Pros:
Scioto Hills Camp is a Christian Camp in Wheelersburg . Make sure you have prior permission to drive onto the camp grounds because you will be asked by several staff members what you are doing here . Drive all the way up the hill and turn right as you approach the lake and park up at the main office and check in first . The staff here are both courteous and friendly . They have maps of this 9 holer in there, so if you forgot to print one out , they will hand you one . The grounds are well mowed and kept . The baskets are your basic one , with numbers on all of them . One small mention . There is some nice stone masonry around the pole to each basket , which was a nice touch . The tees are grass with white 2 ft tall numbered posts for you to throw between . There is no other signage here . The course plays very short and fast . Port O lets are located left of the fairway on #5 . The course starts about where you turned your car right before the lake and next to the lake building . You throw over the road onto the hill next to an office with some bristly smaller trees blocking the basket . You then walk around the office to hole 2 , which is a right to left short bender around a set of 2 per civil war era looking cabins . I threw way wide of the cabins which basically canceled my chance at a 2 , but at least I didn't chip the cabin ( please don't hit it ) #3 is down the hill and throws into a sort of back yard to another office/house , with a tree immediately behind it . #4 is a downhill drive around yet another house ( YIKES !!! ) right to left . I would discourage throwing over the house as it is a blind hole and you might catch a kid or a parent or staffer that walked out in the yard. If you immediately walk down the rock steps to your right , you will see #5 tee which sits on a small hillside and throws out to an open fairway to a basket . overthrow the basket and you will land in some terrible rough . #6 is a drive that takes you past the mailboxes to the basket near an entrance . #7 is a drive with a side of a hill on your immediate right on your fairway with an animal pen flanking the left fairway ( OB ) , and a tree that comes into play near the basket . You don't want to throw into the pen because the gate is locked and you will have to climb the fence to get it out of the weeds in there . Go up the hill to your right and you throw down to the basket which has orchard looking trees blocking the fairway . #9 is up the hill to your immediate left . It is a straightaway drive with some rough on either side of the fairway and a canopy of trees overhead . The parking lot is down the steps and across the street . This course plays in 30 minutes or less for a solo player and can be easily followed once you get your bearings straight . I am guessing that this course is mainly for the campers here , giving them yet another camp activity to pursue . No signature holes , but a fun course nonetheless . An okay amount of elevation is here .
Cons:
#1 Private , but certainly understandable . The course is off limits during camping season and is by appointment only . Call ahead or email them first for permission and be nice . This course was intended for the campers to begin with . #2 It is kind of tense throwing so close to offices and houses for the first 4 holes , especially #2 with those old cabins to the left .
Other Thoughts:
This was a nice course and made me with that they had disc golf around when I was these Kids' age . I had a chance to tour the grounds and was impressed with how many activities were here and how great the grounds looked . Camps like these are very underrated , giving kids ( and adults ) structure and team building in a whole and religious setting . The course is fine , an introductory to disc golf for youngsters , some travelers , and am betting that a few of the counselors may trow a round or 2 during their free time . My recommendation : Unless a course bagger that happens to be in the area , or a nearby newbie that knows a staff member , you might not drive out of your way on this one . It sets pretty far off the beaten path ( literally . I drove through a mile or 2 of gravel road ) . THANK YOU , SCIOTO HILLS CAMP FOR ALLOWING ME TO PLAY YOUR COURSE . If I lived close to here , I would have taken my child to this camp .