This course can be fun and appreciated by beginners as well as seasoned players. I frequently see kids, and adults playing in groups enjoying the beautiful scenery and a nice long walk in the park. At the other end of the spectrum are the lone, or paired serious players on a mission.

The back 18 is fulfilling for both kinds of players. There is a wonderful mix of shorter holes with both uphill and downhill directions, and there are much longer holes like #6, #7, #15 and even #4 in its new pin position. These holes test the arms of any player and are places you can power into your drives.

I appreciate that this course grows with the player. I have played it several times and each time I reach a new level of play, the course challenges me again at that level. I don't grow tired or bored of playing this course. The pin placements are moved regularly and the park is pretty clean and well kept. There's a peace and beauty to the back 18. It's like looking at Mt. Everest on a clear day... peaceful, quiet, challenging, and exciting. The challenge gets better the farther you go and there's always more to learn on the course.

I highly recommend this course to any new or seasoned players!

My greatest complaint for this course would be for holes #11 & #15. Hole #11 is a short, narrow hole between the street (OB), and a parking lot (also OB). Staying in-bounds is a fun challenge, but getting dirty looks from people whose vehicles you hit with your driver is not so fun.

Hole #15 is on the right hand side of a softball field. Most days there are games or practices on the field and parents sitting on or around the grass. I have skipped my drive here before because I don't want to nail any 5 year old boys or young girls playing t-ball.

These are the only two issues I really have with the course. As for the facilities... the public restrooms are aweful! Do yo bidness elsewhere befo, o aftuh.

Oh yes, one other issue I forgot. Fridays & Saturdays can be interesting parking-wise when the park hosts a concert series. You'll be parking out in the boonies and walking a bit before you start your game.

This course is FREE to play, and FREE to park! The front 18 is very close so you have the option of playing two completely different courses in a day at the same park. La Mirada's courses are clean and beautiful. Get out, throw a disc, get some sun, and have some fun!!

Shop is open! Discs and refreshments available. Beautiful park with large trees, flowers, and well mowed grass. Much quieter than the front 18 (lakeside) course. Concrete tees and signs on every hole. Fairly easy to navigate. Some holes have 2 or 3 basket positions. Great variety in length and difficulty. Good use of elevation. Some nice long holes. Friendly players.

A few holes play close to the street. Some baskets are numbered incorrectly.

This is a great course. If you only have time to play one of the two courses it should be the back 18. It is more challenging, and is in a part of the park that is seldom used by anyone but disc golfers.

Great design for the most part, long holes, short holes, uphill, downhill, hyzers, anhyzers, you name it. Some really fun holes the you can just throw a bomb and watch it fly, there are also some good short technical holes. It can also be played on the weekend where the front course is much more difficult to do that due to other park patrons.

Some stupid holes and they kind of went over the top using mandos. I feel like if you have to make something a mando then you haven't designed the hole properly. In most cases you can slightly move a tee box to force players to throw on the intended path without having a mando. Perfect example is hole 11, it's a triple mando hole that runs along the 5 feet of grass between the road and the parking lot, it's just stupid IMHO. They also got a little carried away with the "uphill, blind, low ceiling shot".

La Mirada is a park that should be played if you haven't played it before. I think it's the best place to play in SoCal.

This course is beautiful. Long, wide swaths of close-cropped grass, tall, healthy trees, and rolling hills make the back 18 a total pleasure to walk, even if you're not playing. Overlay that scenery with disc golf and you've got a good reason to include this course in any SoCal trip you're planning.

If you've got a 400-foot drive and can land your disc with accuracy you'll find this course built for you. Very little in the way of tight fairways (except hole #11) can frustrate you if you're used to woodsy "east coast" courses but otherwise it's a joy.

Unexpected wet spots on the fairways will totally kill your rollers. These don't always occur in the valleys, but also sometimes on slopes (unexpected).

Personal gripe: I'd rather see a course that doesn't make so much use of man-made structures (parking lots, baseball diamonds) as "features". I don't mind OB but when going OB means smacking a car or braining a kid, the risk/reward equation starts to look a bit overbalanced.

The pro shop has recently changed hands and become tennis-oriented. They do sell discs but what they've got is overpriced and the staff don't know very much about what their stock.

I think we, as a community, should gently urge a greater familiarity with DG and hope to see some improvement as a result.

This is the longer of the two 18 hole courses at La Mirada. It is slightly less technical but way more fun. This sits on the old back nine and can still be played to some extent in the old Golden State Layout. You will be forced to throw just about every different shot in your bag. There is a great deal more risk and reward on this side. It seems that fewer DGers play the back and usually the people that do play the back are those who are better players in general. It is well maintained with great tee signs that recieve regular maintenance.

There is still a good deal of foot traffic, mostly on the first three holes and then 15 and 16 as well. This 18 is a great deal more challenging, even if it is less technical than the front and would very much frustrate the beginer.

Still the same great local scene here and it is really fun to watch some of the big guns let loose on the longer holes. I have seen an eagle on the par 4 15th from one of the local pros who threw a 500ft + drive. There is a pro shop by the front 18 but as I mentioned on my review of the front 18, the owners are tennis people and have high prices.