Well Maintained
Quiet
Nice Innova baskets
Nice tee signs
Regular daily visits from deer in the evening
Great place for fieldwork, putting practice, pratice in general
Safe environment
Hard to lose discs here
Some challenging tee shots necessary for birdie
Natural OB

9 holes - but a beautiful place
Natural tee pads
Birdie or die par 3 course
Not a con but some of the rough is rough, dense briars, dense shrubs/grass and just a couple feet OB can present a challenge in finding a disc. Having said that, you know where it is, it must be in a small area, just take the time.

Feels like a little oasis of regularly cut and groomed nature right outside Hershey. I have spoken with a Hotel employee and some security personel who verified it is totally cool to play here without being a hotel guest. Open to public. There are a couple furry regulars that visit the course. Some groundhogs and deer. The deer usually come out at dusk and come out onto the fairways to graze. There was a small herd with several fawns in the spring/early summer but I have only seen one or two adults lately. They generally hang out at the far end of the course on holes 6-8 and will hang out eating while you stand on the teepad contemplating the possiblity your drive will hit them.

What a pretty little course in the middle of the Hershey tourism area. The course uses a nice area of grounds just downhill from the Hotel Hershey and near the Hershey Gardens. Much of the course looks look it could been been a ball golf course, with wide grass fairways and majestic trees here and there.

After parking in the huge Hershey Gardens parking area I found the teebox for Hole 4 and started there. I was pleased to find a downhill 383' hole playing to a basket guarded by nicely spaced pines. The next hole required a big right-hand turning drive to a basket with a "gotcha" drop-off just behind. I turns out that those were the two most interesting holes. Things got much more open after that.

Hole 9 is a short downhill ace run with enough trees to require a accurate line.

Baskets are Innova Discatchers with flags that show up well. Each has an arrow hanging from the basket pointing to the next tee.

Tee signs are simple but all you need on this course. Teepads are natural and marked by large blue "Innova" discs buried in the ground.

Six of the holes were 340' - 420' throws over predominantly open ground. While beautiful, they did not require a particularly accurate drive and fall into the area where (with my 300' drive) you were not likely to birdie them, but par was easy. If this course is intended to introduce hotel guests to disc golf most of the holes are too long.

Natural tees were a little chewed here and there but I don't get the impression that this course gets much traffic.

You might be able to park right next to the Hole 1 tee but there are only 5 parking spots in that lot.

Since I parked in the big lot and started on Hole 4 the walk from Hole 9 to Hole 1 was not obvious. Hole 1 is only hole on the hotel side of of the driveway. Makes sense if folks are walking down from the hotel, but if you're parked in the big lot you'll have to go and find it.

After playing 1200 courses over 40 years, I don't think I've ever used class when describing a disc golf course but the course at Hotel Hershey just seems classy to me. Start with the fact that this course starts down the steps near the tennis and bocce ball courts and plays through rest of the hotel's sports area including their falconry area. Then you add the fact that this course is part of the Hotel Hershey, which is this large luxury property. It just made me feel like I was playing disc golf with the Royals. Good putt, Prince William! Nice drive there, Prince Harry!

As previously stated, this little 9 hole course begins by the steps and just above the tennis courts. There is a disc golf rules sign here. The tee signs nice colored ones. The natural tee pads are marked by two blue, markers made by Innova. Most of these are natural pads are perfectly adequate. The baskets are Discatchers with the numbers on the yellow bands and next tee arrows hung below the catchers.

The distances and challenge are both commensurate with a recreational level course. Advanced players won't find much challenge here. Distances are mostly in the 300' range. # 9 is the only shorty but it's a fun little 156' downhill toss but you have to keep your drive below the branches and also hit a 25' gap. Cool little hole!

I also liked # 4, # 5 and # 7. # 4 is a 383' hole, slightly downhill, which kinda hysers into a lovely wooded area. # 5 is just a real pretty 370', also slightly downhill, which needs a little fade at the end. And # 7 is 411' to a basket set under a large tree near this cool looking ropes course structure.

I find very little to complain about. The natural tee pads would be an issue if this course received more play. Currently, only the # 3 pad is somewhat torn up and that's because the tee is slanting slightly uphill and players are trying to crank up their drives here to clear the small hill.

Only 9 holes.

Little challenge for better players.

This is one of my favorite little Rec courses. I could invent a new category consisting of smallish, 9 hole, Rec courses and this would make the grade. Install some proper tee pads and I think this might rate as one of the better 9 hole courses anywhere.

I could live in Hershey, eat lots of chocolate, and split my time between here and Shank Park. I'd be as happy as an Amish boy at a strip club.

The Course well maintained and easy to play. Fast 9 holes. Best holes on the course is 4, 5, and 7.

The course is a great place to go for a fast round, natural tee pads and easy signage makes it nice.

Its designed for introduction level play.

The course is open to public, Lets keep it that way.