The Warrenton Pool Park DGC is located about 10 minutes south of I-70 and plays through a disc golf exclusive section of the park. The course is almost completely wooded. Only holes 1, 2 and 11 have some openness to them. But even those holes still have trees in play closer to the pin. There's a little bit of elevation here but nothing but it's pretty mild.

There are two tee pads on every hole, Blues (longs) and reds (short). These are generally just straight back, maybe offset to one side or the other a bit too. With the shorter distances here these do actually change the hole enough to warrant the two positions. All pads are artificial turf. I had no issues with these but other folks do. They were a little worn at this point too but still worked just fine for these distances.

The baskets are older Discatcher Pros with a bright red top band. Made it easy to spot these in the darkness of the woods. Really like seeing the red bands. They caught great and were all mounted level and standard height. One basket but multiple pin positions per hole.

There are tee signs at both tees too, which I always appreciate. The signs are basically the same for each, minus the hole # being either red or blue. They also have a basic hole map, distances to either basket placement and par. Any applicable OB is also shown as well. The best touch on these was that there was a bolt inserted designating which pin placement is in the ground. These all seemed to be accurate too.

The front and back nine both start and end by the parking lot. There's a pavillion with restrooms and a drinking fountain in the shelter next to the parking lot as well.

The course is in a beautiful section of woods with many of the front nine playing in a cedar forest which you don't see too often but is really beautiful and unique looking. The back nine starts out with more typical deciduous trees toward the beginning before getting back into some cedars again toward the very end. There's a creek that comes into play a number of times on the back nine too.

The course was very clean and well maintained. It is also permanent and free to play.

The turf tees, as mentioned above, are getting a bit on the older side and are starting to show their age. I personally didn't have any issues with these, but I know many others strongly dislike these types.

The distances on the sign are suspect at best. It felt like half the holes or more on the front nine were listed at 240'. There was even one hole, 16 I want to say, that listed both pins at 200'. The long one was very obviously 25' or so further back from the short one. This was a pretty common theme here. No idea who or how they can up with these distances.

The distances are all in the 250' and under range it seemed. Not going to be a course for people who like to air out long drives. Which is fine, especially for me. A longer par 4 or two would've been cool but it doesn't like there's really room for much more than what they have already.

I'm really glad we stopped here after a grueling round at the big boy just north of here. This is more on par with my skill level and is just a really fun wooded course, which is right up my alley.

Not a must play course but is absolutely worth a round if you're anywhere in the area. Like I said above, it's only minutes off the expressway too. I will definitely try to get back to this one next time I'm back down here. Really fun course.

(Listening to Pool Party by The Aquabats while reading this review is highly encouraged)

Warrenton Pool Park plays host to a short technical 18-hole course that snakes through the hilly woods on property. With its multiple tees and variety of shots, this course is one that provides a nice balance of fun and challenge to a wide range of skill levels.

Location of Warrenton Pool Park is off State Highway 47, 6 minutes south of I-70. After making that right turn, you'll just drive past the aquatic center, around the bend to the right, and the pavilion will be on your left. There's a Casey's between 70 and the course, along with plenty of gas and fast food options at the I-70 junction to choose from if you have any needs before or after your round. The course isn't particularly close to any other courses but is a good option for those traveling along 70. It could be a good warm up course before playing Eagles Crossing, which is just under a half hour north. As a St. Louis local, I can see myself playing this course along with a St. Charles course for a nice day trip.

Park Amenities besides disc golf currently include the aquatic center, a dog park, and walking trails that share the woods with the disc golf course, without overlapping as far as I could tell. This is the newest park in Warrenton's parks network, and it's clear on the website that they want to keep improving it, as they list horseshoe pits, and ADA fishing dock, an amphitheater, and more trails and pavilions. A master plan map on the city website also shows planned playground areas. Time will tell how these additions will affect the disc golf course; the amphitheater seems to be located where the practice basket currently is, for example. Given the infrastructure in place for the curse already, I imagine few adjustments will be done in the near future.

Course Equipment is exceptional here. By the parking lot, you will find a course map along with paper scorecards. Each hole has two artificial tees that were very nice to throw off of. Each hole also includes a tee sign for each tee that's color coded, and includes a nice hole graphic, distances, pin placements and which pin is in use, OB and mandatory locations, and next tee direction info. The baskets are red banded DISCatchers that were easy to spot, even for this red-green colorblind individual. In addition to all of this, there are numerous bridges that help traverse the numerous creeks the course navigates, as well as other nice touches such as a wall to guard hole 3's pin from drives from hole 5. There are also benches and trashcans around the course. The practice basket is also in the middle of a nice open area by the parking lot, providing some nice elevation as well to practice different putts before your round. The pavilion is a real highlight by the parking lot and includes numerous tables and what my friends said were the nicest park bathrooms they have ever seen. I didn't need to use the bathroom while on site, but I probably should have anyways, as my friends would not shut up about them for the rest of the day.

Course Design at Warrenton Pool Park focuses on tight wooded lines that will test your accuracy and ability to make touchy adjustments to your angles and shot shaping. Given the tee and in location options throughout the course, you can play here multiple times with new pin placements or even using the different tees and have very different rounds. While I did not play the red tees, it's clear that the skill gap and shot shapes required from the different tees is enough to make for some nice variety in skill requirements, making this a great course for a wide range of players. The course also loops back to the parking lot after hole 9, always a nice bonus.

Shot-Shapes is a must on this course, as you'll throw just about every angle off the tee whether you pick reds or blues for your round. Left turning shots on site include holes 4 with it's mid fairway dogleg, hole 7 in the B pin, hole 10 from the blues, and hole 16. Left turning shots include hole 1 from the blues, hole 5, hole 11 (especially from blue) and hole 17. Many of the other holes include either flexy lines or very touchy straight shots that may require a flip up or a dead straight shot for your best chance at a birdie.

Distances are primarily short, with many holes being short of 150 feet according to the tee signs. While many holes hover in the 200 to 300-foot range, there are some longer shots. Hole 11 from the Blues is likely the longest hole on site, and a few other long pins from the blues will max out between 360 and 385. That being said, the 200 to 300 range rules the day here at Warrenton Pool Park, letting short wooded shots be the overarching theme of the course.

Elevation is present as well, with most of the front 9 switching between downhill and uphill along the hill side on the west side of the park. Other holes like 3 and 15 have ridges along the fairway that require you to throw over a hill without letting the downward elevation by the pin leading to overthrowing the target. Hole 11 from the blue also has a valley vibe, with most players likely throwing a little downhill on their drive followed by an uphill upshot. Holes 17 and 18 finish with uphill and downhill drives respectively.

Difficulty varies greatly here. Reds are shorter and provide mostly easier angles to attack from, while the blues provide both more distance as well as tougher angles to navigate given the tight woods and unforgiving roughs in certain places. I'd feel comfortable bringing a newer player to try the reds while also having more experienced friends play the blues for a good time.

Mud/Course Conditions can be dicey after rain, as parts of the course are a little lower lying and surrounded by creeks, particularly in the back 9. Some spots were a little tough to navigate, particularly hole 15. Hole 11's hillside can also be tough, particularly when walking from the pin to hole 12's tees. Be careful when playing here right after rain.

Course Equipment, while mostly awesome, could use just a couple improvements. Hole 11's blue tee sign is not present, making it a little hard to spot if you aren't using udisc. While there are an abundance of bridges throughout the course, a couple more around hole 15 could be handy to help keep folks from messing with the creek sides to get to the tees or fairway. Given how much infrastructure is already in place, it would not shock me if this is already planned. Some of the distances on the tees also seem inaccurate, so take them with a grain of salt.

Rough can be unforgiving if you have a bad throw or tree kick in many spots on the course. Thorns got the best out of all 3 of us between myself and my two buddies during our round here on 3 different holes, and depending on where you land, you may opt to walk all the way down a separate fairway rather than navigate 5 to 10 feet of rough depending on where your disc lies. It seems like there is also often poison ivy present on site as well, so be on the look out if you're allergic.

Variety/Course Design will not be for everyone. If you don't like 200 to 300 foot tightly wooded holes, you will find this course to be very redundant. Other than the long tee from 11, there aren't really any long drive opportunities where you don't have to worry about woods either, so if you like open courses where you can crush distance drivers, this stop won't be your cup of tea.

Overall, I was pleasantly surprised by how fun Warrenton Pool Park was to play, along with the level of detailing and attention the course has gotten to make it a pleasant to walk around and navigate. This park has a great and ambitious master plan, and its clear disc golf is meant to be a long-term highlight as well as the aquatic center.

It's clear this course would be a lot of fun in a league or tournament scenario as well, as the pavilion is very nice and has multiple tees right next to it. Hole 10 would be a very fun hole to spectate while sitting under in the pavilion, as would 13.

At first glance, this course can feel like it is crammed into too little a space, and that it might be just another short-wooded course with little variety. By the end of our round, my friends and I wanted a second round from the other tees after experiencing how fun the course design here is. This is a course that punches above it weight in enjoyment, as well as challenge. I would not be surprised to see a given player have scores that vary by 15 strokes on different days depending on how accurate their drives during each round.

If you like wooded courses and traveling through the area on 70, this is a great stop. While Warrenton resides close to an hour from downtown St. Louis, this is a course I recommend all locals check out at some point, as it deserves plenty of love.

This is a course that has aged like wine as I think about it overtime following my round here. There are many quality courses in St. Louis, but this is one that has instantly become one my friends and I want to prioritize playing again. While this course looks relatively uneventful on paper, the skill range it caters to as well as the variety of shots the designers managed to get out of the limited space earns it a 4 out of 5 in my opinion. I look forward to seeing how this course ages overtime as the park gets continued improvements; this is a course that deserves long term love and attention.

Warrenton Pool Park is a fine addition to the eastern Missouri disc golf scene. Located six minutes from the interstate (and about an hour west of downtown St. Louis), this recently established course offers a shorter but more technical challenge in comparison to its three closest courses.

Nearly every hole is in the woods, though the first two holes are a couple of the more open holes, which is usually a nice way to begin a course.

While the holes appear to feature much similarity, there's enough variety in doglegs, elevation changes and well-positioned trees to avoid the feeling of playing the same hole over and over again. Plus, the course includes dual teepads and the signs indicate multiple possible basket locations, suggesting the baskets are moved from time to time.

The course features two nine-hole loops from the parking lot area, which includes a pavilion and open restrooms. This welcomed design allows for mid-round refreshment and reduces the possibility of traffic jams on the first hole.

Water is in play on several of the holes - in the form of a small pond on Hole #1 and as streams on a few other holes.

The artificial turf teepads are nice. Even though I played after a recent rainstorm, the traction was excellent. The signage includes a detailed map and an indicator of which position the basket is in.

Some moderate elevation comes into play on a number of the holes, adding to the variety as the course winds through a wooded labyrinth. Several holes include a timber ceiling that adds to the challenge. Hole #17, especially, will require a low-to-the-ground drive to navigate 10-foot-high branches and end up near the basket. The "traversability" is good for a wooded course. A solo player should be able to complete the course in about an hour.

This course can appeal to a variety of skill levels. For beginners, this course can provide a hearty meal of wooded disc golf without a beatdown since the holes average about 240 feet in length. For more advanced players, they may approach Warrenton Pool Park DGC as a "birdie or die" challenge on most of the holes.

The course can get pretty soggy after rain, especially on several of the lower-lying holes.

Navigation is fairly instinctual; while the course is mostly a back-and-forth layout (see the map), there are a couple areas where you might pause for direction. After Hole #3, head left of its fairway. And after Hole #11, cross the road. Also, the stream near Hole #15 requires a bit of non-direct walking to get around it.

The distance listed on several of the tee signs appears to be wrong. For example, the closest basket location on Hole #5 is listed at 120 feet, when it likely should be 220 feet.

The terrain and distance are fairly redundant; 14 of the 18 holes are 200-260 feet in length.

While the standard deviation of hole length is low, the abundance of trees means that score variance will be higher. Disc golfers who hit the tight lines might challenge for a double-digit under-par score. However, on a bad day, errant drives will result in a plethora of bogeys.

The land at the Warrenton Pool Park DGC is utilized well. At a glance, the course might appear shoehorned-in to the available space, yet the layout does a good job of keeping the adjacent fairways separated.

Fun, technical, and fair lines.
Easy to navigate
Short walks and good transitions between holes
Great, simple teepads
Best baskets in the greater STL area

Brutal rough (hit your line!!)
Ticks, bugs in spring/early summer
Some poison ivy
An hour from south STL

This course is extremely fun to play. I always want to play another round when I'm done. It could easily be played by the casual player alone or with another quick player in an hour and a half. If it were closer to where I live I would play it kore often. Cory M did an amazing job with this piece of property and I appreciate all the efforts of anyone involved. Great course!

A nice kiosk with course map, scorecards and pencils is on the south side of the parking lot, although you probably won't get lost without it.The signs are easily visible from a distance, with large red numbers, and show the direction to the pin and distance. This course was obviously created for the beginner to intermediate player; only holes 2,14, and 15 are over 300 ft. The Innova baskets have red bands that are easier to spot from afar than the yellow bands. Hole 1 Tee is on the left side of the road that leads to the gravel parking lot. Many of the holes are either up or down a hillside, mid 200ft range, and have a tight but clean line to the pin. Newer players will still be able to throw a 54 on this course, and you won't need a cart. I never used a driver, only 2 mid-ranges and a putter.

I hesitate to say anything negative about this course, other than the redundancy of many of the holes being in the mid 200s. Some holes require crossing small creeks with no bridges yet installed.

This is a lovely course with hills and creeks and many trees between you and the pin, but with few poke-n-hope holes.The designer did a fine job with limited space available. Tee pads are dirt, but that's ok since a long run up is not needed. It will a nice shady place to play in the heat of summer. 4 or 5 holes are very ace-able. Hole 9 finishes at the parking lot, no mega-hike back to your whip. It's a great little course for the players in the neighborhood that want to get in a quick round, without driving 15-20 miles to New Melle or Quail Ridge.