January 2023 update***

-Variety of open, wooded, and meadows course. Mostly flat with a few slope holes. A ditch that can have water comes into play on a few holes.

-white a good beginner's course, red can give a good challenge. Pro tee's challenging and fair.

-As of August 2022, brand new baskets bright orange. Some have been moved from original location by a short distance offering more of a challenge. ***Baskets easy to see thru the woods, distance extended on new placements for holes 3, 5, 11, 14-15, and 17-18. More difficult.

-good signage with distance and posted map on forward/white tee box, distance stamped on pole back/red tee box.

-in wooded portion of course, someone is taking the time to sweep off the leaves from the tee pads.

-I've seen a handful of Deer holes 6, 12 thru 16. I'm normally there shortly after sunup.

-good navigation on course figure 8 counter-clockwise F9, clockwise B9, didn't need a map.

-I'm LHBH, and the course is very friendly on my side.

-From the bag on the tee good variety to match variety offered by the course.

-a ton of leaves in the wooded area thru the winter month, some piles a few feet high.

-After a good rain, holes 1-2, 9, and 17 can be soggy. Grass is normally too high on those fairways.

-Pro tees a mix of natural, rubber matt's, carpet, turf, and concrete can be difficult to find. Check my wall post for location.

-I've only spotted two of the forward blue tee's holes 2, and 5.

-It can be a struggle for the parks dept to keep the grass mowed. #2 fairway I've had grass up to my knees a few times.

-I've never have lost a disc on the course, but never a week goes by without somebody posting a lost disc mostly in the woods.

-27 rounds now played, and I still enjoyed the course, and it meets my criteria for favorite course: Scenic, variety, fun, for beginners and gives a challenge for more experience, memorable, and the majority of the holes are unique in some way
. The new baskets are a plus!

- The white tees are a birdie festival for experience players. The red provides a challenge with distance added on, and all are par threes. The Pro tees will stretch you out.

Featured Holes:

-No. 3 238/289 ft. throwing from open tees, thru a 7 ft. gap in a fence with the basket in the woods. Basket is about ***40 feet into the woods, surrounded by trees, the woods make it too dark to see basket from the tees. If you make the gap good chance for an Ace you won't see, fall short of the gap and over a 4 ft. fence, still good chance for a birdie.

-No.5 231/283 ft. is a dog leg right with heavy woods on right, and a small stream on left with moderate trees. The fairway is 12-25 ft. wide and slopes to the stream. The fairway runs about 50 feet from the basket area, which opens up, and hooks right behind trees. Easy recovery hole.

No. 8 Red 211 ft. the stream runs at an angle from right 30 feet to left at 100 ft. Heavy trees directly in front. Another LHBH friendly hole, but the gap is only about 12 ft. wide for 120 ft. For RHBH a sliver of about 6 ft. for 40 ft. I've only made my gap twice, but for righties, eh, I've thrown a few extras to check your side, and have never made it. Make it to other side of stream, not hard to recover.

No. 15. Red 353 ft. There is a line of heavy pine trees both sides of white tee pad about 100 ft. out. The gaps are all small 10-15 feet. ***To reach basket must hit one of the left gaps staying to the left of a bundle of trees in middle of fairway about 250 feet out. About 40 feet from basket another line of trees fronted by a small ridge less than two feet high. Gaps less than 10 feet, basket is open in C1. LHBH and RHFH have best chance to reach basket, right side of fairway to basket would be difficult.

No. 16 Red 239 ft. White is on a separate fairway and that's the fairway the basket is located on. Red fairway runs parallels to white. There is a nasty row of large Christmas type trees, and a few busy other types of trees that separate the fairways. There are two gaps to choose from to get over to white's fairway. The first one is just 60 feet down, requires a hard right to left. Not so bad in the winter, but very difficult with foliage in the summer. The second gap is about 180 ft. down, an extremely difficult gap to hit. But, hit the brakes straight down, and you have a 10 ft. window to the basket for a 50. ft. putt. Red fairway as you get closer to second gap, narrows to about 15 feet. Pick your poison.

-my favorite part of the course for scenery is 12 thru 18. On 12 you're transitioning from lightly wooded to a more meadows/forest, gently sloping type of environment with large pines and bushy trees. This is where I've spotted the Deer. It gives tranquility. I've found on other courses as well.

Signature Hole:

No. 12 From the Reds at 410 ft you're transitioning from a small open area, as you get halfway down the fairway trees start showing on the right, a service road with small wooden fence on its left. As you get closer to the basket a slight dogleg left down a gentle slope, the fairway is green. About a hundred from basket several large base pines, and tall surround the basket. Bigger than what you played thru on the wooded portion of the course. It gives you a feeling you're now walking into a meadow/forest area. Behind the basket were Deer, as seen several times. As I was walking past the white tees, is when I had that feeling of tranquility gazing down the fairway.

Trouble Hole:

- No. 6 from the reds at 345 ft. It's a straight throw from tee to basket. About 150 feet down your flying over the white tees, gap that closes at 30 ft., 250 feet downward to a gully that probably has water after heavy rains, then the last 100 feet up hill to the basket. On the flight path which is very narrow maybe 25-50 ft in some places are heavy trees to the right and left. The gully has those same large pine trees I describe on no. 12 that protect the basket interfering with an approach. With foliage, a much more difficult hole. The hole has a tunnel vision effect.

I love the variety of this course. It starts out with park-like hole, then a big open-field heave, then it cuts into the woods for a number of short, tight, technical holes, after which it emerges back into a park-like setting for the remainder.
The wide variety of holes allowed me to work every shot in my limited arsenal (I am 53 years old, and have been playing for 2+ years, with my drives maxing out at about 330'). The hole lengths were reasonable enough (we played the red tees) that I could take a chance on a newly-learned shot (like a putter turnover), and still have a chance at par if the shot didn't work out.
We were playing fast, and several groups let us play through without us asking.

Very flat. If you're into elevation changes, this is not your course.
I had one spot where I sunk in the mud, and there has been no significant rain around here in weeks. I think this course could be a real slog if there was a lot of recent rain.

There are only a couple of holes where you can bomb it. If you are one of those players who are only happy when you have multiple opportunities to air it out at 400'+, you won't be happy here. For me, though, it is close to ideal.

The location is great. It is in a state park area so there is plenty to do for the family while you are hitting the chains. So far, everyone I have met that plays there has been very friendly, and there is no stress of playing in or letting people play through. They have tournaments quite regularly to help the disc golf community network. The course has a few challenges, but as a beginner, I find this course to be very fair. It seems like I learn something new every time I play. The routes are mostly clearly marked. Hole 9 is super fun for a long throw through the trees.

On the weekends, the park does get pretty busy. Not only do you have a lot of Disc Golfers (who are never a problem), but there is inevitably a family picnic, family reunion, whatever and parking gets a bit packed at those times.

I have never seen this, but a deer stole a disc from me at 4 the first time I played here. I laugh about it every time I go out there.

If anyone reading this is going out there, and you find a rainbow Innova (I think) out there, my buddy had it stuck in the tree. Tree to the left of basket 16. Email address is written on the bottom. Thanks!

Great variety, well maintained, lots of park surrounding course, throwing pads for both white, and red tees are great.

Needs just a few more garbage cans along the way to help keep it clean. Would also be nice to get some signs for the red tees so you can better judge your distance on those holes as well.

This is a really fun course, great location just outside the city, and very close to a military base. I really enjoy this course as it has both the holes that allow you to really see how far you can throw it, but also has some nice skill requiring holes to follow that up. Some great nature trails, and very often some deer walking the park with you. Great fun, challenging course.

-Great park close to town
-Multiple tee pads
-Multiple tee locations
-Great signs
-Some long holes
-Some short
-Beautiful park
-Amazing wildlife
-tough lines to hit but high risk with high reward
-Easy to navigate
-requires accuracy and ability to hit tight spots at a distance.
-Big tee pads
-Good course for beginners
-Great course for seasoned players

I didn't have any unless I just wanted to be picky.
It's simply a great course.

I've played 40 courses now in about 8 different states and this is one of my favorites.

Great mix of wooded and open. Very easy to navigate around. Multiple tee pads on every hole.

Not a lot of sloping, a lot of holes are similar distances, not a whole lot of challenge.

This course is great for beginners, you won't lose discs, you can play multiple rounds in a timely fashion.

Long shots and technical shots. The first three holes on the front nine will lull you into a false sense of confidence, be ready to dial it back when you get in the woods. On hole three if you don't make it through the gate you will have to work for your second shot. With the fence gone back nine is wide open. If you need a confidence builder play the back nine first. If you are over sixty you do not need to pay to play.

The park gets a lot of use with special events. They shut the course down two or three times a year. It is best to call ahead on the weekends. As with any course in the Tide Water area you need bug spray in the spring and summer. You have to drive all the way to the camp site check in on the other side of the lake to sign in.

They have a great tourmanent in November. Check web site for dates.Very well managed. If you want to take the step up in to competion this is a good place to start.

This is a very enjoyable course. Perfect course for a beginner in my opinion. The wooded sections are fairly difficult, and force you to actually make some pretty difficult decisions instead of just throwing and hoping for the best. The landscape is great, the moderate hills and creeks were awesome. There are wooden fences on some holes that play pretty interestingly, because you can't cut through low under the trees. Oh and they also look cool.

Aside from the course itself, the land is well maintained and the amenities are sweet. Some of the best graphics of the hole I've ever seen are displayed at the tee box of each hole.

The only negative thing I can really come up with is that it is a bit short, but that can easily become a pro if you happen to be in a rush and just want to get a round in.

Favorite Hole:
#7, Par 4
There is a tree right in front of the tee box that forces you to make a decision right off the bat, pretty cool.

#17, Par 5
First hole I ever eagled, so maybe a bit biased, but aside from that there is a nice creek running in the middle of this hole and it has a nice down then uphill to it.

This shorter course is a very nice complement course to the New Quarter course just down Interstate 64, which is very long.