I went to South Hills again on a Monday and there was just too many groups, maybe a small weekly tournament. Whatever, but I hate waiting, so I went here instead, expecting just another average community course. I didn't have high hopes because the park sign is way off the main road and it felt like driving into another little suburban deadend. I was wrong, it's a really nice course happily empty of DGers that weekday, until I hit upon a group practicing on the last two holes. If they allowed South Hills to rewild with forest, it would end up a lot like this course.

The old winter photos here really don't do the course justice and makes it appear far more open than it is. Lenni Lenape starts with two open holes, enters forested meadows for three holes and elevation at play off the tees. Then is a steep uphill leading to series of purely forest holes, starting four being rather short technicals. At #15, it ends with open holes again throwing over the valley of the detention basin.

It averages just under 300ft and the median is just over 300ft. The longest hole is #2's 463ft, which had a 1-stroke penalty drop zone, a nice touch for not making the grass "island", as outlined by the walkway, from the tee. They could done more of that, it was fun. This place is definitely a go-to if you visit South Hills for a DG daytrip and liked their shorter yellow course setup.

The park itself consists of playground, a Pavilion with picnic tables, and a circular path going the perimeter of the open area (not quite updated on Google Maps yet) so I guess the park is also an ongoing work in progress.

+Innova disccatchers
+Variety of terrain, holes, and throws required. Was quite RH or LH agnostic by the mix.
+Elevation, down shots and upshots off the tee.
+Good signs, comparable to South Hills.
+Good length concrete tees.
+No water at play.
+Few bushes in fairways other than at very edges or ends
+Next tee hanging signs

Hm, I guess that I don't live closer? Very few on this go-around. My biggest complaint is that navigation could have been better. I was pulling out my phone too often for my liking.

At the least, I'm very glad that I shot exclusively extra bright discs so I didn't have to go hunting long in the woods. One or two holes have low lying overgrowth that hide discs but mostly it was shooting around curves or hitting trees and not knowing where it landed. Otherwise, it might have changed the name of the game to Disc Hunter.

-Fair weather course and steep paths. I visited only once so far, so I can't say for certain weather-wise but from #4-6 and a few other points in the forest, there were rather steep paths I would rather not travel in rain or ice or with a weak ankle. It's not like the forested back 18 of Roland Park which is easily playable rain or shine.

-The crowd here was really sparse but today there were one family (?) that was a persistent pain in the ass, arriving later on, blocking three of my teeshots just milling around, completely obtuse to the course. Maybe it was just plain bad luck I got the Brady Bunch randomly looking all over for Tree Frogs to dissect for High School biology.

-Some Next Tee hanging signs off by 15 degrees. No biggie but should be fixed.

Terrain Potential: XXX - Very Good. A bit compact but open grass, forested meadows, woods, elevation.
Actual Execution: XXXX - Excellent. Such a surprise, way more than I expected driving in.
Upkeep: XXX - Good. Seems like a club is taking care of it compared to old photos but it wouldn't surprise me to find issues cropping up.
Difficulty: XXXx - Intermediate+ territory.
Fun Factor: XXXx - Very good. I enjoyed this in the summer. Seems like a fair season course.
Overall: XXXx - Very good.

Starting Point: Park at 40.364136, -76.383136 (Google Maps), go on the path past the Pavillion and Children's Playground and first tee is on the right (40.363662, -76.383550).

Layout: Course loops. After #2, go into forest path by bench. #3-5 play in mowed fairways still but inside forest. #6 is a short but steep uphill and into forest proper and stays that way until #15's open hole. Rest of course is open grass. Baskets #3, 9, 16 and tee#10 all meet very close together at the edge of forest.

The combination of open, wooded, uphill, downhill, left, right, tree-tunnel, short, long, and over-a-gully holes make a fun, challenging, and possibly frustrating course. Forces players to make the right decision when choosing shot, disc and direction. A great place to learn to throw tightly wooded holes and driving uphill/downhill.
Open holes are usually well mowed. Good shade in the wooded section on hot summer days.

Wooded holes have some areas of thick rough in the summer, and lots of leaves in the fall, which makes finding errant shots difficult. Mosquitos are around in the summer so insect repellant may be needed. Long pants recommended.

Parking is close to hole #1 and pavilion with restrooms and picnic benches. Course is much less crowded on weekends than that other very popular course in Lebanon. If playing some of the overly long wooded holes at courses like Quake and Coyote is too much for you, this course is a shorter version.

Nice signage. Easy to navigate. The Island hole (#2) is pretty neat and is better than trying to throw over a big water hazard and losing your discs. Some open holes and some through the woods.

The open holes are really wide open. A little hilly at some spots.

A really nice course I hope to get back and play again.

Quality design in a small park.
Bathrooms were new and clean.
Nice use of the elevation changes.
Putting may be a challenge due to the fast greens on the existing pin postions.
Course has new baskets and concrete tees throughout.

I thought some of the wooded holes were routed a little close together, as the course develops this may become an issue.

Nice use of the elevation changes. Worth the hour+ drive.
Fun to play and looking forward to going back.

- Good use of OB to make the shorter holes interesting.
- Some real signature short holes that require precision turns through elevation changes.
- Most of the wooded holes had a fairly wide path but lots of bends.
- Good mix of open, wooded, and altitude holes.
- Nice full size concrete pads
- Good signage.
- Pretty park.

- a couple holes in the woods were spray and pray.
- could do with a couple long holes.
- no water. I like water.

Was an hour drive for me, but I'll be back soon.