The Highlands of Elgin is a municipal golf course located west of the Fox River in Elgin off I-90 at the State Street exit.

The layout has scattered trees along the broad, mounded fairways bordered by tall prairie grasses. There's a more than a liberal amount of sand traps abutting the fairways and guarding the greens with multiple ponds, lakes, wetlands, and streams in play. There's 5 sets of tees, the Golds are at 6,365 yards, 71.1/130, course/slope ratings, redesigned and a new nine holes added through a former stone quarry by Keith Foster in 2003.