+ Baskets are Mach 2's. Generally these dont like to catch putts but for whatever reason I have no issue here.

+ Teepads are concrete and grip well. Nothing too new or too old here. The pads are long enough for us tall folks, they are flush with the ground, they grip well and they would be Conrad approved.

+ Bathrooms. Right as you enter the park you will see a nice bathroom with toilets and running water. Then once you get to hole one there is also a potty right behind the tee.

+ Elevation is used to its full potential here from what I see. You have the biggish uphill shot on 1 and then you have the roll away potential on hole 21. Past that the course is pretty flat, but when there is some sort of elevation it is used very well. There are holes that just slightly go up or down and some pins that are right on the edge of a little mound. It doesn't add too much difficulty but it makes it fun.

+ Wooded vs. Open holes. Timber Park is a great example of a perfectly wooded course IMO. The fairways are super fair and there are jus the right amount of trees. There is only one wide open hole with no obstacles. The mix of super wooded to slightly wooded is the perfect amount.

+ Shot types. You kind of need it all here to score well. While being able to throw straight in the woods is generally all you need to do to score well in the woods, here you will need to be able to throw on all angles in and out of the woods. Forehand, backhand, rollers. You kind of need it all here to do well.

- Teesigns. C'mon man. How do we have a disc golf course that has been in the ground for this long, that is well trafficked and this well loved for not have teesigns. The teepads are numbered but thats all you got. Not the worst thing in the world since the course is beat in well enough that you can find the next hole pretty easy. Most holes you can find easily from the tee area so distances aren't missed too much. It just shocks me that there are no teesigns here. uDisc with be your best friend here.

- Sh!t Creek. Right next to holes 10-13 you will find a pleasant looking creek that is anything but that. It smells like poo-poo, thats all.

Timber Park is beautiful. If this was my home course I would be jacked. I love this style of course and would come back everyday if I could. If you are in the area to play Milo, I would suggest that you take the short drive over the river to play here. Beginners to Open players will enjoy this course.

Highly Recommend

Timber Park located in Estacada Oregon right across from Riverbend DGC. This course plays pretty much of a flat terrain. Not to much of a elevation change. This course is placed right on the campus of PGE. Very nice piece of property. Great forehand opportunities as well as backhands.

-Great Concrete tee pads as well as Mach 2 baskets. Great drainage for this course. I played this course in the winter and it was dry with only a couple muddy spots. Easy navigation around this course. Hole 19 pic is old they now have a real tee pad. Pretty Good restrooms by the parking lot as well.

-By the Picnic area there is a practice basket as well which is nice. Navigation to park is tricky if you use google maps.
-Hole 1 is very uphill shot. There is a mando. The play is either a forehand or a backhand if you are right handed.

The last hole play it in the woods a lot. These holes are pretty fun to work on your technique shots. Not much to say about this course.

Some trees need to be cut down on hole 2. This hole is tight. Hole 3 is a backhand hyzer hot around the mando. Hole 4 is a straight away shot. This hole is tucked in the woods. Hole 5 is a wooded hole. Same thing straight away. Hole 6 fun little shot around in the woods. Hole 7 is a shot right somewhat like hole 6 just is a little more open.

No pro shop. Hole 12 is a hole where you can loose your disc. The river on the right hand side. The creek is flowing very fast so if you throw in there is a possibility you could loose your disc.

Tee signs wood be nice on this course to make it easier for people to see where the basket is if it is there first time playing. 21 holes can get very tiring. Just a very interesting number. Although they have the property for it.

I think they should remove some more trees on this course. The reason for that is that most shots in the woods get knocked down by the tree. Definitely on the last wooded hole they need to clear a bunch of hanging trees going every which way.

Sewage smells terrible on the last few holes. You can get some nasty spit outs on these baskets. They need to add more chains or upgrade to discatcher baskets.

Hole 14 has a insanely hard double mando to make they. They need to take the right mando out.

Milo is right across the river from this course. Milo is a little better that's my opinion but I do like this course a lot. Tournaments there can interfere with your round. I do find frequently a tournament running while I wanted to get on.

Quite a few people on the weekends although you do get those tournaments that I was talking about. 58 hole rounds are common if you want to go to Milo afterward. There is a bridge that crosses the river over to Milo very close to each other.

I like Timber. Free to play with no park fees. I'm still learning the game and this course allows some forgiveness due to how well groomed it is. Plenty of open shots and wooded tunnels to learn on. I like how you end up at the parking lot after a round. 21 holes seems odd but it does allow you to squeeze in 3 more before you go home. Locals have always been nice to me and I usually play alone. Be nice, get nice.

First time I played this course it was really hard to play contiguous holes. Lacks proper signage and next tee markers. I use U-Disc with gps on my phone to help me find the next tee. A few more times out there and I will have my bearings.

You could make an epic day of disc golf between this and McIver which is literally across the river and about 5 miles by road. I think at my current abilities, I like Timber better than McIver, but that is no slam. Lucky to live in an area with so many good courses. Hornings, Pier Park are also worth a visit if you are passing through for a few days.

-Timber Park is a 21-hole course set in a park owned by Portland General Electric in Estacada, Oregon. PGE maintains the adjacent hydroelectric facility on the Clackamas River.

-This course has a great variety of hole lengths (200-600ft), technical and open lines, and holes with multiple routes. Most holes also have 2-3 pin locations.

-Gravel, wood chips, and short cut grass help this course be one of the best winter courses in Oregon.

-Large concrete tee pads and the baskets both have numbers to help you find your way. There are no signs, but no long walks from green to tee either.

-The park includes a playground and baseball field, but the land occupied by the disc golf course is disc golf only.

-Park services include a clean portable restroom by the first tee, a permanent restroom by the upper parking lot (closed in winter), a course map on a bulletin board near the upper parking lot, and trash cans and benches on every hole.

-The layout is very flexible. To avoid big groups you can easily start on #1, #2, #3, #4, #9, #10, or #12.

-There's not much bad to say about Timber Park. The course layout is a bit compact; tees are often within 40-50 feet of baskets. It can get crowded on weekends. Long throwers might get bored of the large number of 275-325 ft holes. That's about it.

-Milo McIver, just across the river, is a world-class course. This place is definitely not of that caliber, but it's excellent in its own right. Both courses are very well maintained, expertly designed, and a ton of fun. For me, the only significant difference is the incredible natural beauty and Pro-level challenge of Milo McIver.

This is about as good of course as you will find and not have to pay to get in the park. Nice variety of longer and shorter holes as well as holes in and out of the woods.

Gets pretty crowded when McIver (which is just across the river) is not available.

About the only times I have played this course are when there is something going on at McIver, but it is a pretty good subsitute!

-Excellent tee pads
-Multiple pin locations
-Mach 2 baskets catch great
-Beautiful setting
-No cost to play!

-Signage is minimal
-Can get very crowded
-More garbages and more benches would be nice!

With this being so close to McIver you can make a whole day of discing out of it. I really like this course actually. First time I played it I was exhausted from playing McIver beforehand. Course can get crowded on weekends with it being a "free to play" course.

This may not matter to some, but if you like bringing your dog along for the walk, then Timber Park is a course you're going to love. As long as you keep a decent rein on him and clean up after him no one will make a big deal about your dog being off-leash.

I really enjoy coming here during the fall/winter because it usually stays pretty dry compared to a lot of other course around the area.

Some delicate layouts thru the trees as well as some wide open holes. Good mix.

If you aren't a dog lover, then you probably won't enjoy all the freedom dogs are aloud on this course.

Somewhat confusing if you haven't played it or aren't with someone who has.

Sh*t creek. Especially during the winter, if you are unlucky enough to lose one in the creek it is very unlikely you'll get it back. It's not as bad during the summer but it gets pretty deep and swift the rest of the year.

I rated this course a 4 because it has a good mix of holes, is usually kept up pretty well, and because it is so dog friendly.

This place is just a good time. More often than not the people are friendly and laid back.

There are enough different shots needed during the round that it should be enjoyable for all skill levels.

~ Great variety of technical holes with a variety of obstacles, distance, and dog-legs.
~ Several places where you get to "grip it and rip it".
~ Minimal chances for lost discs (you have to throw REAL bad and not pay attention to where you threw)
~ Scorecards with map provided at first hole.
~ Tee pads and baskets in good condition.
~ NO $3.00 State Park Fee!!!

~ The path from 17's pin to 18's pad can be easy to miss. Just know you have to head thru the trees to the power line tower. If you look in the right direction you'll see where you need to go

Easily one of my favorite courses! There is a sports bar in Carver (which is on your way if you are coming from the Portland area) where the food is great and the servers are awsome. Great place to stop after playing thru Timber Park or Milo McIver.

*Beautiful wooded course
*Well maintained course
*Trash cans and benches are provided
*Alternative basket locations
*Mandatory flight paths
*Nice tee boxes
*Baskets are in ok condition
*Offers fun playability for all skill leveles
*Offers other activities for non players

I didn't like that the course didn't offer hole maps/guides. I can see it being hard to navigate for that reason alone. No posted pars were made available either.

A few of the baskets were beat up and w/ the change of one of the hole locations, makes them now numbered wrong.

some of the baskets were hard to see, it would greatly improve the visibility of them if numbered correctly and or painted in a bright color or even having a few flags as the bare metal blends in w/ the course's natural surroundings. it also was crowded.

i really loved this course and enjoyed playing in the canopy of trees. i was very happy that it flowed well and the space was utilized perfectly not being a crammed course. Having the mandatory flight paths made it fun and challenging. there are many other offered activities to do if you don't play disc golf making it a good family outing. Milo McIver is just on the other side of the river offering a 2 course playable day.

Nice course and very challanging. Lots of trees and alot angles. Some long holes and some short. Nice park.

No Tee signs. Baskets are hard to see because they have no color on them.
No maps or scorecards. Pars are not posted anywhere.

Could be a great course when its done.

- Nice variety of holes.
- A few birdie opportunities, but no easy gimmes.
- Well-defined fairways on every hole.
- Very little underbrush; almost impossible to lose a disc here.
- Well-drained land; never sloppy/muddy, even in winter.
- Most holes have alternate pin placements.
- Excellent concrete teepads.

- Very little elevation.

The part of Portland General Electric's Timber Park set aside for disc golf is used ONLY for disc golf, and has been for years. So it has the feel of a "mature" course with straightforward fairways and very little brush to get lost in. Most of the course is under trees, but with enough open area that you don't feel like it's a crapshoot. No one hole stands out in my mind as much better or worse than the others; they're all different, all fun, and they flow together well. The only real negative I can come up with is that there isn't a lot of up and down; most holes are flat.

Timber is right across the Clackamas River from Milo McIver State Park, and lot of people think of Timber as an inferior alternative to McIver. I disagree; I think McIver has too many long, wide-open shots, whereas Timber mixes it up better. Besides, every time I finish at McIver I feel like the course has beaten me up, but I've never felt that way about Timber. It's not only that it's easier or shorter -- it's just more fun somehow.

Update, November 2009: they've finally re-opened the road down into the "bowl," updated the map on the kiosk, and changed the numbers on the baskets and teepads to reflect the new 19-hole layout.

Huge evergreen trees throughout the course. Should gives some good shade during the summer.
I think the quality of the holes is excellent, some short, some long, mando's to keep everyone safe and add to the difficulty. Enough open shots to really show your distance and some technicals thrown in.
Multiple Baskets, not sure how often they get moved.
Tee Pads are made of concrete and have a good length to them. Most have the hole number painted on them.
I think it is pretty hard to lose a disc on this course, except for hole 17. If you over shoot that one its a 50 foot drop off towards the dam. Elevation only come into play on #19.
Many of the tee's have benches next to them, some have picnic tables, and almost all of them have a trash bucket. This place was clean, no bottles or cans stuck in the bushes like other courses.

No tees sign made navigation difficult. That is the biggest con of this place. The tees are pretty easy to find but finding the basket was hard. I walked out on many tees to find the basket. On Tee 2 I got a heads up from a local on where the basket was. It wasn't where I was looking. Mach 2 baskets are hard to see in the trees for the first timer in the park. I prefer Discatcher Pro for that yellow band on the top.
The map of the course from this this website and the course home page are hard to read. Both are missing the new hole 19. I'm not a big fan of satellite pictures made into a maps. To much extra useless detail. The box for maps at the course was empty. No distance listing at the course or on the maps.

Of course it being winter the restrooms close to course are closed, but there is a porta-john at #19 tee and the restroom at the outer parking lot is open. The bridge over the creek is closed right now. This forces everyone to park in the outer parking lot and walk in. I think that is why I only saw one non-disc golfer on the course.

With economy the way it is I wonder if PGE could be persuaded to install tee signs? (Portland General Electric owns the park) They did install #19 tee pad and basket recently. That would give it another ½ point on the rating scale in my book.

I think it's great that this place is so close to Milo. If you have the time play both courses in one day do it. I would definitely like to live near this place if I worked somewhere in the Portland area.

Well maintained.
Plenty or trash cans and benches.
Variety of distances and hole layouts.
Enough trees to make it interesting.
Not too many nasty places to lose a disc.
Just down the road from McIver

Can get really busy in the summer.
No signs to next tee (a few tees harder to find).
Dark discs hard to spot in the shade.

A great course for any player and significantly shorter than McIver for new golfers. With McIver so close, you can play both courses in one trip. This park also offers fishing, picnicking, soccer fields and can be reserved through PGE.

it is hard to lose a disc and is a great course for all skill levels. nice variation of holes. some elevation changes but mostly flat.

no signs and usually no maps. if you dont know the course it is hard to get through.

this is my home course and do love it. the course has a good flow.

For one of the oldest in oregon, this is well thought through. Worth the time and mcIver is just down the road.

Flatter terrain than advertised.

Estacada is a little haven for campers. Not too far from mt. hood