My ideal practice range can be found at Windsong Farm in Minnesota. Just copy that.
No luck with range pictures on website or Google search. What makes it special and why would you pay to practice there?
Different angles from which to practice the long game (including wind directions), large short game areas to practice different types of shots around the green (both from fairway height and deeper rough), several bunkers to practice both greenside and fairway bunker shots, multiple target greens and fairway areas to aim at, and ProV1s. The practice putting green is very large and features both relatively flat areas and some pronounced slopes, so you can practice most of the different putts you’re likely to face on the course.
Ironically - shovels will go in place shortly to alter our range. Hopefully it will improve a bit although I think the primary motivation is to increase the size of our parking lot which fills up during events.
I have grown to love having Pro-V golf balls when I practice. It seemed like a useless extravagance when I joined but I now really miss them when I am somewhere else.
I have a number of particular additional things I like that may or may not be practical depending on the situation:
1. Sufficient turf - really this consideration trumps everything else. I like it when courses use the grass in front of the tee on wet days
2. Ability to vary wind direction
3. Ability to see the ball land
4. Targets at regular distances - I do not need target greens, signs works fine. I just want to know how far my shots are flying. I tend to deceive myself otherwise.
5. Ability to practice sidehill lies - I have not seen a range that does this well
6. Wedge target with distances marked at 10 yard intervals - Not sure this is needed in the era of rangefinders but Windsong's range used to have this and I loved it.
7. Mowing patterns to approximate a fairway for hitting driver
8. Good Mats - I do not love hitting from them, but so much turf gets torn up on wet days that I think they are good to have even on ranges with plenty of turf. I also like them when trying to do drills because you can hit from the same spot repeatedly.
9. Drinking water available