Los Angeles, CA

Elysian Park - Buena Vista Hill

Permanent course
1.925(based on 6 reviews)
Moderately Hilly
Lightly Wooded
5 Holes
5 Baskets

Elysian Park - Buena Vista Hill

Course conditions:

  • Unplayable
  • Bad
  • Decent
  • Good
  • Perfect

5 practice holes on a grassy hillside with great views of Los Angeles. An adjunct to the main course (Chavez Ridge) in Elysian Park. Elevation and scattered trees. BRING the map to navigate. Note - this practice course is helping this area of the park transition to clean recreation - please pick up trash. *Feb 2021 - LA City Covid 19 Hiking rules are in place. Use masks, maintain at least 6 feet in distance and no large groups.

Note - original 12 hole course redesigned - now only the Downtowne 5 hole layout is playable - 3,4,5,6 and 7 (see the map). Parking GPS is by tee #4 and 1st tee GPS is at tee #4.

Designer(s): Dave Hadder and Cliff Towne
Year established: 2018
Multiple Tees / Pins: No / No
Par Info: 15
DGCR SSE: [ ? ] 10.8
Rounds Recorded / Average Score: 5 / 12 5 / 12
Tee Type: Concrete
Hole Type: Baskets
Discs lost: 1

Location

Elysian Park 501 Buena Vista Dr Los Angeles, 90012 California
Local Directions:

110 south; exit Academy (near Dodger Stadium). At 2nd stop sign, right on Solano then quick right at light on Park Dr. by the park maintenance yard. If on 110 north, exit at Solano Ave., right on Amador, up hill and veer right (becomes Solano) to a right at the light on Park Dr. Go into the park, past tennis courts and restrooms to a right turn up the hill. Right at the top onto Park Row Drive. Drive a quarter mile, past Chavez Ridge DGC and the houses on Park Row and over the bridge above the 110. Go straight (past the right turn down the hill) and down past the grassy basket studded hillside on the left to park where the road widens below #4's tee.

Latitude / Longitude:
34.075055, -118.228313 degree
Hole #3 Tee
Hole #3 (Taken 6/2018) Flight Weaver
Par / Distance: 3 / 235ft.
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