+Beautiful place. Rolling hills, meandering stream, lots of rocks, tight (but fair) wooded lines, picturesque stone walls, good bridges over the water, not very muddy...really a great experience. We had three young ones with us, and they entertained themselves for 2.5 solid hours while we played. Overall feel is similar to Clark's Run in VA or a mini Iron Hill.

+Get off the fairways and you'll be in trouble, but finding discs is not an issue. We had two low-intermediates and two beginners playing, and never looked longer than 10 seconds for a disc. Course is very well maintained.

+Holes were well-crafted and made superb use of the terrain. Not a junky hole in the whole 18. A few that were pretty memorable (#2, #8, #11, and #15 pop to mind).

+Two tees and two baskets per hole at all times. Course has excellent replayability value. Raised rubber tee pads are in great condition (note con below about rubber) and baskets are too.

+Different layouts provide widely differing challenges. Short-short is good for anyone; long-long (even short-long) will challenge even the best players.

+Has three open holes (1, 10, 18) that let you rip a disc without worrying too much about trees. These are well placed to give a good warm-up, break, and finish after wooded golf.

+Nice practice area with two baskets, picnic table, and lots of small trees to provide tricky putt practice.

+Set in a disc golf-only part of the park - as far as I could tell, there were no hiking trails through here, so no issue with hordes of pedestrians (this course is pretty remote anyway, though).

-I'm always wary of rubber tee pads as they are death traps in wet conditions (and they might not dry quickly with 15/18 holes firmly in the woods). They were in fine condition on a beautiful September day, however.

Located on the same grounds as the Churchville Rec Center. It was closed due to COVID, but I'm guessing there are bathrooms and water in there. It is a long walk from the disc golf parking lot (which, in turn, is about a 400 yard walk uphill from hole #10 tees), so do plan ahead.

As of Sept 2020, UDisc is off on the pars. Go with what you see on DGCR's hole info page.

If you have little ones in tow, recommend the superb Annie's Playground before/after the round. About 20 min away, close to I-95.

I definitely plan on coming back here from DC suburbs (1 hr 15 min from College Park) a few times a year. Worth the drive.

Summary: Mill Brook is an excellent public parks course that will challenge every level of player. In addition to providing an enjoyable and thought-provoking round of disc golf, the section of woods this course takes you through is really serene with beautiful woods and several stream crossings. This course is well worth the visit on its own, and given its proximity to Scarboro Hills (another great course) it can make a worthwhile day trip for those travelling a long distance.

Pros:

- Tee pads are large, well-constructed rubber mats over gravel framed in by railroad ties.

- Baskets are Discraft Chainstars, each clearly marked with either a yellow or red flag to differentiate which basket you are shooting at as well as provide a wind reading.

- Tee signs are basic but provide a decent image for each hole as well as distance measures and recommended fairway options.

- Every hole has two tee and two pin options - it's almost like having four courses in one.

- All of the wooded holes (Holes 2-17) are well designed and require a thoughtful approach to disc golfing. You will definitely have to think about your disc selection and your throws. No repetitive throw-one-straight-down-the-fairway style holes here.

- Signage across this course was excellent, clearly guiding you to each hole. I can't imagine anyone getting lost navigating this course.

- Course includes a nice warm-up area with a practice basket and lots of picnic tables among newly planted trees that will one day provide good shade to the area.

- The course designers/installers clearly thought long and hard about this course. The layout is fun and challenging, the wooded fairways were intentionally laid out - no random tree clearing, and elevation changes were used well. Simple but nice wooden bridges provide for easy navigation across numerous stream crossings.

- With the pars set up the way they are, I could see even professionals being challenged by this course. It could definitely host some upper-level tournaments and I don't think players would be disappointed.

I had to really reach for these, because the course is really a great course. The things the separate this course from the absolute best courses out there are:

- Despite the large size of this park and the numerous fields, there were no bathrooms (permanent or portable) anywhere near this course. I'm sure the park has them somewhere, but at least a port-a-pot near the parking lot would be very helpful.

- Holes 1 and 18 were just long open drives with very little intrigue to them. Perhaps a tree or two could be used to put some thought into the holes, or maybe some OB/mandos/islands?

- There were essentially only two varieties of holes: wooded, and completely open. Hole 10 was the only thing close to a transition hole. I found myself reaching for many of the same discs fairly frequently because of this.

- There were no benches or trash cans along the course once you entered the woods.

While I am hardly a well-traveled disc-golfer I would say that Mill Brook is definitely one of the best overall courses I've played in the Northern Maryland/York County PA/Lancaster PA area. I think the only course I would rate higher than this right now is Muddy Run.

First time playing the course and loved it immediately. Even though it's a new course it looks like it's been there for years, in a good way not like a run down way. The holes are challenging but forgiving at the same time. I played long pad to short pin which was perfect for my skill level. I could see the short to short location being good for some one that is relatively new to the sport. I see the long's being challenging enough for the seasoned player. I'm glad this course is so close because I will be playing it a lot for sure.

The only negatives I see is hole 18. Everything is pretty much in the woods except 18. 18 is all out in the open and you are throwing up hill. It's not terrible but it's the least exciting hole to end your round. That being said, all the other holes made up for it.

Great course, having the different pin and pad positions makes the replay ability very high.