Van Buren Recreation Area Golf

Every green at Van Buren Recreation in Keosauqua, Iowa traced contour by contour, with fall lines, daily pins, and live wind in the GolfCore app.

Van Buren Recreation drawn from GolfCore's traced course vectors — fairways, tees, greens, bunkers and water, in the app's own colors. This is the same geometry the app maps a round on.
9Greens Mapped 85Elevation Contours 9.5%Steepest Slope 9Holes 36Par
Green contour map of Van Buren Recreation in Keosauqua, Iowa — 85 elevation contours at a 3-inch interval with fall-line arrows, traced from 1-meter lidar
One of 9 mapped greens at Van Buren Recreation, drawn from GolfCore's contour data baked from USGS 3DEP 1-meter lidar, in the same colors the app uses. Elevation bands run cool-low to warm-high; white lines are contours at a 3-inch interval, and dark arrows point down the fall line.

The course, by the numbers

LocationKeosauqua, Iowa, United States
Address2000 Van Buren St, Keosauqua, IA 52635, United States
Phone+1 319-293-3451
Websitevanburencounty.iowa.gov/golf-course
Holes9
Par36
Greens mapped9
Elevation contours85
Contour interval3-inch
Largest green elevation span3.7 ft
Steepest measured slope9.5%
Course mapTraced hole by hole
Wind modelingLive wind grid, 16 directions
Tree canopy1-meter canopy height model
Course data updated2026-09-01

The card

Hole 123456789 Out
Par 544345443 36
Yards 423279328228354471412359134 2,988
Hole Par Yards
1 5 423
2 4 279
3 4 328
4 3 228
5 4 354
6 5 471
7 4 412
8 4 359
9 3 134
Out 36 2,988

Hole data is what GolfCore holds for the course's layout. Clubs correct their own data in the app.

What GolfCore has for Van Buren Recreation

GolfCore's library covers Van Buren Recreation Area Golf green by green: 9 putting surfaces traced with 85 elevation contours from USGS 3DEP 1-meter lidar. The steepest measured slope on these greens tilts at 9.5 percent — the difference between a putt that dies at the hole and one that runs four feet past.

In the app, players and caddies read the same data live on the course: contour bands with fall-line arrows, wind simulated at the player's position, and pin positions that clubs on GolfCore set each morning. Van Buren Recreation Area Golf is one of more than six thousand courses GolfCore has mapped green by green.

For clubs, the same system runs the tee sheet and the caddie yard — assignments off real tee times, SMS confirmations, and a caddie network that spans every club on the platform. Read how caddie management on GolfCore works.

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Staff at Van Buren Recreation can claim this course by signing in with an email address at the club's own domain. That sets the club up on GolfCore with you as an administrator.

GolfCore maps courses from public elevation data and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Van Buren Recreation. Represent this club? Request changes or removal through our contact page.