+Upkeep is top notch and pins are moved regularly. +Multiple pads. +Good variety of shots considering the tight space the park occupies. +DD Veteran baskets. +Signage accurate and easy to read. +Local club support promises improvements (teepads, more holes)+Cool views with proximity to the Mississippi River. +Bathrooms near parking lot by hole 1 pad.

-Busiest course in the area, after work and weekends very busy. -Rubber pads slick when wet.

Riverfront is a solid city course about 10 minutes from downtown Minneapolis. Great option for a quick round when visiting the area or when trying to bag multiple courses in a short period of time. Course is heavily trafficked, so weekday nights and weekends can mean a longer round due to other people playing. Park is a shared space, watch for bikers and pedestrians on the walking paths. The word to describe this course is one that can describe 9 of the 10 courses closest to your house- solid, fine, good, etc. This is not a course you play multiple times a week because of the challenge- holes are mostly straightforward and the average golfer can shoot under par without too much issue. Riverfront is not one of the most played courses in the area because of the epic views or the scenic walk in the woods- you get some great views of the river and it\'s never bad to get underneath some trees for an hour, but the river doesn\'t really come into play (beyond errant shot on hole 13 when in long position is your one chance to go swimming!) and you can hear a highway that is less than 100 yards away. Twin Cities golfers haven\'t all played this course dozens of times because of top end amenities- as far as city parks go, Riverfront is lucky to have a parks employee for a designer (shout out to the Architect!) so disc golf gets more love at this park than most, but it\'s still a city park so nothing crazy or super disc golf centric. The reason this may be your most played course is because it\'s close and it\'s fun. You will have fun playing this course, but you won\'t go home telling friends to cancel their plans and head to Fridley for the best day of their lives. In the world of free disc golf courses that exist within city parks, especially those in urban areas, Riverfront is top half, maybe better. Drive 30 minutes in any direction and you will have several higher rated and more memorable options. Rating for this course will be forever inflated because it is so frequently played. League in the summer on Monday nights. Sign up in the pavilion. Course is closed every spring for erosion control. Check open/closed status if visiting March/April-ish. Forgotten Star Brewing across the street from Hole 5 is good for a pre round beer and they usually have a food truck.

- large rubber tees are decent
- cool views of Mississippi River along course
- surprisingly good use of a narrow strip of land
- fantastic full color tee signs
- dual tees and multiple pin placements on all holes
- great next tee arrows built in to baskets
- high quality Dynamic Discs baskets
- well kept park in great condition
- garbage and recycling cans throughout course
- each tee sign has a selector to mark which pin position is currently populated, a nice touch I hadn't seen before
- nice mix of open and wooded shots, with a good number of obstacles for a small city course
- very well documented navigation

- upgrade to concrete tees would be nice
- not much elevation change, no water hazards
- some safety hazards with walking paths, particularly on holes 4 and 13
- course seems to heavily favor LHBH/RHFH shots
- not the highest level of challenge, but generally fun enough to make up for it

Riverfront Regional Park probably won't blow you away, but I found it to be a pleasant surprise. The Mississippi may not be the most beautiful natural feature, and there's a highly industrial area on the other side of this course, but you can't beat the uniqueness. Here in the heart of Minneapolis industry, a 13-hole disc golf course has been wedged into this thin strip of land along the river. The views of the river are cool, but you aren't actually close enough to be throwing discs in.

This park was nicer than I expected, with some good wooded shots/hazards to make up for the generally flat and narrow course. Money has clearly been put into this course, and the hole count seems to have been maximized. There are high quality baskets, great tee signs, and the park is very nicely maintained. The biggest con is the walking paths throughout the park, which definitely present some safety hazards - mainly on holes 4 and 13, which throw directly over paths. I would love to see this modified for general safety.

This is by no means a destination course, but if you come for Blue Ribbon Pines or one of the other great courses in the Minneapolis area, this is worth a quick round. It was surprisingly busy and speaks to the popularity of disc golf in Minnesota. I enjoyed my round despite my arm aching from 3 straight days of disc golf - this is a pretty quick round that won't tax you too hard. I recommend it if you want to sneak another course in while you're in the area.

- good quality rubber tees, long and shorts at all holes
- good quality baskets with multiple positions
- variety of distances ranging from 250' to 600' and multiple par 4s
- multiple shot types needed to hit all the lines on this course
- navigation is pretty easy to follow
- practice basket
- quick play course with easy access

- only 13 holes
- tee signs don't show the current basket position
- no elevation change

Fun quick course. 13 holes sort of takes away from it just a little. But we'll worth stopping and playing.

+ Tons of parking
+ Dual tees and 3 basket positions
+ Dead easy navigation, baskets have red and blue arrows pointing to the next tees
+ Signage is wonderful, big map at the start tells you what position the basket is in.
+ Every hole has at least a couple trees on it, excellent mix of field and forest
+ Long tees are a different sight-line than the short, I don't like it when the only thing long tees add is distance.
+ Obstacles include trees, brush, and 4ft high metal poles (reminds me of pinball when I'm not on my game.
+ Not much elevation change, but good use of the little that is there.
+ Clean and well maintained

- Not a lot of shot-shaping required
- High brush on a few holes can be frustrating if you shank it or are a beginner
- Tee pads are already eroding

All in all this is a nice course even though I feel really weird playing 13 holes.

To raise the rating to a 3.5: Concrete pads.
To raise the rating to a 4: a few more trees on the more open holes and clear brush on 3, 4, and 5

- Two teepads widens the appeal. Even from the Blues it's not real tough, but I like the option to make it harder/easier depending on skill level
- Navigation was easy, tee signage was great.
- Pretty nice variety of shots/layouts. Fairly open in spots but no holes feel like you're just throwing to a basket in a field.
- Not much overlap with other park users
- 13 holes is better than 9

- No elevation/water or true wooded holes. They work with what they have but it's fairly vanilla
- Rubber teepads were a bit slippy on some holes
- 13 holes is worse than 18.

There aren't many big cons at this course, but nothing really to make it stand out either. It's pretty easy and plays pretty quick, but that's neither a con or a pro in my book. I wish they could've involved the lake on some holes and I wish it was a full 18 but what can you do. It's close to the cities, which is nice. I enjoyed my round and it's a solid course I'll definitely be coming back to.

This is a fun rec style course. There are two tees each hole and three possible pin positions (The day I played the course it was in pin positions A). The tees are solid and the baskets and pin positions are pretty good.

There is good use of terrain, including trees and solid use of the limited elevation. The rough exists, but it not too bad. It would be hard to lose a disc.

For rec play there was enough distance and challenge, and even pretty good players will find some fun shot shaping required.

Navigation is a snap, with maps at the tee and arrows in the baskets pointing to the two different pads. Overall flow of the course is pretty good, with only a couple minor annoyances.

The course was well mowed and maintained. It is a pretty course and park and there is plenty of parking, restrooms and such on sight.

13 holes. It is obvious how that ended up at that number, because that is how much space they had and they used it all. But still, magically add five holes and you have a darn good course.

The holes are fairly easy, you have to work to deviate too much from par (I managed to double bogey one hole in my two rounds, and that was playing poorly, and only because I somehow parked a disc in tree, sigh).

Despite the name there is no water on the course and you only get a couple glimpses of the river.

Overall it is a fun course. Playing alone it took me about 45 minutes each time through, so it is not very long. There was a fair amount of people out for a new course, so expect it to be busy during peak hours.