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Gruis Recreation Area The Barn is a 9-hole public golf course in Buffalo Center, Iowa.

It plays 3,230 yards from the Blue tees, slope 114 (checked 2026-08-15).

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9
holes
36
par
3,230
yards (tips)
114
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES375180357542399130399484364142334455463748594PAROUT 1,454 YDSIN 1,776 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 9 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

access
public
address
2724 360th St, Buffalo Center, IA 50424, USA
elevation
1,191 ft derived
opened
1976
on site
restaurant

43.28475, -93.93699 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 9 holes, their lines predicted by a model from USDA NAIP aerial imagery and numbered against the scorecard. Its greens, fairways, bunkers and water are predicted the same way. The course outline is predicted too, drawn around the predicted holes and wide of the mown ground, so the real property line may sit wider or tighter.

33 features across 6 layers for Gruis Recreation Area The Barn, all 33 predicted by a model, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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33 features across 6 layers for Gruis Recreation Area The Barn, all 33 predicted by a model, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

© OpenStreetMap contributors · Holes and outlines predicted by a model trained on OpenStreetMap data · GeoJSON

Holes and outlines predicted from USDA NAIP imagery · Contains information from SatlasPretrain, which is made available under the ODC Attribution License

9
Holes · predicted
7
Fairways · predicted
6
Bunkers · predicted
1
Water · predicted
9
Greens · predicted
3,230yds
Blue tees
542yds
Longest hole
130yds
Shortest hole

All 33 predicted by a model from aerial imagery, hole lines and edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-10-21

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 3 tee sets par, yardage, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 3 rows.

BlueM363230114
WhiteM362964110
RedF362839113

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789 Total
Par 434543454 36
Blue 375180357542399130399484364 3,230
White 355169298485381124372424356 2,964
Red 347160279468363118353413308 2,839
Handicap 7111753151139

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Gruis Recreation Area The Barn hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard and 33 of its features, all 33 predicted by a model, but not a model of every green, which a plan aims at.

It plans 4,579 courses hole by hole today, and it charts your bag anywhere.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

See the courses it plans Open the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Gruis Recreation Area The Barn's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Gruis Golf Course (0.2 mi) · Hillside Golf Club (13 mi) · North Kossuth Golf Club (14 mi) · Britt Country Club (14 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn IowaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest3,230 yds=152nd of 302=9,827th of 12,025=3,108th of 4,105 public courses · =5,453rd of 7,004 courses you can book · =424th of 1,791 9-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 114=130th of 201=7,510th of 8,710=2,264th of 2,882 public courses · =4,062nd of 4,936 courses you can book · =580th of 972 9-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread391 yds between tees=208th of 286=10,596th of 11,523=3,419th of 3,841 public courses · =6,005th of 6,653 courses you can book · =1,145th of 1,640 9-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1976=167th of 229=5,176th of 9,368=1,598th of 3,277 public courses · =2,803rd of 5,526 courses you can book · =981st of 1,347 9-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level1,191 ft derived 82nd of 319=2,528th of 12,437=908th of 4,289 public courses · =1,631st of 7,274 courses you can book · 525th of 1,830 9-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress3 of 6 built

3 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 3 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, not built yet.We don't have a course rating or slope for this course yet.
  • Course map, built.All 9 holes and their greens are drawn, predicted by a model from aerial imagery and shown over it.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole's line of play is predicted from aerial imagery, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along that predicted line.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.4 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect, a phone number and the grass on the greens.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-15. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Nearby courses

Gruis Golf Course

0.2 mi · public · 9 holes

Hillside Golf Club

13 mi · public · 9 holes

North Kossuth Golf Club

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Britt Country Club

14 mi · Britt · semi-private · 9 holes

Bear Creek Golf Course

16 mi · Forest City · semi-private · 18 holes

River Road Golf Club

19 mi · semi-private · 9 holes

Garner Golf and Country Club

21 mi · Garner · private · 9 holes

Algona Country Club

22 mi · Algona · semi-private · 9 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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