Great use of elevation and woods. Beautiful landscaping and regularly maintained. Pro shop on site. Enough holes and alternative layouts to avoid some backups. 27 fun holes. It's free

Can get congested on the weekends.

The Canyons at Dellwood Park is a must play, as simple as that. This is one of the most scenic, picturesque multi-use parks I have ever seen. With a historical background to the park itself (the parts of the course between the canyon walls used to be a lake!), a feeling of serenity comes upon you as you enter the Canyons and you haven't even thrown a tee shot on hole 1 yet.

This course has it all, and then some: absolutely stocked pro shop on site (packed with some incredible folks), several practice baskets to allow for warming up, an abundance of parking, bathrooms, benches, garbage cans, you name it. The amenities offered by the LTPD and Dellwood Disc Golf are second to none.

Getting into the course itself. 27 holes with numerous loops available to construct a convenient 9 or 18 hole round for your enjoyment. Holes 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 & 18 offer two basket locations in at all times for you to select which pin to play. Almost every one of the original 18 holes have a long tee pad. The options are endless and the course can be configured to suit all levels of play.

I think the coolest aspect of the Canyons is that you will argue with yourself when it comes to identifying a signature hole. There are multiple. From the hole 16 Canyon shot, to Hole 4 offering a quite unique and scenic downhill death shot. One of my favorites is Hole 6A, a dog leg right Par 4 with a colorful mandatory in the middle of the hole, playing along a creek the entire 480' of tree infested fairway with the basket perched on a mound.

No real cons to speak of here. The park district is the most responsive and proactive group I have EVER seen. They address issues before they are even problems on the course.

The only thing I can think of to add here is the famous Yogi Berra quote "This place will never make it, it's too busy!!!"

If you live in the Chicagoland area and have not made the trip out to the Canyons, PLEASE venture out and play the best course Illinois has to offer, however YOU want to play it. Be sure to buy something from the shop and say hi, they are very friendly people!

Far and away the best course I have ever played. Everything that is so great about this course has been said already. I cannot imagine the amount of time and effort the people who maintain this course put into it. I cannot wait to go back.

Only complaint...the walk from 18 back to the parking lot. And that is nit picking. Because all we could talk about on the walk back is, how playing any of our home courses is going to be so underwhelming now.

If you plan on playing all 27 holes, do not take your cart. You have to cross a creek a couple of times on some big old rock steps through the water, and there is no real easy way to get the cart across. I started with my cart, and after going up and down some pretty nice wooded hills/hiking trails to get to the Blue tees, I dropped the cart off before hole 6 because it was more work than it was worth to have the cart.

Great mix of holes. 27 holes and counting.
Top-notch condition, even in bad weather.
Clear signage.
Pro shop on site (fabulous).
Great use of elevation and water hazards.
Just beautiful.

None.

Go play it!

Very well maintained, great course design, great signage, pro store, varying difficulty with each shot, High tees/drives. Creek and beavers to avoid on some holes

Some areas are a little slipper when wet, especially around the basket at hole 1.

Love the new 2 long, and 6 b,c,d holes. Beautiful, clean, good mix of lefty, tunnel, and righty holes, lots (11) of big elevation changes which, for me, is the best part of the course and how it differentiates itself from other great courses. A good mix of tight woody holes and others with more room to let it fly.

It is great having bathrooms on site, a disc store with snacks/refreshments, and the pavilion area with picnic tables. I also appreciate the practice basket as well and lots of parking with two lots, one paved and one gravel for overflow.

More benches to sit on.
8c has some glass and other junk outside the circle but near the pin that needs more cleaning up than I could do.
Getting to the long hole 2 is a dangerous uphill trek.

With so many carts being used it would be great if there were small bridges over the creeks instead of large stepping stones. It is a great workout and one of the harder courses to do two rounds on due to both the elevation/hills and the number of holes. If you don't normally carry a snack this is a good course to bring one due to the length or just stop by your car between holes 12 (the 20th hole) and 13.

About the reviewer. I played over 90 courses in the last 2.4 years, so I actually remember and this is the second best course I've played, with Flip City being the best (#3 in US).

Impeccably maintained course, with everything a disc golfer could ask for. Playing this course demands you to use ever shot in your arsenal. Elevation, water, trees, and open space make this quite a diverse course. With multiple tees and very well manicured fairways this course is a favorite for Pro AND Rec level players.

More benches and garbage cans maybe? Really hard to find any cons without severely nitpicking.

There are several great courses in this area, but when I am traveling to Joliet to visit my spouse's family, this is always the course I want to battle. With the dedicated work crew out here, I would not be surprised to see this course skyrocket into the top 10 or 15 in the country.

Great mix of holes and shots required nice elevation changes. Bad shots will be punished by the abundant water hazards. Very well maintained.

A little bit of a walk between some holes. Not the best course for beginners but that's not really a con to me.

Having played a couple hundred courses around the country the canyons course is as good as I've played and were lucky to have it in our area. If your in town and only have time to play one course it has to be the "canyons"

The Best course I have ever played ever. (currently around 120+)

-Good baskets and T-Pads
-Very scenic with memorable holes
-Excellent elevation changes
-The most mulch I have ever seen on any course
-Long, Short, tight, open, left, right, up, down, my head is spinning.
- This is the best course in the midwest, not even Illinois. What more is there to tell?

- Too busy because it is so awesome.
- Every time I play there are groups of 7+ all playing together.

Truly one of the best all around courses I've ever played or seen. Immaculately kept and marked. This course is both beginner friendly with red tees and easier pars, and also expert friendly with beautiful and challenging tee shots and greens cruising through forests, stream made valleys, and over vast prairie fields. The course signs are SO fresh and well marked. The tees are all concrete. Every tee has a mulch path to the basket. Around every basket is a mulch green. The grass fairways are all perfectly maintained and your disc is visable from a distance. Some highlights of the course are hole 4's pro tee's elevated canyon shot, hole 6a's dog leg right tunnel shot to a small mound green, some consecutive technical woods holes, back to back open field holes with mowed OB, a cliffside down hill tee off 16, and an under bridge, over creek, through a window tee on 18. So much variation of shots and types of holes. I've played some woods courses that over do it and every hole begins to feel the same, same with open courses. But this has a perfect mix of left right and straight holes. I'll certainly be traveling back to Chicago to play this course.

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Most well marked and well maintained course I've ever seen. On the Internet, in person or otherwise. Perfect condition all the time.

-Tee signs on every hole are very detailed and informative. They show the location of the next tee position as well.

-There are numerous signs throughout the park as well that guide you to the next tee position when needed. Should not have any problem finding your way around.

-Garbage cans and benches are placed on almost every if not every hole. Giving the player a chance to relax and enjoy the scenery while out throwing some discs.

-The course is constantly in great conditions thanks to the hard work of the Lockport Park District. Grass is cut often in the summer and they have even plowed fairways for us in the winter! Most of the brush is kept fairly under control throughout the entire course. Mulch is laid out on most fairways as well giving the player a clean walking spot.

-The baskets are the Mach X baskets which are some of the best in the biz. All of them have number plates on them as well so you will always know you are playing the right hole. There is also a practice basket near the parking lot with cement circles 1-9 to practice your putting.

-Overall just an amazing course to play and it has been so much fun watching this course develop over the last two years. It offers a great mix of backhand and forehand shots. A great amount of technical holes that will test your ability and patience as well. Hole 3 plays uphill and then you get rewarded on hole 4 as you throw off a hill to a basket tucked in front of a creek with OB long and to the right the whole way. Hole 5 also plays with a tiny creek running to the left of the fairway. Hole 9's basket always tends to be the most photogenic hole on the course with another creek running to the left of the basket. Hole 16 is a fan favorite as you are throwing down a sledding hill with the basket right against some of the canyons.

-6 new holes!?! Thanks to more dedication from course designer Sean Callahan, The Canyons now has a 6A, 6B, 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D. The new holes give something for everyone and should not be missed!! 6A will challenge your ability to pure a straight line at 350 ft and then 6B gives you a basket 250 ft away surrounded by mulch and a 20-25 ft ring of mini boulders. 8A plays as a really tight straight downhill shot about 275ft away. 8B plays as a sharp left turn off the tee box, you'll need good control though as the rough on the right can be tough. 8C is a straight shot with a decent fairway and guardian tree just before a little drop off to the basket. 8D plays as a anny/forehand line with a skinny tree blocking your shot. You'll need more precision as there are trees blocking an easy shot at a two.

-The Canyons also provide long tee positions for holes 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, and 17. They also will occasionally move hole 12 and 13 into a longer basket position with future plans of adding four new additional basket locations.

-This course can see a lot of golfers at peek times. Everyone wants to play it and with good reason. Some of the longer walks to the next basket can provide a good breakup of golfers though.

-Parking can be difficult when the main lot is full but the park district is already building another parking lot. (temporary con)

-Some of the creeks can get very high when it rains. You can normally retrieve your disc in the water on any given day. However, if there is some bad rain for a day or two this creek can really turn into some raging water. You will not be getting a disc back if it goes in the water. It should be pretty obvious if the creek is raging or not. The water drains fairly quickly though and does not happen very often so do not be too discouraged of it.

One of the top three courses in IL as far as this disc golfer is concerned. The Joliet area already had some good disc golf courses with Trinity Links, West Park, Highland, Community Park, etc.. but this one really stands out. People are starting to get word and are traveling from all over the Midwest to play this course. Don't be the last one here!!!!

A lot of the people walking in the park have been very friendly to us disc golfers and often spend a few minutes learning about the game and talking with you. Makes for a truly enjoyable day.

Gorgeous views all throughout the course, bring your family, bring your dog, bring everyone to The Canyons!!

Great Variety of holes. Challenges all players. Loved the terrain and different variations of elevation that come into play. Terrific placement of a few tee pads forcing you to make a decision to play between trees or around.

If you don't like to walk this course is not for you. Not a con to me,but you will walk quite a bit here.

Can't wait to get back and play again.

What an awesome course. They did a great job on the desing and use of elevation.
- Very beautful Course/scenic
- Couldnt have chosen a better play to put a course
- Holes are placed perfectly arond tree placement.
- Great use of natural structures.
- Tee sings are perfect and point you to the right direction.
- Each sing tells you where the next tee box is.
- Versatile to both left and right handed players.
- Awesome mix of long rippers and short placement shots.
- Has a pavilion for hosting events.
- Awesome job is using the canyon for tee shots.
- Course flows well.
- never a whole your will look at and be "oh god"
- Mach X baskets are a big plus.
- Super Super clean.
- woodchips prevent from tee box areas to get muddy.
- cement pads are in perfect condition.

- More benches would be helpful.
- Windy days don't play well (8- 12)
- super packed at times because of how beautiful it is.
- Parking looks as if it will become a little better with it expanding.

- Concrete Teepads

- Mach X Baskets

- Easy to navigate because of all the signs along the paths that point you to where the next hole is.

- Good mix of short and tech, with long bombers.

- Absolutely beautiful old park. Even if I didnt go there to play disc golf, I would still be happy just to walk around and look at the park.

- A lot of fun holes with some challenging elevation changes

- Challenging holes that play along side a creek, which makes for the possiblily for some scoring seperation if you are off of your lines.

- There are a few holes in which you have to throw over pedestrian walkways. I see this becoming an issue in the future with some idiot golfers out there.

- There seems to be multiple parking lots around the park, which can lead to people parking at different ones and just starting at the closest hole. So there could be a lot of people cutting in at random places.

This is now my favorite course in IL. The course is absolutely beautiful with a lot of fun and challenging holes. Yes there is a bit of walking to do around the park but it did not bother me in the slightest. They are in the process of making the parking lot bigger. You can tell that who ever disigned the course put a lot of thought and hard work into making the course what it is today.