Aitkin City Park is home to a pretty typical Park style nine hole course. The course kind of plays back and forth for the most part. The only exception is hole 4 which plays in the east/west while every other hole plays north/south. It's a small park but has just enough space for the nine holes out here without feeling too cramped.

The baskets are Mach II's. These are in good shape and catch alright. No issues when we played here. One basket and pin position per hole.

The tee signs are the old school DGA ones. Very basic but serviceable. Hole #, par and distance along with a basic hole map. If anything these things get you to the intended tee area.

A creek winds through the park and can come into play on a number of holes, though it would take a terrible throw or really bad kick to reach it on most. The only one that actually throws over it is hole 3. It's only about thirty or forty feet to clear it though. The rest just play near the water.

Pretty good design here. About as well as could be done to be honest. There's trees in play on most holes. Not a lot, but enough that you'll need to shape a shot at least. There's a tiny bit of elevation on holes 6,7 and 8 as well. Again, not much, but not totally flat either. There's a nice bridge over the creek that you'll need to use twice to get to hole 3's basket and holes 4 and 5.

Many of the tee signs are long gone. This makes playing the course without a map tricky. Couple that with the fact that there's no tee pads, just grass, and it makes for a tough to navigate course.

The course stays wet for awhile after any rain. It had been extremely hot and dry for days before we played here and there were swampy areas all over the place by the creek.

A number of holes on the back half play over the walking path. I doubt it's too heavily used but it's still not ideal.

Lengthy walk back to the parking lot after finishing hole 9.

Decent little course all things considered. I'd play it if it was close to me but certainly nothing to go out of your way to play. Good course for a small town though, just showing it's age a little bit. Worth a play at least once though.

+Clean park
+Good views
+Water comes into play on a hole and maybe a few more with a bad shot
+Lots of birdie opportunites
+Pedestrians should not be an issue on most holes

-Short course that is very easy besides a couple holes
-A few very bland holes
-Navigating the course the first time was tough

This was a short but fun course in a nice park. There is a nice stream that you see most of the time. You tee off over it on #3. You will only throw the driver once or twice a round.

The crystal clear river adds character to this course and It's a good beginner course minus the confusion that ensues around hole four. This is the only somewhat cool place to hang out in an otherwise dismal, failing, morally depleted town.

Where do I start?! Besides new baskets this course is really bottom of the barrel. Had the designers used common sense there would be many less lost discs, less confusion navigating, and many shots would be more technical.

Please let a real disc golfer re-design your course Aitkin! It could be a lot better.

This is one of the most confusing courses to write a review of I have ever encountered. I'm not sure wether to call it a begginer course, which the hole distances and difficulties justify, or an intermediate/advanced course, which the water on many tees justifies.

This course is in a lightly treed, well mowed and maintained park that happens to have a shallow but fairly wide stream running through the middle of it. All holes are about 220' except for hole 3 which is around 300'. This, coupled with the design of the fairways, which use a few trees as obstacles, clearly says begginer to me. Every hole other than 3 is easily reachable with a putter or midrange by an intermediate player.

The course is clean, has bathrooms, very good signage (see photos), and nice baskets. Hole 1 starts right next to the parking area. The city or an organized person put money into it. Each hole was sponsored.

Many holes have water hazards very near the baskets. Yeah, whine some more you are saying. Given the distances of all the holes this course it is clearly intended for beginners. The problem is that it would be hard to have fun learning disc golf when you keep throwing things into a stream which is the likely scenario for any beginner playing here.

Teepads are grass. Not a huge con on a begginer course.

Hole 9, the last hole, is the furthest place in the park from the parking area.

This course could be fixed very easy, expecially holes 6-9. You wouldn't even need a good designer, just someone that has played for a while and has common sense. If whoever put this course in just makes the teepads throw away from the water instead of towards it and makes hole 9 go toward the parking area instead of even further from it you will have a very good begginer course.

Why is it every time I drive into Aiken a cop car follows me until I get out of my car? I don't have a record of any type and I am old.

New equipment, good for the small town to add new entertainment for the locals.

Couldn't even finish through the course because design was so horrible. Props for the city to put a course in though. Walking back and forth is a pain, hole three to six are confusing. That's when I quit. Should of had certified designers or even people that play disc golf design it.

Meaning to email the city about modifying some things about the course.

-Course uses a great mix of open shots and shots with Trees and Water as obstacles.
-7 out 9 baskets are visible from Tee Signs, making them easy to spot.
-Hole 3 is a fun shot featuring a shot over the stream, and a hard long hook to the left.
-Hole 7 is another great hole, placed behind the trees, making 3 good approaches possible. To the left, to the right, and even through the trees.
-Brand new baskets and Tee signs! Always so much to play with new stuff.

-I am a big advocate of tee pads, not really a con but a want.
-Going from hole 5 to hole 6 can be difficult to find your first time through.
-Sometimes it feels like there is a lot of walking, but considering the space limitations, it is fine.

Great hole for beginners and experts. Challenging enough for good players, and yet has elements that make it fun for new players. Great course!