Findlay, OH

Riverbend Disc Golf Trail

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MrFrosty
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 31 years 764 played 386 reviews
2.50 star(s)

A Trail Mix 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 6, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

Riverbend Disc Golf Trail is kind of a question to an answer . This is supposed to be setting for the Song " Down By The Old Mill Stream " . The course neither comes into contact with a stream , nor is it part of a trail . There is plenty of parking at the beginning of the course , and bathrooms are at the parking lot .
Walk to Big Oaks 3 at the side of the lot . This first hole is right behind the building .
The Equipment : There is a nice kiosk with a map on the front of the Big Oaks 3 building .The cement tee pads are about 3 1/2 ' X 7' .Some of these holes have 2nd and longer tees . The signage is okay . A large hole # is on it , along with distance and par . The baskets are yellow banded Discatchers and in good shape . The course could use some Next Tee signs . Print or take a picture of the map .
The Landscape . The park was mowed , and in good shape when I played . The first hole is a flat 200' toss around some trees with a mound if you throw too far right . There is a mount you throw off of at hole #3 . , And that is all for the elevation . It is incredibly flat . There is a side of a pond that could come into play on the right of hole #2 , but no other water on the course . There are some baskets that are tucked into some spots with tree protection , but other than a couple of holes after #9 , where it is a tight lane shot , the course is park style and has open spots in most fairways .The course kind of goes clockwise in a nice park .
The highlights : The course plays short and was uneventful for the first several holes . It opens up a little with a 423' open fairway shot on #7 , then doubles back with 311' #8, which is a drive that is open to the left , but the basket is tucked into a tree/overgrowth line to the right . #14 is a tight 335' shot with trees growing out close to the fairway that will knock your disc out of the air if you don't throw a rope down the middle . You will cross a bridge on the left of the road to throw your last 3 shots to a more serene setting to the park #16 has a tree/brushline to your left and the basket under some trees at about 300' , #17 is a throw with rough to the right and the basket tucked behind some bushes to the left t 276' .
Signature Hole : Finishing hole #18 . 500' There is low brush on each side of the fairway , and the green is tucked into a grove of trees .
Time : It took me around an hour to play the course . A group of 4 could get through in about 2 hours .
Disc Risk : Moderate to low . Easily taking the pond out of play on 2 , you might have to look into some overgrowth if you chuck a bad drive , but I had no problems .
The course is flat , easy on the legs , and has enough variety in right and left holes to make it interesting .

Cons:

#1 Navigation : You better print a map or take a picture of the kiosk , or you will get the full walk of the park . Even the walk from #1 to 2 ( go left of the lake on the path ) can confuse . More Next Tee signs are a must if they purchase anything else for this course . The walk from 15-16 would be a crazy guess for you . A lot of walking that includes crossing a bridge and heading left on a path .
#2 Safety : People at the pond on #2 people in the park here and there , and you crossing the roads in a few spots . These are a few places that can pose a risk to both you and park users that won't even know that there is a disc golf course around .
#3 Amenities : No benches , No practice basket that I saw , maybe bigger tee pads , and Next Tee signs . A shelter after 18 and near the bridge would be great .
#4 Lack of challenge . Good players will eat this course alive Most holes are under 300' and not technical , and only 2 courses are over 400' . No elevation and lack of obstacles and water

Other Thoughts:

The course is not going to WOW you in any way , but I don't think it is going to disappoint , either . The variety might make up for the lack of challenge here , and increase the Fun Factor . The park has some nice trails, has some extras and is a nice drive after your play . The course designer did a pretty good job with what he had to work with .
My Recommendation : Riverbend is more beginner friendly . This ia a good course for the newbies and not bad for the families utilizing the park . Locals should have a good time here along with the 1 discer . Anybody intermediate and up will not be overly impressed , but maybe have some practice here . More likely , they will head up to Panther 335 20 minutes away . This course is only about 6 miles from I-75 , which is a decent stop for the traveler to stretch and a great stop for the Course Collector to grab this and Firestine Park .
Don't go much out of your way , but this is an okay stop for a weekday round or just to try a different course .
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DiscinOhio
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Experience: 10.8 years 199 played 190 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Hectic 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 29, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

+ Riverbend DGT winds through the grassy open areas a busy park with most holes catering to beginner/intermediate players.

+ Nice tee signs and baskets. Every hole has a concrete tee pad.

+ Solid mix in distances ranging from under 200' to Over 500'. Most holes are wide open.

+ Practice area, restrooms, and more right at the beginning of the course.

Cons:

- It's a pretty easy place to throw for anybody but a beginner. Not much in terms of elevation change or tree coverage.

- The amount of pedestrian traffic is ridiculous! Skipped 1-3, 11, and 16 due to kids playing in the fairways. A trail may hold up play as well. Much too hectic for my taste.

- The flow is a little strange in the beginning. You start off with a weak hole under 200', then walk all the way around a lake to get to #2.

- A few holes are close together, and may result in the crossing of fairways.

Other Thoughts:

Great place to bring the kids, but the disc golf trail is way too busy with other pedestrian traffic to make me want to stop back. Maybe try playing in the rain or snow, because it's really a torturous round otherwise.
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KINGDUCK
Experience: 15.2 years 57 played 34 reviews
3.50 star(s)

open and fun 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 12, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Fun course to play
-open course hard to lose discs
-lots of short holes
-nice park with facilities

Cons:

-first teebox confusing
-hard to play in winter months
-some brush very sharp with thorns
-little confusing to get aroud
-walkers in way

Other Thoughts:

Nice beginner course to learn game
-can imagine hard to play during certain months
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tonyfaurot
Experience: 7.5 years 17 played 15 reviews
4.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 23, 2016 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

played twice on December 23 2016 had a very nice time....played it even par second time around,,,4 over first time around....only been playing for a few months now....very nice park along a river.....nice hole layout...nice tee pad and signs.

Cons:

i had no cons when i played ...i had the place mostly to myself for late December....but as nice of a park and all the trails i bet it is busy other times of the year and i would guess mosquito's could be bad during the bug season.

Other Thoughts:

one of my favorites of the 10 courses i have played so far.
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lildragon
Experience: 28.8 years 110 played 19 reviews
2.50 star(s)

So-So 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 3, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Concrete tee pads
- Some alternate tee pads
- Quality baskets
- Nice big tee signs
- Clean park
- Practice basket
- Restrooms

Cons:

- Most holes are just straight on
- No pictures on the tee signs, but not really needed as per above...
- Somewhere along the back 9, in the early teens I think it was, the place became crawling with grasshoppers and crickets. At first I just found it funny, but it just got worse until it felt almost infested and every step you took there were 15-20 things jumping every which way
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jeremy45840
Experience: 13 years 8 played 2 reviews
3.50 star(s)

A little of everything 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 2, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Nice long tee pads.
-Practice basket
-Resterooms
-Plenty of entertainment for non-golfers.
-A little bit of everything for everybody
-Nice variety of holes/ course layout, short easy holes, long bomer, hyzers, rollers, virtyally anything.
-Well maintained course in a nice park.

Cons:

Park is part of a natural flood plain, and does at times hold water.
-Prairie grass is breeding ground for mosquitos.
-Trees on some holes on back-nine are too low making it difficult to drive.
-Fairways could be a little wider in some places.

Other Thoughts:

A nice course where local tournaments are typically held. The front nine is a breeze, but watch out for the back nine, and those trees. A fun, challenging, amazing course on any day. They even let you finish on a good note with an almost 600 foot par 5.
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kinger
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 14 years 101 played 101 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Jumbled 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 26, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

~Amazing park with plenty to offer any visitor
~Signs, baskets, tee pads, paths are all high quality
~Easy navigation and a decent flow overall
~Solid mixture of holes, a handful of pro tees are a bonus
~Good use of the land provided

Cons:

~Busy park activities will factor into some areas of the course
~Too many short straightforward holes takes away from the challenge
~Some places are fairly swampy
~Overgrowth could eat discs during the growing season

Other Thoughts:

Visited on a windy late morning the day after Thanksgiving and was immediately impressed as soon as I crossed over the covered bridge into the park. The layout of the park is astounding with plenty to offer any group or family. Numerous playgrounds, trails, paths and interactive kiosks to keep non-disc golfers busy while the course is played. Practice basket and proper signage direct you to the start of the trail and from there navigation is simple due to ample signage. The first couple of holes are nice short warm ups with some trees that come into play. Unfortunately after that the next handful of holes play across from each other in a small wide open clearing. All of these are putter holes and are very disappointing. This could also be a disaster if the course is busy since they play in a circle next to each other. After that the course starts to improve with some long open drives mixed in with wooded holes. A decent amount of variety adds to an overall good layout. The last few holes seem detached from the rest of the course and play by a river in an area that appears to be subject to flooding. I played when the vegetation was not an issue, however it appears the areas along many of the fairways is allowed to grow during the warm months which may be a disc searching disaster if you can't throw straight. Wider fairways would probably be helpful. Most likely I will revisit during early Spring and late Autumn while visiting the area. It's a pleasant course all in all, however I wish it provided a better challenge.
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bygwyllay
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 16.9 years 93 played 77 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Amateur Hour 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 21, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

Park it was in reminded me of a Metropark, but it was free so I'm not mad. Pretty standard fare throughout; the shining holes were the ones along the pines...beautiful in there. holes 7-9 I think? Signs were clearly marked, although I found the distances to be a bit deceiving. Easy enough to follow, although there were some long walks between a few of the holes as it fed you from one section of park to the next. Bright yellow baskets and double-chains were a nice touch. Concrete tees on every hole.

Cons:

My biggest complaint here is what I'm naming the "Field of Wuss". #1 and 2 start off great (although #2's fairway was underwater), but then starting with #3 you are led around a clearing where no shot is over 200' and it's the exact same line along the brush every time. It goes like this: Tee pad in the brush a bit...a little tunnel then out into the clearing...basket along the edge of the brush. for four straight holes. We even played the "pro" tees on these which would've been challenging. if we were 12 years old. I don't understand why this Field of Wuss exists, as all of the other holes are great holes. This clearing did not jive with the rest of the course AT ALL and frankly was amateur hour. There seemed to be plenty of room to expand into the brush/woods around this area...not sure why that didn't happen. it would add another type of hole to the course as well as be a bit more challenging. i consider it a wasted design opportunity.

Other Thoughts:

Holes 16-18 under water due to the flooding this week. Actually had to drive through the river running over the road into the park to get in...hope that receeds soon!

Overall it was fun but lacked good mojo. Maybe on a summer day the shots by the lake and back by the river would be nice...just seems to me it wasn't designed very well. Seemed like they fit these holes in where they could and left it at that. Rather boring, looking back.
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Nateut
Experience: 12.8 years 16 played 2 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Interesting Walk In the Park! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 24, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Plays throughout a very nice park southeast of Findlay. Be prepared for a lot of walking (but at least the view is nice)!

- Cement tee pads with Innovia baskets at each hole. Most holes appeared to have both Am/Pro tees (some freshly poured).

- Front 9 has quite a few ace opportunities. Back 9 features longer holes and narrower fairways which increases the difficulty a bit.

- Very nice metal signs guide you along the trail and greet you at each tee.

- Very scenic if you enjoy walking around the outdoors. Course itself is well-maintained.

Cons:

- Last three holes are a little bit of a walk from the rest of the course. With a little more creative thinking, I'm sure they could move them onto the other side of the river. When it rains a lot in the area, I'm sure these holes become pretty much unplayable.

- Not a problem during my visit, but I could see mosquitos becoming a big problem during the wetter months.

- Not much in the way of elevation changes.

- Tee boxes were shorter than I'm used to, which took a little getting used to.

- A few of the pro tees didn't appear to add much more than 10-15 feet in distance to the hole, and didn't appear to change how someone would approach the hole.

Other Thoughts:

All in all, an interesting way to add a disc golf course to a park that already features a lot of other amenities. I definitely plan to revisit this course again next time I'm in the area with my discs.

There was some construction (bridge across the river) on the path to hole #16 that caused some confusion.
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Foofoohead
Experience: 21 played 21 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Findlay Area 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 24, 2011 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Cement tees and great baskets!
Mix of trees and open holes.
Mix of long and short holes.
Dual sets of tees on many holes.
Nice park setting with plenty of parking.
Great hole signs at each hole.
Well maintained park.

Cons:

Some of the tees are short.
Not much elevation change.
Narrow fairways on several holes with high grass.
Some construction causing miss direction of trail.

Other Thoughts:

A really nice layout in a nice park.
There is a little too much distance between several holes. Must be why they call it a disc golf trail.
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Endloader
Experience: 2 played 2 reviews
3.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 11, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice course in a park setting. A lot of the holes are par three so good for beginners but also very challenging with the narrow fairways

Cons:

Holes 12 through 15 have fairways about ten feet wide with tall grass and trees on each side. Not a good course if you don't like to walk.

Other Thoughts:

I'm used to playing at Carter park in bowling green so this was a really nice change if pace and scenery.
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jchlody
Experience: 16.6 years 9 played 8 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Riverbend 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 14, 2011 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

-mostly open holes offer good practice
-good variance on distance
-some very technical holes
-some good holes to "let it fly"
-plenty of other things to do at this course

Cons:

-small chance of losing a disc in the brush on some of the holes
-if the park workers haven't mowed recently the fairways can become a problem

Other Thoughts:

I really like this course and it is only about 20 miles from where I live so its nice to go visit from time to time. It starts out kinda slow, but gets better as you play through. I will definately continue to visit this course frequently to change it up a little.
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naturegolfer
Experience: 3 played 3 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Enjoyable but Buggy 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 21, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Great scenery, takes you throughout the whole park. A great variety of shots for varied skill levels.

Cons:

Lots of mosquitoes from late spring through summer. Poison ivy is a concern. Lost a disc on 5 to the brush and poison ivy.

Other Thoughts:

Fun to play and relax. Always love going to Riverbend
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xxdestroyerxx
Experience: 13 played 3 reviews
2.50 star(s)

river bend 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 30, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

Good mix of forehand and backhand shots though a big park.


Cons:

short holes that are easy and without much obstacles on most holes.
the rough is overly thick in the summer .
nothing that makes this course stand out ,the hole design is boring .
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bobhopesghost
Experience: 2 played 2 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Cut the Grass 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 12, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

Vary nice park with playgrounds and pavilions. some technical holes and some wide open long drive holes

Cons:

the course would be extremely easy if they maintained the grounds better. However when i played the fairways were 4 ft wide (one swipe with the lawn mower) surrounded by waist high grass, brush and thorns. The mosquitoes are out of control here

Other Thoughts:

I was very disappointed with this course. The first few holes were well maintained but all close to very thick woods. the later holes were surrounded by such thick grass that that if you don't hit the very tight fairway plan on spending some time digging through a variety of waist high grass, thorns, bushes and reeds that are also a massive mosquito breeding ground. So bring a machete and the bug spray.
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Zigzaggler
Experience: 42 played 14 reviews
4.50 star(s)

Zigzaggler 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 24, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

This course is HUGE 1.8 miles from start to finish. Plenty of "big arm" holes and some great control shots!! The concrete pads (pro and am.) on most holes. The park is beautiful and clean with plenty of other things in the park to make for an entire day of fun.

Cons:

The ground is flat (as is most of northern Ohio) Most holes have open flyways with very few trees.

Other Thoughts:

A great course to play and a great park to spend the day!! A return trip is in order for sure !!
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andrewkh
Experience: 16.7 years 54 played 27 reviews
4.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Oct 7, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

A good mix of forehand and back hand shots with varying distances from about 150 to 480. very well maintained for most of the year. Plenty of chances to get birdies on front 9 to get your score down for the more difficult back 9. riverbend offers many other things to do besides play disc golf including hiking trails, volleyball courts, dog park, and several play grounds. also, several restrooms and water fountains are spred along the course

Cons:

Most of the park this course is on is maintained as natured wildlife preserve area so if a disc goes astray it can sometimes be very hard to find in some very deep rough. In the summer months mosquitos can be very bad. aside from a couple of very small hills this course is completely flat

Other Thoughts:

other then in the very middle of summer when everything is over grown and the mosquitos are out in full force, this is an extremely fun course. very good layout!!!!!!
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hoyle7780
Experience: 32.1 years 16 played 15 reviews
2.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 16, 2008 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Well maintained in the spring/summer months, nicely mowed fairways, nice tee signs, Huge parks with tons of ammeneties, bring the whole family here.

Concrete tee's


Cons:

Short, Open & EASY are the 3 best words to describe this course, front 9 are open and very eaisly 2able, with the exception of #7 (400ft)

Park is heavily used & somtimes closed due to activites going on.

#16,17,18 are sometimes unplayable if the river floods

Heavy brush on allot of holes make for lost discs

Mosquito's are out of control in the summer

Course has 0 elevation

Some holes have pro tee's but most do not?

Other Thoughts:

It's a fun course to play, but kinda far from 75, mabey a 10 or 12 mile hike.
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