Trash cans at each tee location. Benches at tee locations. A few intimidating shots over and near Lake Julian.

No signage of any kind. There's no next tee pad directional signage. No scoring signage. You have no way of knowing if it's a Par 3/5 or the distance required to make a shot. Apparently baskets 13,14,15,16 are missing due to Duke Energy reclaiming land which was once apart of the course. This information was provided to me by a local.

Grass was very high but I'm not going to fault the park maintenance for that because of being closed for Covid 19. It is a very picturesque setting playing disc golf on this course.

Lake Julian NT is an enjoyable, challenging 9-hole layout. If you overlook, or get used to, the confusing layout and navigation, you'll be in for a treat here.
- Excellent nine-hole course with good variety. This is not your typical family-friendly, neighborhood park nine-holer. This is a man's 9-hole course. I finished playing #9, having played with conservatively and avoided the water, and was wanting to move on to the back 9. Some nine-holers feel like they should only be nine holes, others feel like they're an 18-hole layout cut in half. This feels like the latter.
- There's a good variety in the degree of challenges this course offers. The first two holes are heavily wooded, mid-range layouts - 283 feet for #1, 250 feet for #2. That's followed by my favorite hole on the course, the long, dogleg right, par 4 - 519 feet from the longs, 470 from the shorts. Land your tee shot in the grass around the bend and you'll have a short to mid-range approach shot. Two solid shots and you'll be putting for an easy three. The hole slopes down towards the road, so if you sail long you bring penalty strokes into play.
- This course offers some good risk/reward layouts. The four heavily wooded holes (#1, 2, 5 & 6) all offer birdie chances while also bringing in higher scores if you hit a tree or get into the thicker rough. #5 & 6 really give you a chance to park your disc close to the basket. Any of these four holes can be an easy 2 or a frustrating 4 if you avoid or smack a tree.
- The biggest risk/reward hole on the course is the closing hole, #9. The hole is 221 feet from the longs, 170 from the short tee, playing downhill with the basket less than 30 feet from the lake. Oh, and there's nothing (trees, shrubs, etc.) between the basket and the water so anything that sails long is getting wet. Take the water out of play and this hole will be an easy 2. With the water, players like me, who aren't wanting to risk a lost disc, will play tee shots 30 feet short to ensure an easy 3 at the worst.
- This is a mid-level to advanced nine-hole layout. Most nine-holers are beginner layouts so it is a nice change of pace. There are plenty of easy courses in the Asheville area that casual players can play (Enka, Black Mountain, etc.), so it's nice to have another solid layout, even if it is only nine holes.

Even though this is a Nature Trail course, there is none of the NT trademarks at this course. You don't get the informative tee signs, big kiosk or NT-themed scorecards. Instead, this just feels like a rugged course built by locals who stopped working on it once the baskets were in.
- Course is a pain to navigate for first timers. Once you park, there's a path that leads immediately to a tee pad. One problem. That's the tee for #3. Even if you follow the directions listed on this site, as I did, when you do get to the tee for #1, there's no way of knowing because there are no tee signs and/or arrows pointing you in the right direction. The only clear indication you are on #1 is if you walk to the basket, you'll see the #1 on it. After that, the next hardest transition is going from #3's basket to #4 tee. It's a counter-intuitive transition as you walk partially back up #3's fairway to get to a very narrow path through the rough to get to #4's tee.
- Adding to the lack of tee signs is the lack of consistent tee pads. Some holes have clear tee pads - frames, colored markers or carpet tees - others just appear to be where the grass has faded. On some holes the blue and white markers are both visible (for long and short tees); others only one or none. Then you've got holes where the long and short layouts share the tee, but you're throwing to different baskets - 5A & 5B; 7A & 7B. On several holes I never knew if I was throwing from the long or short tee, I was just throwing from the dirt patch. I also couldn't find many of the short tees, as I try to get a sense of the different layouts/looks you get from the different tees.
- No trashcans or benches on this course. And as such, there was some trash throughout the course. It's obviously frustrating that people can't pack out there trash during a 45-minute (at most round) round. There are trash cans back in the parking lot so there is no excuse for littering.

Once I figured out what was going on with this layout, I enjoyed Lake Julian a lot. The strategy was basically to look for something that appeared to be the tee area, and throw from there, all logic aside.
- This would make a great 18-hole layout. Were this a full 18, it'd give Asheville an awesome compliment to Richmond Hill. The area is lacking a great secondary 18-hole layout unless you want to drive up to Mars Hill or out towards Waynesville.
- I thought there was a good mix of challenging, 'be satisfied with a 3' holes and be aggressive, birdie-able ones. I carded a couple birdies and had a couple more birdie putts during my round, taking advantage of the easier layouts.
- It was a little surprising how ordinary this entire park was considering the amazing scenery and potential being on Lake Julian. I would have thought this park would be much more appreciated and offer more amenities, but it was very pedestrian. Maybe that means the disc golf course can take over more of the land and add 9 more holes.
- This was an above average 9-holer for me. It's a very good layout. Fine tune some of the problems - tee pads and signage - and this course will be even better. As it stands, unless you're wanting to drive 20 - 30 minutes to Mars Hill, Brevard College or Waynesville, this is probably the second best challenge you'll get in the Asheville area.

-Well, lookie here. There was enough land all along to create an 18 holer. Lake Julian was augmented into an18 holer, and ten of the holes are new.

-Concrete pads on most holes, last time I was up here they were carpet, so great work on the pads here. Navigation isn't too difficult either since most transitions from hole to hole are short.

-The volunteers did a good job planning dual pin positions as well. The pins were in the longs when I played here.

-There were two of the new holes that I really liked. #5 is a great hole. It's only like 240', but it's very difficult. You have the option of going through a small gap and over the lake with a mid or putter. Or you could throw a big spike hyzer over a few trees. This hole needs some work done, as there are drag piles and the less risky option has some over head branches that need to be cut. But this hole has the potential to be the best. Another new hole I loved was #12. It's a straight longish hole (like 500') that plays primarily in the woods but allows a huge drive. I think it's a par 4, but a three is pretty simple to get on this one.

-Ends well with a great downhill putter shot. Gives a great view of the lake. The first three holes are great too as well as the last three.

-It's REALLY rough. And some of the new holes are just mediocre at best. The first three holes are all good and the new fourth and fifth hole is good as well. But then you get to hole 6..........

#6 plays next to the lake the whole way. It's to the right and the fairway is less than 10' wide. So practically if you hit a tree and go right, you are in the drink. Now this is where it gets really bad. The designers thought it would be a brilliant idea to put an OB rope that cannot be seen from the pad. So I was like "Okay! I'll just aim for that tree on the right and throw at the hyzer line." Annnnnnddd, I'm OB.

I think the designers were listening to Alesana on their ipods and were inspired by sadistic and cruel ideas. "Oh Annabel! I shall seek revenge! How does the dagger feel now when I design a terrible hole?"

#8: No fairway. None at all. This is the shortest hole on the course but it will never be aced. I can pretty much guarantee that. The tee-pad is a double so it gives the option of throwing a backhand roller or a forehand roller that will be sabotaged by a tree. It's undeniably stupid. Needs to open up.

#10: This one has potential. To the short pin, this hole is straight and more manageable. The long pin basically requires your disc to follow the fairway so perfectly or you catch a bad kick and fly straight off the fairway. Reminded me of rainbow road on Mario Kart Wii. That course where it's practically impossible to not fall off on. But on this hole, Lakitu won't be rescuing you when you get knocked off the fairway.

-#11: Not only is the tee-pad not marked, but it plays on a sloping hill that may be a result of mass wasting I dunno. But the line to the basket is extremely tight and if you don't hit it perfectly, you'll roll down the hill and onto another fairway.

#13: The fairway is an "S-Curve." Another hole that isn't BAD, just needs to be opened up. Cause you can't throw an S curve without some space.

-Few drag piles and some overgrowth here and there. And in most spots you can't pitch out and save par like you can at most courses.

-I hope it'll get better from here because with the layout, this course has what it takes to be a tourney course. I'm glad it was extended to 18 holes, but I'm sorely disappointed with a few of the newly added holes. They are designed to where your disc must follow the fairway, and the fairway is designed where discs do not fly at that line. But holes such as #3, #5, #12, #17 and #18 cross out the bad holes, making this an okay course. But it could be much better than this.

-The ideas for OB are just unnatural and weird, like the other courses in the area. They just don't make any sense. I loved the design for #5 so much to where I made the "island green" but I hope that's not serious. Establish some drop zones and stop making it a penalty when you go to the left of a fairway (ahem #6.) After playing hole 6 I was like "Oh great, WNC screwed this up AGAIN." But playing hole 7, I had some hope renewed only for it to be struck down again on hole 8. Then it came back a little on hole 9. But after 11 I was ready to quit and luckily it got significantly better.

-If you have only played the old layout, then holes 1-3 are the same. The old holes 4-7 are now #14-17, and the old #9 is now #18.

There are some good holes here, with some solid variation. A few down fairly wide woods channels. others are nice and open. Nothing special, just a fun 9-12 holes that let you throw most of your bag.

Nothing is marked. I had a hard time finding several of the holes. Three big reasons for this. No tees. No signs. No clear paths between some of the holes. Often was guessing that the cage I was throwing towards was the right one.

I could not find holes 10-12 at all and just left.

It looked like they might still be doing construction, so if the problems I addressed are fixed, consider my rating to be understating the course.