Having 2 baskets and 2 cement tees while situated in a serene beautiful private course setting is a great start. Then the golf starts and it's wonderful!

Tee signs at both the long and short tee pads. Yellow short basket and red long basket positions. Wooden benches on most if not all the tees.

Challenging golf up and down hills (some very steep) but noting severely tight. Wooded and peaceful setting "in the middle of nowhere".

The grass was cut even in the wooded areas, thank you.

Hole 18 long to long is one of the best finishing holes I have ever played, loved it!

A few holes reminded me of Flip City and/or Burchfield in Michigan.

Port Potty on hole 6.

I played Rollin Ridge 6 years ago and Wilderness is better which is saying a lot.

"Heavily wooded" yet very fair lines to play.

Print a map, there are no next tee signs and you can't depend on Udisc since cell signal is very spotty throughout.

Stickers in the rough (especially near the odd mando on #10).

Holes 16 and 17 were rather bland compared to the rest of the course.

I drove just under 3 hrs to Wilderness and it's totally worth it. I regret not playing a 2nd round here after going into town for lunch.

Wilderness goes into my top 10 of 400 courses now played, hence the 5 star rating. A 4.5 would be too low. I played in 10 states during 2021 and Wilderness was the best course along those road trips.

$6 fee, I dropped $10 in the mailbox.

Wish I didn't live 15 hours from Wilderness, it's a great DESTINATION.

- 18 holes, dual baskets and tees, set in woods near campground.
- Undulating wooded fairways that dogleg, with landing zones and strategic layups to set up the next shot. Punishment off the fairway matches the quality of shot well: as you get deeper the rough gets thicker, unlike some nearby Wisconsin courses that get a bit on the impenetrable scrubby side (Bird's Ruins I'm looking at you...) Lots of tasty down- AND up-hill shots scattered throughout. Holes of moderate length punctuated by big monsters.
- Multi-faceted layout with good variety: longs-to-longs, longs-to-shorts, shorts-to-longs, shorts-to-shorts, or mix-and-match options for your round keep things spicy after repeat play.
- Amenities: descriptive signage, color-coded baskets, concrete tees, benches, etc. Camping on-site. John Muir State Park nearby, as well.
- Abundant wild berries and fungi (chicken of the woods off #2's fairway to the right near tee).

- A few questionable walks in the routing department, but nothing egregious. Moments of confusion as to, which path to the long v. short tee? Two or thee mid-walk directional signs would really help first time players navigate more smoothly. And that goes for the first hole, as well, which is just mystery-tucked into the woods to the right, past a large grassy area. After a time or two playing through the course, routing should be a breeze.
- Really only two or three massive holes that are scarred into my brain. Hole #'s 1, 3 & 18 did the most damage to me, psychologically speaking (that's a good thing). The rest kinda blend together a bit, in that there isn't any one key thing separating many of the holes from each other. They pretty much all play uniformly through the same sort of hilly woodland; and that's okay, it's great hilly woodland, and they are all wonderful holes, it's just a bit nondescript in places.
- Wisconsin state bird (aka mosquitoes) and biting flies stop by to say hello and remind you you're in Wisco.

- In many ways, plays like a longer, tougher version of Leviathan. Shorter overall, but Leviathan has 24 holes to Wilderness' 18, giving Wilderness the edge on overall average hole length. With Leviathan currently closed for redesign, it's comforting to know there is another course out there in a very similar vein.
- Plays along the campsite, with only a narrow strip of woods separating the first several holes. I'm not much a fan of this but if I were camping here I could see that being a major bonus. It's just not very "Wild" for a course called "Wilderness" when camping bro and his missus are 150' off the fairway yelling at the kiddos to leave Rilee Sue alone and come eat.
-$6 pay-to-play, cash box or venmo. Had neither during my round, so went to their website to find the mailing addy, and sending cash to cover the round. Maybe add paypal to the arsenal? Sheesh. Also note to self: start carrying smaller bills while bagging. Never replaced the old cash stash after Ol' Blue bit the dust.

+ Wilderness is the perfect name for this course. Its a wild course that is one of the best in WI.

+ A bit out there but its super simple to navigate to

+ 2 sets of brand new Discatchers that are both up on the course and different colors to differentiate between the long and short basket placements

+ 2 sets of beautiful concrete tees on each hole with enough room behind them to get a big runup if needed.

+ The two sets of baskets and tees on each hole means that you can play so many different combinations and can play some difficult long holes and some nice and easy short holes.

+ Large enough parking lot to accommodate tournaments

+ This is a full service campground as well so you can stay and play.

+ Its a wooded course but not too wooded. Every hole has at least one fair line to the basket.

+ Lots of wooded tunnel shots. This is a plus for me since its my favorite type of shot t throw.

+ This course has a decent amount of elevation. There are more holes that play up and down hill then that play flat. This is not mountain golf but it does have some decent peaks and valleys.

+ Theres a clubhouse close to the parking lot with refreshments and full service bathrooms.

+ Porta Potties are laid throughout the course

+ Benches on almost every hole

+ There are so many great holes here that its hard to find a signature hole but hole 18 Long to Long would be my vote. Its a long, wooded, halfway downhill, doglegged beast of a finishing hole that you can score anything from a 3 to a 10+ on. Its fair yet punishing.

- Its really hard for me to find many cons here that wouldn't be just me nitpicking

- Hole 5 from the long tee has an artificial real tree trunk placed into the ground very close in front of the tee to make the tee shot harder but to me its just a bit cheesey and not needed imo.

- The rough is super rough and can be a disc eater for sure but this is one of the beautiful things about the course. The fairways and fair and wide enough so if you find yourself in the rough then it is what it is.

- The course is still improving every year but theres some downed trees and brush that could be cleaned up but the course will get there.

This course is a 100% must play if you are in the area and is 100% worth it to go out of the way to play. This has made its way to being one of my favorite courses in WI and will go back every chance that I get.

The amount of difficulty can be varied so much. Short tee to short pin for beginners, short to long or long to short for intermediate players, then long to long for the top end of players... and you will need to be a top-end player to break par. Some holes the tees/baskets are only 50 feet apart, and sometimes they add 250+ feet to the hole. Having now played the short-short layout, the difficulty isn't all gone as there are still some difficult shot shapes required. With this, all skill levels can have a great, challenging round at Wilderness.

No hole can be considered boring. Sure, 16 and 17 are short and 1 and 6 are pretty dead straight, but there is always something to keep the hole interesting whether it be a fast green or a cage of trees around the pin.

True two-shot par 4s abound. 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 14, and 15 all do this well. The par 5s (3 and 18) are true par 5s. 3 is possibly an eagle opportunity, but it would take two superhuman shots, and 18 we'll talk about later.

For being an all wooded course, the shot variety is second to none. Being forced low was the main challenge here, as holes 6, 7, 11, and the green of 8 had some serious low-hanging branches to avoid. Obviously the left-to-right and right-to-left and uphill/downhill mix was just about perfect, too.

The maintenance is just about as good as it can be for a heavily wooded course like this. The upkeep around the tee pads is superb and the baskets are in excellent condition.

The tee signs are very helpful. There is one at each pad listing the distances to both baskets from both tees, and the overhead illustration is really quality, except it doesn't really show all the trees...

Scary greens all over the place. The first one is the long pin of 3, set just before the top of the hill with plenty of opportunity to roll back down the fairway, 11 short is similar but less extreme. 5, 12, 15, and 18 long are set with sheer drops behind them, as is 14 short. Hole 7 is just one big hillside. There are also plenty of holes where the foliage is close behind the pin making a comebacker difficult (4, 8, and 17 long being the most blatant).

There are so many unique features, I will share just a highlight reel here:
- Hole 3 long is absolutely unreal. A 30-ft wide tunnel for the first 450'. then a sharp 45° left, and a 5 story rise in elevation over a further 300'. This is one of the most impressive holes I've ever played and I was lucky enough to grab the par.
- Hole 7 is a short hole, but plays onto a hillside about 30 feet high. The short pin is to the left and the long is to the right. The rollaway danger is high here.
- Hole 10's long pin is tucked behind a tight 90° right mando which could (nee, will) force some creative shots unless you beat it in one.
- Hole 14 plays 150' through a tunnel of trees, then comes blasting out over a two story drop in elevation, culminating in a short uphill to the green.

It's time to talk about it. Hole 18. It is the best hole I have ever played. I have never been so wowed by the sheer look of a hole. Sure, I've seen some great views from certain tee pads, but this was purely the hole. Staring at a 30' drop in elevation off the tee and then a slow right turn about 300' down the fairway, followed by 550 more feet of trees to play through (over a rise in the ground) to get to the green, which has plenty of trees itself... the breathtaking view followed by the challenging hole was unreal.

The first tee can be hard to find from the parking lot since there are two practice baskets. It's just past the yellow one.

There is a risk of going into the campground/RV area if you get a bad kick on hole 1.

The rough is appropriate for a place called "Wilderness," but the thorns can get nasty and recovery shots from off the fairway can be both overly difficult and uncomfortable.

There are a few spots where I feel there are just a few too many trees. Hole 1, and the approaches to 5 and 6's long greens. Some may consider hole 12 in this as well, but once you beat the first tree it becomes considerably easier.

If you're used to bombers then there will be some frustration as it is a technical challenge, but it's a style you probably need to learn *wink*

Take your time as it seems like a pretty low traffic course. Throw 2-3 shots per hole and see what works best. The lines you'll learn (*cough* hole 12 *cough*) are ones you can take with you to other wooded courses.

Go play this course. The most unfortunate thing about this course is that it's so far away from major cities. I came from the Dells about 40 minutes away, and it's about an hour from Madison... but I can't say enough good about this course. If you happen to be anywhere near here, stop and play it. No excuses.

Welcome to the Wilderness DGC! This beautiful track is located North of Madison just outside Montello, deep in the woods on a campground. As you arrive in the parking lot, you see the campsite on your right and an open field with 2 practice baskets on the left.

The entrance to the course itself is pretty epic. You walk right up into the woods through a large corridor past the yellow practice basket, leading you right up to Hole 1's long tee.

This course has 2 tee pads on every hole as well as 2 baskets on every hole as well. The tee pads are a great size that allow for a variety of lines and run ups. The baskets are pristine Innova 28's that are colored yellow for short basket placements and red for long basket placements. All tees & baskets are immaculately level and placed well.

The tee signs are very accurate and illustrative. They truly paint the picture of the hole as well as giving the distance to both baskets from both tees on each sign. The course is well groomed and the portable restrooms were among the cleanest I have ever seen. With benches on every hole and a plethora of garbage & recycling cans, the amenities at this course are plentiful.

The design of this course is awesome! I really love the options presented with the tees and multiple baskets. You have 4 layouts - short to yellow (RED level), long to yellow (WHITE level), short to red (BLUE level) & long to red (GOLD level). This format allows for all skill levels to play a layout that suits their game best to have the best time, as well as the regular visitor to play multiple layouts on the course.

The course winds up and down hills, through the woods the entire round. There is not a single "open" hole on the course. Baskets are often precariously placed on a hillside or on the edge of a drop off. While some holes reward powerful throws, placement is also needed to score well on many holes out at Wilderness. Your best bet on many holes is how far you can control a straight shot off the tee.

There are many signature holes to choose from on the course as you have 64 unique holes. Personal favorites of mine are teeing from the long tee on the Par 5 Hole 18 at the top of the hill, forcing a left to right moving tee shot. I also favor Hole 6 long tee to long basket, as it is one of those rare par 4's through a thick line of trees that you can see straight down the fairway from the tee. Both very picturesque & challenging holes!

With the course located back in the woods of the campsite, there are RARELY any other patrons on the course that are not players. With this being a pay to play, there is a good chance there will not be a huge crowd of players out.

Hard to find a con for this course. The design of the holes are all very fair and show the option(s) to attack the hole. The only hole that may be argued against this is Hole 15. The cut of trees off the tee suggest a right to left moving throw would be an option, when that kind of just opens up towards 14's tee. This would be the only hole that needs a little tweak.

This is a course you can tell your $5 daily pass is going right back into. From the amazing course itself, the added amenities, the cleanliness of the course & campsite, I will make it a must to stop in Montello on my way back from Sandy Point to Chicago

Short tees are very fair and has variety of shots.
Long tees are very challenging and has a lot of placement shots with a variety of shots from backhand and forehand.
Hole 18, par 5 is one of the best hole ever!
Great course design.

Short tee 15 to short basket doesn't have a good line. Maybe if a single tree was removed but I can understand the concept of this hole.

I don't want to make a long review.. All I wanted to do was rate it 5 stars cause it's one of the best wooded courses I've played in the upper midwest region. Great course for all sorts of skill levels and a must play course if your driving by or love a challenging course to test your skills.

Infrastructure is top notch, the very best I've seen:
- Two baskets per hole, color coordinated for short (yellow) and long (red) positions; all baskets in great condition
- Two concrete teepads per hole, both with signs containing easily navigable hole maps (also, overview map located at parking lot aided in navigation)
- Extremely well thought out and maintained fairways
- Benches at every teepad
- Port-a-potties located throughout the course
Having multiple permanent baskets and teepads for every hole really adds a lot of variety. I wish I had time to go back through a second time, because some of the basket/pad combos would make the hole play completely different. Also, this makes it so you can have players of a variety of skill levels play together and all play a course appropriate for their ability. And most important of all, the fun factor is off the charts with this course! Every hole feels different, and many of them are super memorable. My wife walked Wilderness with me, and we literally had the woods all to ourselves. The course is very serene and naturally beautiful. It was an absolutely perfect disc golf experience.

Nothing, in my opinion. The location is somewhat remote, so odds are you'll have a healthy drive to get here regardless of where you're coming from. But honestly that is a Pro in my opinion rather than a Con, since it keeps the course from getting overcrowded. Same thing with the $5 fee - I actually like the pay-to-play concept because it seems to help with overcrowding in my experience.

Make time to play this course twice; I wish I had. Playing short tees to long pins followed by long tees to short pins will give you a true 36 hole round. And of course the usual recommendations for woods golf -- come prepared for poison ivy, ticks, mosquitos, etc.

After playing 150ish courses, I genuinely believe that this belongs right up there with the "Best of the Best".

While having two baskets/tees per hole may seem gimmicky to some, it is masterfully executed at Wilderness DGC.

This course is expertly designed and accommodates all skill levels. If you're a beginner, looking to boost your confidence, or wanting ace runs, the short-short is great. On the flip side, attempting to shoot par on the long-long should be challenging to even the most skilled disc golfers. I was playing best-position doubles with my brother, and we were still struggling to break even on the long-long layout. Even though it completely kicked our ass (2 rounds of 18 here was 22,000 steps) and we lost a disc to the rough, we were extremely satisfied and happy as we drove home.

Even though this course is entirely in the woods, the fairways are in great shape. The rough, on the other hand, is quite a beast.

The course, for the most part, flows pretty well, but I would advise printing out a map before hand or grabbing one from the kiosk if they are there.

There's plenty of elevation as well. For example, the long tee of the monster par 5 #18 starts at the top of a ravine and certain holes require you to throw up hills. #3's long basket also sits at the top of a hill which adds to an already difficult 775 ft hole (from the longs).

The training/practice/warm-up area at the beginning of the course is also quite nice. There are two baskets and a large, open field that appears to be mowed regular.

Porta-potties available not only at the beginning of the course, but also throughout the course. This was a nice touch!

The course equipment is also world-class. The two tees are concrete and spacious, the baskets are beautiful and catch well, and the tee signs are very descriptive with maps, distances, and pars.

Wooden benches behind every (I think) tee make it easy to enjoy watching the tee-offs of your card mates and also give you an opportunity to rest if need be.

Very secluded. My brother and I were the only people on the course all day. It was serene and peaceful. We came within 10 feet of a family of deer, which definitely added to the vibe.

This area of the campground is only used for disc golf, so you don't need to watch out for people engaging in other activities.

As previous reviewers have pointed out, the cons consist of terrible rough (very thick and sometimes thorny), bugs/ticks, and lack of any water obstacles.

This course also lacks a really wide open hole where you can just air it out. You're going to be facing tree obstacles on literally every hole.

$5 for an all-day pass here is an incredible value. While I know that I may get dinged by some for giving this a perfect score, I would argue that Wilderness is absolutely in the same league and of the same caliber as the courses at Highbridge. I spent 4 hours here and would have stayed longer had my legs not begged me to surrender. Definitely worthy of a road trip!

This course is so good and the only thing missing is water hazards if I had to look at everything. The teepads are a little elevated on top of some asphalt which makes for great erosion control. Teepads are also long wide enough. There are benches on most holes so people can rest after walking up and down hills. There are a lot of up and down shots that really give a lot of variation to the course. It is very wooded but most holes are fair and there are actual lines that you must hit in order to shoot well. There are dual tee pads and dual baskets for every hole. Red tees to red baskets is a beast of a course and is intended for advanced and pro level players.

After finally playing the short to short layout, I was pleasantly surprised by how fun it was. Only con now is that there is no water hazard.

Overall, I'm so happy that this course was built. Thanks to Pat Blake for the design and the wilderness campground for allowing the course to be built. They are always improving the course and if you haven't played since summer of 2017, go again and you will be pleasantly surprised. The rough isn't as thick and has been cleaned up a lot and some trees were cut to make for better shot shaping. It definitely is worth the $5 a day or $45 a year pass. Wilderness Campground is my go to course now in Southern WI.