Holes 2,4,5,6,7,10,11 are all decent enough disc golf holes.

Difficult to find some baskets as there is no line of sight to the basket such as Hole 1,8, and 12. Some of the holes I stated as "decent" are still so uphill that they were not particularly "fun". Also, the pin placement seems to be inspired by RHBH players. What about a left-handed player? You better throw forehand or you will be most likely searching for your disc.

Dirty! I realize this wasn't a new park built around disc golf and instead of a nasty place that with the introduction of DG they are trying to clean up but still there is trash everywhere. I read about this place being a gay hookup spot and didn't think anything of it until I came across single men walking through the course and parked sitting in their cars or standing outside of them. The designers didn't have much to work with and they made due but this course is just not ready for a new player nor would a veteran have any urge to play it.

Elysian Park - Buena Vista Hill's big brother, Chavez Ridge, is a good and respectable 18 hole course that's had a good reputation since 2006, which is rated 3.42 with 51 reviews.

There are some nice elevation shots at Buena Vista Hill which will test your touch skills.

There are some tight lines along paths that will punish you if you miss with downhill roll aways and/or you will get lost in the woods with thick brush.

There are nice views of the city if you stop to enjoy them.

Missing or poor tee signs. On several occasions we found a tee pad, but were not clear from the course map which basket we should be throwing at.

There were some tee signs, but they were not accurate, which made navigation very difficult, even with the map.

No hole number on the baskets. Just this one improvement would drastically improve navigation.

Two important notes on the information page are worth repeating here with emphasis:

1. "Note: Disc golf is helping this area of the park transition to clean recreation." The point of emphasis here is "transition to clean recreation" since it hasn't turned the corner yet. It is not "clean" here in any sense of the word yet and that gives a bad vibe. There were a lot of people around, none playing disc golf besides us, and the atmosphere was not friendly.

2. "June 2018: Formal tees signs are not yet in place" Even with the map we were lost. Maybe they'll have signs eventually that will help you navigate, but my "poor" rating of 1.0 is for what it was on July 16, 2018, not what it will eventually be. So if it improves then I'll update my poor rating.

There are only twelve baskets listed, but I did not find 8 and 9. I suppose we could have searched more but by that time we were ready to get out of there.

As stated in the information page, this is a recreation course, which is only useful to warm up the better players before they go to Chavez Ridge. This is not a good place for beginners, which is what you'd expect for a "recreational" course.

Elysian Park - Buena Vista Hill is a good idea. Having played the Chavez Ridge course I looked forward to this new addition. I was disappointed, however, by the confusing layout and the overall bad feeling here. I'm hopeful in time that it will turn the corner and become what it was envisioned to be. It's just not there yet.

And be prepared for some up and down hiking since this is playing around a hill.