Cool Crest Golf Course

World-class mini-golf Mecca provides challenging fun for the \r whole family.

History
Opened in 1937, Cool Crest is dripping with atmosphere and kitschy appeal. During the time of the year when this place is actually open, it's heavily populated with...

Posted by by Contributor at Citysearch on August 18, 2003. Brought to you by Citysearch.

Editorial review from Citysearch

Wait only a few months. My family just purchased this wonderful San Antonio jewel. The Metzger's left a wonderful legacy and we hope to bring it to its original lustre and honor them.

Posted by by mitchella253579144 at Citysearch on January 22, 2013. Brought to you by Citysearch.

Gone But Not Forgotten

Average Rating

80

I have pleasant memories of this once beautiful and challenging mini golf course. The atmosphere of the place made you feel like a trip back to the 1950's era. A nostalgic time set in a tropical landscape, complete with a flowing stream, music from the '40's-'60's playing, and the building, furnishings, and sign all dating back to that period. My parents would take me and my sisters there on a warm Summer Friday evening as children in the late 1970's-1980's. We would stop for an Ice Cream cone at the nearby Baskin-Robbins before heading over for a family night out at the golf course. ...

Posted by by PhineastheGreat at Citysearch on June 20, 2010. Brought to you by Citysearch.

Memoryville

Average Rating

100

My sisters husband was stationed at Kelly in the late 60's. I was around 10 at the time and everytime I visited San Antonio from my home in Kansas, I made sure she took me here. When I moved to San Antonio 2 years ago, one of the first places I HAD to visit was Cool Crest. It may be showing it's age but I loved my visit and was flooded with memories. This is a place that MUST be saved from extinction.

Pros

+ ambiance

Posted by by ryderdrumr at Citysearch on February 28, 2009. Brought to you by Citysearch.

flowers from the concrete cracks

Average Rating

100

I'm so happy it's still open, most of the time it looks closed. Friends and I have prematurely mourned its demise accidentally. But it is not long for this world; the owners/artists are one-of-a-kind and not spring chickens. I think they live there. It's their world, and I'm happy to be allowed in.

Cool Crest is by far the best mini golf I have seen in my 43 years: big pecan trees, teeming bananna trees, purple vincas growing from the cracks in the sidewalks, wafting strains of ""...is that some Hawaiian Johnny Cash music?"", more than I can recall; the (w)hole far exceeds the sum of...

Posted by by photonjet at Citysearch on July 29, 2008. Brought to you by Citysearch.

Cool Crest rocks

Average Rating

100

God this place rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If only it was open more often. I have not had the pleasure of taking my kids yet. If they would like, I would offer to help assist in the operations of this facility in the summer. I live right down the street from this heavenly haven and it seems getting into Heaven, Hell, or Jail is easier than this wonderfully situated place. This place is just the best minature golf course in San Antonio, maybe Texas and/or the United States. Let's start a petition with the city of San Antonio and get these wonderful people, who had a Minature Golf Course...

Posted by by patricklopez234 at Citysearch on July 14, 2008. Brought to you by Citysearch.

Cool Crest Golf Course can be found at Fredericksburg Rd 1400. The following is offered: Tourist Attractions. The entry is present with us since Sep 9, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In San Antonio there are 31 other Tourist Attractions. An overview can be found here.

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