As you drive in, cruising next to the Delaware River on the way, there is an avenue of trees that plays #1-4, and the most convenient parking is in the furthest back lot.

From the very first tee, Tinicum felt like a very old course, in a good way but with accumulated baggage. It still surprised me that it dated all the way back to 1992.

Each hole has 3 possible pins, with a dial like Tyler State Park displaying hopefully current info. Which is great in theory...

Now, I'll be the first to admit I'm a shameless noodlearm, I average about 250' on a good day and might throw 290' every so often. With the long distances here up front, I didn't start having any fun until #4, which was a highly treed 317' at the time? Dunno.

When #7 entered the woods and it became a bit more technical, I was in my element for about three holes. And most of the back nine was a pleasure. Even though it appears fully open and flat at first glance, the majority of course is treed fairways, to one extent or another, with enough elevation humps to obscure distant pins in the front holes. The trees provide a good level of technicality, lines, and need a measure of luck.

Much of the back course near the back parking lot plays near an old canal and what used to be an old towpath, from what I gather.

On a Monday afternoon, the only other players I saw were a party of 2 well ahead of me when I drove in. Compared to the heavily used tees, I'm not sure what the verdict on crowdedness is.

Overall, it's way more course than a typical community park, well worth the play, but also heavily flawed. There is a very good course here, but details need reworking to bring it out.

The overarching weakness is that the basket location was far too often mysterious, off the tee, due to multiple pins, distance, obscuring trees, and hard to comprehend signs.

Perhaps it picked up the idea of a dial and multiple pins from Tyler 40 minutes south. While it works well there, it didn't work here for me because a number of dials are missing or were flat out wrong. Time after time on the distant holes, I wished I brought along my mini-bonoculars to find where the target was. I was throwing blind.

Udisc has an absurd number of map layouts for this place as well, when they feel like changing pins, which seems like every six months. Does it become like a whole new course every time? Hard to say, but I doubt it. It's an attempt to cater to mixed skill levels but strangely, I never seen shortest 'A' pin positions used. Just the longer 'B' and longest 'C'.

It would be better off keeping either buying another set of baskets so intermediate pins can be up all the time or investing in quality advanced and amateur tees instead, so multiple levels can play concurrently.

Speaking of, the tees here are in an extremely sad shape for having been updated around 2015, gravelly ruts in the ground that are sometimes ten feet long, sometimes they look like explosion craters over thirty feet in length, with no clearly defined end. More often than not, I teed off in the grass just for safety. A testament to sheer usage, perhaps.

Signs are really impressive in build quality, layered plastic with two colors, that are routed/carved. However, the details of the map were utterly baffling to me and will be to other newcomers in cold half of the year. Squiggly lines I thought conveyed a mysterious missing "forest" actually meant mowed fairways that were gone this time of year. Take a gander at #18 sign (or any hole sign really) and imagine that the entire field was completely evenly mowed while reading it.

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I couldn't make heads of tails of it while playing. Now looking at photos here, I realized what it was supposed to mean but I'm glad I played now instead of in summer. Not a fan of narrowly mowed fairways strips and playing disc hunt amongst higher grass in a field.

While the treed holes were overall good, there were few too many dead straight tunnel shots through the tees, at least three, and not enough anhyzer ones to even it out for the LHBH/RHFHers.

You have to backtrack the entirety of #5 before throwing it due to design. It's there to have a single, token, uphill, but it's boring and wide open. Unnecessary contrivance. It seems if they broke up #1 into two warm-up holes, they could forgo this lackluster uphill and have the player simply cross the field from #4 to #6 without all the extra backtracking.

Similarly, there is a lack of basket navigational aids. Some tee signs show next tee. Only one basket had Next Tee indicator, in form of a taped spoke. And the distances between baskets, like #9 to #10, can be fairly large. Udisc was used fairly frequently.

#18 is a fairly massive, slightly downhill, 800' drive as an ender, but it criss-crosses the walking path from 9 to 10 to do it. While the distance is impressive, ending on a wide open hole really isn't.

I would be thrilled to see this course fixed to some extent, but lacking either that or a massive gain in my driving distance, I doubt I would drive out this way again.

Out of XXXXX:

Terrain: XXXx - Very Good. Mostly flat but a ton of room and lots of trees to make things interesting.
Execution: XXx - Typical. It's a good course mostly in layout, but some holes need rework, the pin concept doesn't work here imo. The strip-mowed fairways in summer are not my thing and makes for baffling signs in the other half of the year.
Upkeep: XX - Reasonable. The overall park seemed nice and kept if dated, as were the fairways. Tees are in horrendous shape. Pin dials missing.
Difficulty: XXX - Intermediate. Other than distance, most of the difficulty was just a step over average. Lacks punishment in missing a line.
Fun Factor: XXX - Good. I had a better time than the flaws would indicate, but it really took a long while to get going. YMMV here based on throwing distance.
Overall: XXX - Good but flawed. This course should be a half a star higher than if execution and upkeep were better.

Amenities: There was a portapotty right before the last parking lot.

+ One tee pad per hole but multiple possible pin locations. This means a lot of variability between sessions.
+ All tee signs are made of sturdy plastic. They show a diagram of the hole ahead, the distances to the different pins locations and each pin's par. A dial below the sign indicates to the player which pin is currently in play.
+ Among the open holes, the grasses are mowed at different heights to create clear lines between fairways and rough. The rough areas are not too tall, so any discs that land there can still be easily found.
+ The course plays in a quiet and expansive township park area with two or three holes alongside a natural canal. There are no mind-blowing sights here, but it is still a peaceful place.
+ Very many wide open holes to let loose and throw your hardest and farthest. Many holes are in the 350-foot range or more! Be ready for a healthy walk.
+ A few wooded holes peppered in add variety to the course.
+ Easy access to bathrooms right next to Tee5. Benches and trash cans are everywhere. Please do not litter.

- There are no 'next tee' signs. It's true that the 'current tee' diagrams point the player in the direction of the next tee, but it ought not be put upon the player. Signage is part of any course, and 'next tee' signs go a long way in making the course play more smoothly. The biggest offenders of this are from hole 4 to 5 and from hole 9 to 10.
- The tee pads have a lot to be desired. The best way I can describe them is loose fine gravel. The material is unevenly spread within most tees. A player can slip on such a free-moving platform. A few have been used so much that there are deep ruts carved down the middle. This limits the player's mobility during a wind-up.
- Not much elevation challenge to speak of. There are some gradual uphill and downhill slopes, but this course is mostly flat.
- With the exception of holes 7, 13 and 14, there are no densely wooded holes that truly challenge a players accuracy and placement.

My favorite hole at Tinicum might be hole 3. To my mind, it is the most dynamic of the course, meaning that it has the most varied elevation. I like its downhill slope followed by slight uphill charge to the basket. Plus, it isn't too long or too short.
My least favorite hole here might be hole 12. It was pretty flat and straight-forward.

As for the course as a whole, Tinicum Park's disc golf course is a nice open place to practice your power drives. The course does have wooded holes, but they are not the focus of this venue. Still, players who prefer challenge through deliberate placement will probably enjoy the park-style holes because of how organized and apparent they are.
The tee pads are lacking, and the elevation is minimal. There are no truly dazzling holes here, but Tinicum is a good place to go for a slow-paced and leisurely session with friends or solo.

I recommend Tinicum to the power throwers who are looking for a calm place to fling their farthest. Technical players will probably enjoy it, too, because of the occasional wooded hole that takes you by surprise. The varying pin locations ensure that playing here will not feel predictable, although it is kind of a let-down if a pin position that you like isn't in play that day. But, that's just how it goes sometimes.
Come to Tinicum for a wide-open low-pressure session of disc golf. Bring your furthest gliders!

Beautiful scenic park right next to the Delaware River on the PA side. Decent mixture of wooded/open holes but the course definitely favors big arms.
Multiple baskets (A,B,C) at each hole that are rotated regularly.
The course is usually well groomed with defined fairways and rough.
The canal on the west side of the course plays a factor on a couple of holes and will make you think twice about how you approach the basket.
Signage at the hole is accurate and includes a dial that lets you know what the basket location for that day is.

Variety is a bit lacking, many of the holes are fairly similar. A good technical game is not necessarily required to score well but you definitely need to be able to bomb a drive.
Very flat-elevation changes are one of my favorite qualities of a good DGC and there are none to speak of at Tinicum.
When the course is not well maintained it can be a pain searching through the high stuff for your disc (solution-thow the disc straight!)
Sometimes there are other activities going on at the park (boy scouts, polo, etc) which can get in the way of your game. We had to skip a hole one time because the fairway was occupied by boy scouts camping.

You're not going to find the amazing signature holes and variety like you would at some of the other courses nearby but its certainly worth playing. On a nice day its a beautiful place to be outside discin'. There is also a course only a couple of miles away in Alexandria, NJ...you could easily hit them both in an afternoon.

Located in a nice county park just across the Jersey border. Three possible basket placements at each hole. Signage is excellent and depicts par, distance and basket location, while a rotating dial at the base of the tee post lets you know if it is in the "A", "B" or "C" position. An arrow is etched into each tee sign pointing you to the next tee off area. Course layout and hole variety are both satisfactory. Numbered Mach III baskets are old but work well. Mowed pathways leading to the field holes are a big help. Benches exist at most of the holes, porta potties are available and parking space is decent.

Dirt tee off areas, which is a big downer given what the rest of the course offers. Depending on pin placement, holes 5 and 6 play dangerously close to each other. High grass can make it tough to find errant shots. Most holes favor the guy with the big arm. Wind can wreak havoc on your round depending on the time of year you play. The sign for hole 16 is missing as of 5/7/11. Bag poles and the occasional "next tee" arrow would be nice additions to the course.

I had heard good things about Tinicum, and must admit I felt a bit disappointed after playing here. While the course is not bad- designer Joe Mela undoubtedly knew what he was doing- it just seems to be missing that little something that could put it into that upper tier of courses. You can tell that at one time, Tinicum was a destination course. Now almost 20 years old, Tinicum reminds me of the once superb athlete who is now a mere mortal- still good but not great. This course lacks that extra level of care and attention given to the super courses of Tyler State Park and Nockamixon that make it stand out. These criticisms aside, it is certainly still a good play and worth your while to visit.

First off, this course is beautiful. The area is so pretty, and well maintained. The park is very scenic around it. Also the fairways look great, with walkways to holes being mowed, but still longer rough left on each sides of the fairway, it looks great.

The signs on this course are great as well, giving locations of each basket, and distances and pars for them. Also, there is a small wooden dial on the post below them that shows which position the basket is at, which helps when its out of sight.

Several holes on this offer lots of fun distance, at 600'+. Hole 18 is a big arms dream, a wide fairway to the basket at 799' according to the sign, for the longest position.

The multiple positions for baskets looked great, several holes through the trees had positions that went left and right, which would totally change the feel of the hole, and provide great variety.

Some of the dirt tees were rutted. With how nice this course is built, concrete, or even rubber tees would really improve the environment.

Also, I was only able to play by primarily the long pin positions, but several holes seemed to only require big arm distance. There were some technical holes, but they were pretty few and far between. Some holes would be more technical by other pin positions, but many were on the same line and just shortened by 50'-100' by different pins, so it was virtually the same hole, just shorter.

Also, the course is kind of hard to navigate, a few holes have you throw across a field, then walk back to the same side you threw from to get to the next tee, which would've been tough to find if I didn't use the course map on this site.

The day I was here, for whatever reason, a massive group of foreigners was trying to set up camp in the middle of the fairway on holes 4 and 5. I'm not sure if this happens here regularly, but it was very frustrating to demolish my score because of some campers who didn't understand english, but, I don't hold that against the course.

All in all, a great course to play and throw some bombs, but not very catering to the technical smaller arms of us out there.

Flat. Great signs that will never get you lost and include a next tee sign on the map. Drives involve thought you can't expect to pick up you valkyrie and wail it 200 yd and expect to be on the fairway. the long grass will provide a great challenge to anyone even pros. This is a very unique course that you will not see often. Every shot is different. A, B. C positions on every hole. Not to easy, even though i shot under par, and eagled 5. the water hazard on 2 holes, my mom shot into the river.

to short. No use of elevation with no elevation. Baskets aren't top notch. To crowded. We played the course in under 45 mins.

Sweet fairways and nicely groomed-- wide open holes. Nice signs at every tee box, nice tee pads! Good first time course.

The front nine were very open, nice for big arm drives but become repetative after a while; the back nine had some trees and shrub cover. I usually play very wooded courses ( nockamnixon and jordan) compared to them this course was VERY open! The canal never really comes into play--and you would have to make a seriously poor shot to end up in the water.

I was very excited to play this course-- after playing at tinicum I was pretty let down, the holes were just too repetitive and there was no real elevation/water hazards