- Ample parking
- Practice basket near Hole #1
- Clean restrooms near Hole #1
- Large paver tee pads
- Uncrowded
- Trees and branches require "touch throws" and finesse

- No long fairways
- Fern plants on ground captures and hides discs
- Buggy in summer
- Muddy in fall
- Don't plan on additional "ground roll"

Hole 2 (par 3) is uphill and steep. It was recently lengthened. It is now the longest hole and definitely plays like a par 4.

Hole 4 tee box requires an accurate throw through a tight tree gap to a basket in a meadow that is surrounded by a ring of logs. I assume the designer built this as an island.

Hole 6 was recently changed. It is no longer a dog-leg. But they need to install a sign pointing to hole 7.

Hole 8 is definitely a joy to play! The only down slope hole on the course, you attempt to float the disc through trees to a wide landing spot. Tree trunks and overhanging branches insure that is a challenge. If a clean throw is launched, birdie is guaranteed!

Overall, this course is great to play when the conditions are right. The trees keep the wind down. The short holes allow for two circuits meaning you'll complete 18 within 50 minutes. Stay away for a day or two after heavy rains. It gets muddy. Bring your non green discs (or use a spotter) to prevent spending time finding discs. The ferns gobble up stray throws. Most holes require bending, twisting throws (or luck) to weave between trees to land a disc near a birdie "give me". But par is still achievable as shot 2 is usually a pitch shot away.

Ridgefield Craft Brewing Company (3 blocks away) serves up cans to go and makes for a good club house to relax after the hilly work out!

-The awesome 222 foot downhill putt on hole 8
-Nice paver tee pads
-Brand new Innova DISCatcher baskets with hole numbers on the yellow bands
-Practice basket, restrooms and working water fountain between the parking lot and hole 1
-Bright blue and orange signage pointing to next tee pads
-Great toy structures at the park

-No course map available
-Tee pads don't say hole number
-No bomber holes

There is a large banner above highway 501 heading into town which states "We are Ridgefield Resilient". They might be referring to the whole pandemic thing, but after playing the local disc golf course, I think it's best I give some steps on how to become Abrams Park resilient.
Step 1- Bring an entire can of Deet. A sizable scourge of mosquitoes has inhabited the park and they were very blood thristy when my family was there at 4:00 on a sunny afternoon.
Step 2- Leave kids at the park below. Abrams park sits on the edge of a steep hill. It's one of those hills that makes you mad you stopped working out at the gym. Your kids will no doubt complain if you have them tag along through the ups and downs.
Step 3- Survive the understory. We're talking fern city, ivy city and thorn city all in one. I would suggest, no REQUIRE, that you bring a spotter and wear long pants. The paths are cleared, and I'd say the course is pretty well maintained, but much of the rough is nothing but pure Pacific Northwest nature. It may look beautiful to the naked eye, but it just wants to punish you and your disc.

And that's about all there is to it. Make it through without a bite, cut, or lost disc and you can consider yourself Abrams Park disc golf course resilient.

I certainly wouldn't have through to stick a 9-hole course in that location, but I commend the brave folks who put it there. A unique experience will be had!

The disc golf course at Abrams Park plays on the steep hillside up behind the baseball fields. As the course plays up and down the steep hillside you will be exhausted by the end of your round. You can see a lot of work love and effort has gone into the construction of this course. There has been much clearing and cutting of brush to make the course what it is today. The concrete keypads are adequate. The signs are simple but effective and the yellow Discatchers show up well through the forest.

The course is very technical and consistently plays up and down the mountain side. In my opinion, number eight is the signature hole on this course. It plays down a very steep hillside with trees and lots of ferns to gobble up your disc. The lower part of the hole is extremely steep. It plays longer than you think, requires a deft touch and is also very technical. Good luck! This is one of the more creative and unique holes you'll find anywhere

The entire mountain side is covered with sword ferns which are notorious for eating discs. I'm sure you'll spend some time hunting for your discs which were swallowed up in Fern Gully.

The maintenance and upkeep of this course will be something to watch. Maintaining this 3 acre course on this steep hill side will be a challenge in itself. I hope the person or persons in charge of this course are up to that task.

There are no places on this course to show off your arm.

The nine hole course plays at a recreational level.

Playing this course is an exercise in fitness. You will be dog tired when your round is over.

Might be a little dangerous in winter or wet weather. I wouldn't want to be trying to navigate the 8th fairway when it's wet.

Richfield's close proximity to I-5 makes this course an attractive pitstop on your drive between Seattle and Portland. # 8 is worth the price of admission. You'll want to empty your bag here but hunting for all those discs in the thick sword ferns will quickly bring you back to reality and you'll think better of that idea.

As impressed as I am with the development and construction of this course, I am equally concerned with it's continued maintenance and upkeep. The steep hillside will present a major problem while maintaining the course. Just dragging your tools up and down the mountainside will be a chore in itself. I wish you good luck in keeping this course clear and in great playing condition.

New baskets, great tee pads and adequate signage.

Stinging Nettles are not my friend. Finding lost discs is a challenge as there is still much underbrush.

Thanks Myk for getting the City of Ridgefield to back this project.