There's a lot of acorns on the ground, which makes it feel like you're tripping with rollerskates on. Otherwise, course beauty is in peak form.
Opened in 2006, the course takes its name from three fishing lakes and a healthy deer herd in this 1,180 acre regional Allegheny County park. The par-66 disc golf course features a front and back nine layout that loop from the Blue Gill parking lot. Two practice baskets, bathrooms and a pavilion are among the park facilities available to disc golfers.
Designer(s): J. Gary Dropcho, Tom Moeller, Dan Sauers
PA Turnpike I-76 Harmar exit 48 toward Cheswick/Springdale on Freeport Road. LEFT at Pearl Ave. traffic light. Up hill 1.3 miles. Straight through 4-way intersection then 3.1 miles on Little Deer Creek Road through one lane tunnel, 2.2 miles into Russellton, then RIGHT at 1st Commonwealth Bank. Quick. 1 mile under railroad, then LEFT into Deer Lakes Park Main entrance. Follow road .5 miles, then RIGHT into Entrance #1. Park in upper end of Blue Gill parking lot.
From Rt. 28 Exit 12 Cheswick/Springdale turn RIGHT, then RIGHT on Russellton/Little Deer Creek Road. 3.1 miles through one lane tunnel, 2.2 miles into Russellton, then RIGHT at 1st Commonwealth Bank. .1 mile under railroad, then LEFT into Deer Lakes Park Main entrance. Follow road .5 miles, then turn right into Entrance #1. Park in upper end of Blue Gill parking lot.