebook. They hold several tournaments and leagues throughout the year, and are a great resource for information and help out a lot with upkeep for all of the courses in their area.

Smokin' Aces is a pro shop that is also within 10 minutes of ICC, just off of the I-64/I-70 junction. They have a great selection of discs, bags, carts, and other accessories. They're worth checking out and giving some love to, especially if you lose a disc in the prairie on your round.

If you live in the area, make sure to add ICC to your wish list, as it's a great course secluded in an expansive park that feels miles away from civilization. Any nature lover will love the setting of this course, and will likely enjoy this park as a whole in addition to the disc golf course itself. For golfers visiting the area, I'd recommend New Melle and Quail Ridge first when it comes to St. Charles area courses, and others if you're closer to St. Louis proper. That being said, if this is the weakest 18 course in your parks department, you're certainly doing something right.

The usual: dual concrete tee pads, multiple pin placements- all marked on the excellent signage. Benches at every hole- courtesy of an Eagle Scout project.
Great blend of open holes, wooded holes and some in between. Good use of elevation.
Very easy to get from hole to hole as paths are mowed to direct traffic.
Couple of holes come to mind:
#6 real short, but tough dog leg left.
#15- far pin placement tucked to right side buried in the trees.

I'll echo other reviewers here: don't care for the long grass along most of the fairways. I guess for "championship caliber" it lends to narrower fairways with the grass as OB, but for a middling player like me, I prefer to play it where it lies. That's really the only con to the course in my book.

This was course #100 for me, played it with my 17 y/o son on a 90+ degree day in St Louis!!! That said, I enjoyed it about as much as I could given the heat!
Would definitely welcome a return visit.... As listed in the pros... couple of holes stuck out, most of the rest were not memorable. Overall rating is about right, I couldn't give it a 4, but enough did to balance it where it needs to be at 3.75.

1 - Nicely defined fairways.
2 - Nice little surprise on one hole!
3 - Fairly good layout and well marked.
4 - Area of park the course is in is dedicated to the course.
5 - Benches at every tee.
6 - Nice park overall.

1 - Most of the basket numbers are facing the wrong way.
2 - Rough can get pretty rough.
3 - Most baskets are installed too low.
4 - Pretty repetitive.

My feeling is that minus three or four holes this course is geared toward distance players. Also most of the course is wide open, so I could see wind being a big factor.

Wide open, beautiful prairie land with lots of challenging out of bounds. The parks department has done a great job installing and maintaining the course, including placing large boulders around tee pads, bridges, adding water holes and drainage, walking paths and continuing to plant more trees for shade/obstacles. There are both Pro & Am tee pads with 3 pin locations for each hole along with attractive, informative tee signs that include "Next Hole" information. The reclaimed cedar tee posts are an aesthetic plus.

There are quite a few nickel plates that are not visible from the fairway because the baskets were installed backwards. Also, once you finish the hole there are a few places where it is difficult to know which direction to go next. That said, a new player could find their way through this course relatively easily without assistance.

Though this course was just installed in 2013 it has the fit and finish of a course that has been in the ground for 5-10 years. Bathrooms, signage, kiosk, parking lot and practice basket are nice.

This course didn't go in until everything was ready for it.
It went in with 2 sets of concrete teepads, and 3 pin placements on each hole, and benches and trashcans ready to be put in. As well as some top notch tee signs at both tees on every hole.

The tee signs have a diagram of the hole that seems pretty accurate, and there is the usual bolt system to denote which location the basket is in.

Seems to be in an area of the park that is only really used for disc golf.

The multiple tees and pads will make it fun for both the newbie as well as the experienced pro, and allow for a change of pace if you play the course all the time.

The DGA baskets are bright orange and almost impossible to not see.

There is a kiosk and practice basket by the parking lot. The kiosk has scorecards (currently just quail ridge cards hopefully that changes), and a giant map of the course.

When playing the course as intended with the tall grass as OB it can be somewhat difficult. There are some elevation changes, but nothing to extreme.

The wooded holes add some change to the wide openness of the majority of holes.

Course flows pretty well, but next tee arrows near the baskets would be a nice improvement

The area around the practice basket is kind of tight, and could be over crowded really easily.

If the entire course is set up short it seems like it is just a bunch of straight/ hyzer shots unless you really want to throw some other shot. Hopefully some variety is added by moving some of the pin locations in the near future.

The prairie grass is pretty thick and can make finding a disc difficult. Spent a decent amount of time searching for a few miss throws.

There seemed to be tons of poison ivy and ticks when you got off the beaten path.

It is a long drive to the back of the park to get to the disc golf course.

Everything was set up in the A and B position due to the inaugural tournament and an attempt by the parks dept. to get new people into the game.

I will update this once i play the course a few more times and add some thoughts on the longer placements.