- Good blend of wide open fields, tight woods, steep uphills, steep downhills, long holes, short holes.
- Tee pads are in good condition and easy to follow
- good signage directing you to next tee.
- plenty of trash cans
- parking lot with bathrooms
- is right next to a skate park if that's something you're also into.

- No benches
- Litter and trash. On the wooded holes you can easily find the path to the next tee by following the trail of empty beer cans and broken glass.
- In summertime, the rough is dense plant undergrowth, and waist-deep on a grown man. Seriously...you could lose Warwick Davis in there.
- Mud on the hills and valleys can make for some seriously slippery footing. Shoes or boots with good traction will help a lot here.

This course can be very challenging and somewhat unforgiving to beginners and/or solo players. If you can't drive the green in one throw, a number of the holes (like #10) will put your disc down in a blind spot from the tee. Of course, keeping your throws on the fairway is ideal, but if you can't do that, having a spotter to keep an eye on where you went into the deep rough is key.

While I won't thank the designer of this course anytime soon, at least not until I'm done being mad about losing two mid-ranges deep in the guts of his sick creation, I will say that this is one of the most well thought-out courses I've played in many years. A lot of courses are kind of limited on what they can do, given that most courses are stuck into otherwise unwanted or unused public land. But this course really takes full advantage of all of the different terrain features that this piece of property has available.

Plenty of parking at this course, and improvements are always being made, although that never interferes with course playability.

Course designer(s) is often playing the course and is very welcoming and friendly to any player, often going the extra mile to retrieve discs from the river.

well maintained and easy to navigate if playing solo or for the first time.

not far from many decent food options for a pre/post round meal or drinks.

one of the least populated courses on most days, meaning multiple tee shots or multiple rounds are doable.

Sits across the river from a factory of some type, sometimes the first few holes can small like burning paper/rubber, and has visible debris in the air.

Park is shared use, you will have to watch your drives to make sure you aren't going to hit any dog walkers/kids on bikes/elderly power walkers/occasional sketchy person(s).

Trash cans can sometimes full/overflowing or strewn about by animal.

Great variety of open and wooded shots, with a nice uphill/downhill shot on holes 9 and 10. with risk of water hazard on the left of the course and the path playing as out of bounds, its a challenging but rewarding course.

The redesign appears to have been thoughtfully done and minimizes interaction with other users of the park as much as possible.

Teepads that have concrete are in excellent condition.

Most holes have both righty/lefty friendly lines and while some may be harder if you throw a certain way only, none felt like an unfair test.

Several truly unique holes including a steep uphill shot on 9 (maybe not truly unique, but unique in Ohio!) a fun shot back down the hill you just hiked up the next hole and a tricky little island green a few holes later (13 maybe?).

There are very few negative points regarding the course itself. There are a couple holes where you'll need to be mindful of others using the park, but minimal care and courtesy should limit those issues. Overall this common issue in a mixed use park was well handled by the designer.

There are a couple holes without teepads. Yet. Based on a discussion with the course designer this is a work in progress and will be coming soon.

The biggest negative for the course is out of the designer's control. I don't want to come off as mean or prejudiced, but Newark has a bit of a rough reputation for a reason. Some of that comes through on the course. After about hole 12 you play through a section of the park that the local club has recently cleared out. As explained to our group by the designer, the area included a former homeless camp and dumping area. Much of the trash and debris has been cleared, but not all of it. There is some broken glass on hole 14 and you will still see evidence that people were sleeping there at one point. 99% of the people you'll bump into in the park are nice upstanding citizens but there was a person with track marks up and down his arms lurking near the Civil Air Patrol building the first time we played the course and there was what I'm guessing was a homeless couple sleeping between 8 and 9 the second time we were out there.

Edit:Updating the review and adding a half star. The course is now 18 holes with full teepads.

River View is still very much a work in progress. It's 20 holes include 4 that play with the Licking River close against the left hand side of the hole. These make for fun risk/reward shots, but if you're nervous about losing a disc there are usually safe bail out areas that may cost you a stroke. As mentioned earlier there is an uphill shot on 9 that creates major roll away risk if not played correctly and then a fun downhill shot on 10. Holes 12-19 are wooded and have varying degrees of challenge. Hole 20 is reasonably open and in it's long position lets big arms really let loose. It's fair to say that this course offers more variety of shot types than any other that I've played in Central Ohio.

As mentioned, there are still some rough edges that need to be worked out and some that may be forever beyond the designer's control. However, from talking to a couple people walking their dog, the locals perceive the disc golf course as a good thing and have seen a significant reduction in sketchy activity in the park since it was redesigned and started to see more play last year. Hopefully this trend continues, because this course has the potential to be one of the 3 best courses within an hour of Columbus once the final 3 concrete tees are in and some long tees are added.