Pros:
This is one of the most naturally beautiful courses I've seen in Central Indiana. It is a very short course, many of the baskets are under 200 ft from the short tees. Every basket is played through the woods, but most have easily identifiable lines to the goal. Whether you can hit those lines is another story, of course. There are tons of baskets perched on the edge of disaster, so there are no easy birdies for the average to rec player, Your putters and midranges are going to get a workout on this course, and you can almost leave your distance drivers at home. Even with all the trees, I rarely felt like I was poking and hoping as I went around the course. If a fun, technical course full of shaped shots is your cup of tea you'll enjoy this course. If your idea of disc golf fun is bombing drives, this isn't for you.
The signage for the short tees is excellent, with distances and layouts easily recognized. The long tees signage was carved and stained wood, which I'm sure was beautiful in it's day, but many are now unreadable. Crappy maps are available at the gate house, but there is a very nice map at the first tee. Take a picture. There's also an iffy chart telling you what pin location each basket is currently in. We didn't pay enough attention to see if it was accurate.
The final stretch, 15-18, is gorgeous, and the approach on 15 is one of the most beautiful basket locations I've ever seen. The baskets are Discatchers and are still in good repair. There are multiple bridges over the dry creek bed, all in good repair.
Cons:
Unfortunately this course has not been maintained well in spots. The first hole is a blind shot from a cliff top down into a valley that doesn't look like it ever has seen a disc golfer in its life. The basket is behind a group of trees directly in front of you. Getting down into the valley is okay, a switchback trail with a handrail, but finding discs in the undergrowth could be hard. Use a spotter. We had our first thrower go, and we watched her disc land before she went down into the valley to spot ours. I highly recommend this.
The second basket is another blind shot back up the other side of the ravine, and there is no assistance in getting up the hill, and I had some trouble, but I am not a young person and I have some mild balance problems. The others were fine. After that I was seriously worried about the playability of the course and was wondering what I'd gotten my friends into, but that was the last significant problem we had.
Spotters could also be useful on 16 - 18. There is some dense undergrowth near the dry creek bed and we almost lost a disc.
The tee pads are an issue. Clearly whoever put in the course ran out of money and was unable to complete all the tees. Most are concrete, but a couple are gravel and two are nonexistent, and you throw from a dirt path by the tee sign. Some of the pads are dirty and mossy, and haven't seen kept up well, if at all. This didn't significantly affect my enjoyment of the course. You're not running up for power shots here anyway.
There are next tee signs on most holes, but again these are in poor repair, as they were carved and stained wood. As of now, they are useable if you look closely, but I don't know how much longer that will be true.
There are a lot of stinging nettles on the course. Long pants recommended.
Other Thoughts:
The park the course is located in costs $7 to enter per car, so keep that in mind. To get to the first tee, turn left at the flag pole straight ahead from the gatehouse and head towards campsites 1-12. There is a shelter to the right just before those sites, and the first tee is tucked in behind it. There is a practice basket on the other side of the road.
This course is a story of unused potential. It's located in a small town and I understand they probably don't have a lot of money in their budget for what is, let's face it, a niche sport. The land, though, is beautiful, hilly and wooded with minimal undergrowth through much of it (this changes in the deep valley). With a little work and some investment it could be absolutely beautiful, one of the best short courses in Indiana. i found myself sighing often, wishing I had the money to donate to fix it up.
After the first three holes, 4-9 play through a low undergrowth woods, up and down hills with some neat shots. The only real difficult basket to tee transition was between 9 and 10, where you walk through a small field and past tee 3 and basket 2 before reaching your destination. Just stay to the left of basket 2 as you approach and you'll be fine in finding tee 10.
10-14 play along the edge of a ravine, and be ready for some serious pucker putts. I had an up shot run long, maybe twenty feet beyond the basket, and ended up forty feet below it. Even so, we were always to get to our discs. Enjoy 15, it's the signature hole, imho. So pretty, and 16 and 17 are also picturesque, long (for this course) drives down a lush valley. But there is the possibility of lost discs in thick undergrowth along the dry creek. Spotters are your best friends here.
Despite the proximity to the lake, it only remotely comes into play on one basket (7). The campsites nearby are similarly present, but not a factor.
As it is, I very much enjoyed my walk in the woods around this course. We were there at noon on a Saturday and had the course to ourselves. There are campsites nearby, and we saw a few kids playing in the woods. Nothing that affected our round, but stay aware. I'd recommend going when the weather has been dry, as rain could make the course unplayable for a time. For how long I don't know, but I get that impression.
I worry about the long term viability of the course, so if the above seems like a good time to you, and it was for us, and you're up for a little bit of an adventure, make sure to give it a try soon.