A surprising amount of elevation and pretty well designed lines of flight await you at this elementary school course. It stands in sharp contrast to its local peers in having shots requiring control, a little distance, and obstacles to negotiate. It felt to me like a pretty solid recreational to intermediate par three layout. If you follow the map I re-created from UDisc, you will find yellow paint marking the tees on seven spots on the paved sidewalks, such that the footage added here is pretty accurate. Tee from the sidewalk just past the handrails up at the playground for hole 6, and throw from an (unmarked), level space near the seventh basket, aiming to just left of the trees near the apartments north of you, where the eighth basket rests just blind in a hollow about 300' away, but before the sidewalk.

The DisCatcher baskets may be repurposed, as they do show some rust, but are generally visible and catch well. Following the course layout, you have downslope shots on 1,2,(3), 4!,&6. I really enjoyed the latter two, while the uphill holes 5 and 9 made me really reach back for a little extra. This may be a bit too much course challenge for elementary school kiddos, but will introduce them to a healthy level of variety, …and prepare them for some of the 'real' courses in the Lexington area.

Each of the first five holes were laid out in such a way that beginners will struggle with safe, controlled shots as they pass over or along sometimes busy roadways or driveways. They are likely deucable for intermediate skill sets and above, but the assumption is the course wasn't targeted (initially) for that skill level (was it?).

Obviously, you don't play a school course when classes are in session, but the summer grass maintenance is less of a priority, so the calf-high growth can hide a disc from view. And just now, they're setting up mulch piles to freshen the playgrounds, so the tee off from the sixth sidewalk is a little cramped.

This is one time I'm really glad that there was a UDisc trailblazer out there, because their map and info was really useful in navigating the course and discovering there actually seemed to be marked tees on all but one hole.

Ps: it turns out James Lane Allen was a late 19th century novelist who wrote in the vernacular of his native Kentucky…

Not able to play during school hours , but okay on weekends and late afternoons/evenings . There is plenty of parking in the lots near hole #1 . This 9 holer runs counter clockwise over James Lane Allen's school grounds . The lawn and trees on the grounds are well maintained . There are nice numbered Discatcher baskets . There are no tee pads , so you have to play basket to basket . I was surprised by the length of some of the holes here . #'s 1 & 2 are short straightaway throws across parts of the driveways . Then # 3 is a much longer drive running parallel with the street . #4 follows suit , both with some trees forming a little challenge . #5 is a little behind you and to your left and uphill , but wide open . #6 is a long downhill drive down towards the street you were running parallel with on #3 & 4 but with a gully in front of the basket and a couple of trees alongside . #7 sits wide open with a downhill slope protecting the right side of the basket . #8 is really the only confusing hole on the course . You see a basket way up the hill towards the school . That basket is really #9 . The #8 basket is the only hidden one and is almost straight behind the #7 basket about 250'-260' and sits in kind of a basin . #9 is like blasting out of a sand trap , uphill , a pretty tough throw for elementary school kids . #9 finishes you r round directly behind the school , walk to the right and down the sidewalk and you will find your car . There is actually some elevation on this course . This is a great starter course to introduce the game of disc golf to the younger kids and even curious local residents . Disc Risk : It should be zero . No rough . It's hard not to spot a rollaway , and the kids throwing at the baskets are all going to be under 150' , anyway . This is what you call a fast relaxing round . I was done in under 30 minutes , even counting throwing at the wrong basket once and having to repeat .

#1. Safety . I don't know if it's a good idea to throw across a driveway or sidewalk . Also , a couple of the holes are dangerously close to the road . I can see a couple of the kids smacking a SUV on a drive . Throwing basket to basket is okay if you are the only one on the course , but if you have a bunch of kids on separate baskets , someone could be beaned . #2 Very open /Challenge. There is not a lot to work with here , but whoever designed this did a pretty good job . Still , beyond newbies and families or a casual or 2 , this won't interest the more seasoned player . Depending on pro or con , wind can be a factor here , since most of the course is in the open . I am not a fan of playing basket to basket , since it almost constitutes Safari Golf . Maybe put an online map on DGR ?

Don't let my score fool you . James Lane Allen Elementary did a fine job promoting disc golf to both their city and more importantly the kids . Some may actually grow to love it and be playing Shillito or Veterans Park after they play some rounds here . The course baskets are visible to 2 different streets , so they may attract the curious that live nearby . My Recommendation : Unless a bagger or a local that wants to practice putts or air out a few drives , this course may just need to be played by the residents , families , or the kids .