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York, PA

Samuel S. Lewis State Park

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3.455(based on 10 reviews)
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sidewinder22
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 17.8 years 302 played 198 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Samuel L Jackson - "Ezekiel 25-17, the path..." 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 3, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

9 intermediate level holes with rubber tees, nice tee signs and Mach V baskets. Course plays over some awesome elevation changes and well defined wooded fairways and one open hole on 9. Good variety of left, right and straight shots and varying distances. Looks like they did a lot of clearing as the underbrush off the fairways was fairly minimal. Navigation is a cinch once you find the disc golf parking lot. Course plays well for beginners to more experienced players. Disc golf only area of park. Restrooms at the summit/main parking lot.

Cons:

Only one tee per hole - I made my own long tee on a couple holes. The tee pad on hole 9 must have been caught on a mower, it's missing part of it. Plays a little close to park/residential boundaries. Could use some benches at the tees. Only 9 holes...this course has the potential to be great if it can expand.

Other Thoughts:

Samuel S. Lewis State Park has one freaking awesome panoramic view from the top overlooking the Susquehanna River and mountain tops in Amish country! I mean - the road next to the park is called "Picturesque Drive", and the road you come in on is called "Mt. Pisgah Road". I'm not a religious person, but Mt. Pisgah is a significant Bible reference where Moses climbed the mountain and God showed him "the whole land" from the highest summit, and then Moses built some altars and sacrificed some goats. After playing here that kind of sums up the experience, I was ready to sacrifice some goats!

Overall I had a blast playing this course! I'd highly recommend this course to anyone passing through the area, even if not to play, but to check out the stunning view! Like the other reviewers, I would love to see another 9 holes and some longer tees and or basket positions for more advanced to pro level players. I wanted so bad to throw a disc from the top of the Amish world!
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kyledstauffer
Experience: 13.1 years 53 played 4 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Tough but fair 9 hole 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 26, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Very nice course! Excellent use of elevation. It has a lot of grade change which the designer utilized well. Wooded except for the last hole. Requires you to hit your lines and punishes you if you don't. Lines are somewhat tight but not unreasonably so. Circulation was great - very easy to navigate. I always appreciate courses with the little arrows on pointing to the next tee. Nice signature hole on number 8 offering two lines to an elevated rock basket. Great job of construction on this. One of the nicest I've seen of integrating a basket into a boulder - seamless

Cons:

A little weedy for me (i'm not a big fan of poison ivy/briars). Course could really benefit from some alternate tees/holes and I think there is some space to incorporate these. My only suggestion which is rather minor - would be to see some distance variation; particularly some longer holes would be nice. Most are +/- 300 though elevation makes them play differently. I'm also not a big fan of rubber teepads - would like to see concrete. Overall, minor complaints though.

Other Thoughts:

On the whole it's done about as well as you can do a 9 hole course! Lots of fun - wanted to play more as soon as I finished and I wish there was more! Hopefully they can add another 9 in the future. If so, this will be a really top notch destination. Semi-difficult but fair and enjoyable.
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Collin
Experience: 4 played 3 reviews
3.50 star(s)

accessable to all 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 25, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Great job. Very good use of the available terrain, ups, downs, off camber, lefties, rights, straights, and very good tree cutting (trees left) selection. The tee pads are top of the line rubber on crushed stone that are perfectly leveled, with excellent fairway maps at the pads.

The course design is optimal, challenging fairways that reward accuracy. The relatively short lengths and minimal mid-fairway obstacles make this an ideal course for beginners too.

Very convenient access to the 1st and 9th fairways from the DG specific parking area. Navigation from basket to tee pad is easy, with minimal walks. The layout and use of tree cover means that you are safe from errant throws once at the next tee pad area. Great course flow.

Bathrooms, right on the course too.

Cons:

This is a brand new course (finished late summer '13), as such I'm sure that the remaining woody debris will be cleaned up in the coming months. Trash, recycling and cigarette butt receptacles, and a few benches will make this a top notch 9 hole course. A couple tee pad boxes will need a little work to prevent erosion. I'm sure the course creators are on top of all this, and will address it as time and money permits.

Other Thoughts:

I rated this course a 3.5 because it's 9 holes, not because of its quality. This is a very well thought out course, that has obviously taken a lot of work to get it to this point. Sure 18 hole courses are nice, but they are not always possible. Maybe alternate tee pads in the future will make it play like an 18 hole course. Of course you can always play a second round from your own alternate tee locations.

Great course for all abilities.
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