Best disc golf city in the country?

[Brokensaint]

And I even forgot to mention The Cave! About an hour and change from the arch

 

[DavidSauls]

Climate Index = Rodney's made-up formula using the climate data.

It's been 9 years ago, but I think I originally intended for it to roughly represent the number of reasonable disc-golfable days per year. (Hard cores golf 365 days a year!)

No wonder Google was stumped!

That's cool. It'd be fun to put different formulas in, but that's a huge thread drift. (I'll only say that, if anything I'd ADD wind average. Where's your sense of fun?).

 

[humchris85]

Des Moines - end thread (badly)

Fixed.

 

[grodney]

No wonder Google was stumped!

That's cool. It'd be fun to put different formulas in, but that's a huge thread drift. (I'll only say that, if anything I'd ADD wind average. Where's your sense of fun?).

I could send you the spreadsheet of raw climate data. Or put it up on Google Docs. Hours and hours of nerdly fun. I pulled down humidity and maybe some others too, but didn't use them.

 

[rj29274]

Where is better?

Chicago may be the worst city for DG in the country. . .

 

[rj29274]

First of all, are all opinions on this equal? I could care less what someone who is new to the game or has only played in his or her region says about what's good.

I disgree. Des Moines is a terribly boring place to live, but is LOADED dg wise - I always thought Charlotte was one of the best until I heard how "bad" the courses were for Worlds. Tulsa is another city loaded with good courses

 

[DavidSauls]

I could send you the spreadsheet of raw climate data. Or put it up on Google Docs. Hours and hours of nerdly fun. I pulled down humidity and maybe some others too, but didn't use them.

Thanks, but I'll wing it with my own climate preferences and biases, which definitely lean toward the warm side. "Number of dry days where the temperature exceeds 60 degrees" is a pretty simple formula.

In truth, "Best City" is almost infinitely flexible, depending on criteria used.

I don't think my home qualifies, based on the fact that I could see the Milky Way when I got home tonight. I don't know how you define "city", but if you can can see the Milky Way, you're not in one.

 

[Cgkdisc]

I also could see the Milky Way when I got home in the Twin Cities but it was in a wrapper...

 

[Martin Dewgarita]

And I even forgot to mention The Cave! About an hour and change from the arch

I feel like the cave adds to the climate talk in that if you live there, it doesn't matter what the weather is. 0degree blizzard outside? long sleeve shirt weather in the cave. 110 sweltering at JB? Natural AC in the cave.

 

[DavidSauls]

I disgree. Des Moines is a terribly boring place to live, but is LOADED dg wise - I always thought Charlotte was one of the best until I heard how "bad" the courses were for Worlds. Tulsa is another city loaded with good courses

Like about everything else on this thread, "boring" is in the eye of the beholder, and what kind of life the beholder seeks.

As for Charlotte, it's more of a course style issue than a course quality issue. If you don't like tight wooded courses, Charlotte may not be your place. But plenty of people who've played plenty of places, rate Charlotte courses highly.

 

[Buchajs1]

Texas Colorado North Carolina and California

 

[renoob]

Here are the top 60 places, ranked and scored by quantity of disc golf nearby, based on a formula which gives more weight to bigger courses that are closer (not just "within" an arbitrary radius - a flawed method which tends to pick places that have a lot of courses out on the edge of the radius).

Rank	Score	Place
1	5.27	Bartlett, IL 60103
2	5.15	St Paul, MN 55116
3	5.04	Charlotte, NC 28210
4	4.95	Homer Glen, IL 60491
5	4.94	Dexter, MI 48130
6	4.89	Grayslake, IL 60030
7	4.84	Germantown, OH 45327
8	4.79	Grand Rapids Charter Township, MI 49508
9	4.75	Milwaukee, WI 53224
10	4.68	Coplay, PA 18037
11	4.58	Augusta, MI 49012
12	4.53	Gardiner, ME 04345
13	4.49	Kansas City, MO 64111
14	4.48	Round Rock, TX 78681
15	4.44	Appleton, WI 54911
16	4.43	Rock Island, IL 61201
17	4.40	Coppell, TX 75019
18	4.36	Lancaster, PA 17602
19	4.29	Tulsa, OK 74107
20	4.28	Arvada, CO 80005
21	4.20	Westerville, OH 43081
22	4.20	Houston, TX 77045
23	4.08	Cary, NC 27511
24	4.02	Spring, TX 77389
25	4.00	Indianapolis, IN 46280
26	3.99	Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
27	3.99	Cleveland, WI 53015
28	3.98	Ludington, MI 49431
29	3.94	Helsinki Finland
30	3.92	Machesney Park, IL 61115
31	3.91	Bowling Green, KY 42103
32	3.90	Peru, IN 46970
33	3.88	Charlotte, MI 48813
34	3.87	Washington, IL 61571
35	3.87	Hockessin, DE 19707
36	3.85	Wellsville, PA 17365
37	3.83	Spring Grove, PA 17362
38	3.82	Asheville, NC 28806
39	3.81	Tupelo, MS 38804
40	3.76	Eau Claire, WI 54703
41	3.76	Baltimore, MD 21211
42	3.75	Oxford, MA 01537
43	3.75	North Plains, OR 97133
44	3.73	Bromma, Sweden
45	3.73	North Canton, OH 44720
46	3.71	Des Moines, IA 50317
47	3.70	Clearwater, MN 55320
48	3.65	San Antonio, TX 78233
49	3.65	Sand City, CA 93955
50	3.65	Seneca, SC 29678
51	3.63	Seattle, WA 98146
52	3.62	High Bridge, WI 54846
53	3.58	La Mirada, CA 90638
54	3.56	Nicholasville, KY 40356
55	3.55	Mobile, AL 36618
56	3.51	Orchard Park, NY 14127
57	3.51	North Potomac, MD 20878
58	3.51	Spotsylvania, VA 22551
59	3.49	Greenville, SC 29614
60	3.49	Huntsville, AL 35806

Now take these numbers, multiply them by (grodney's climate index / 365) and you have another made up stat...weather weighted disc golf index.

 

[5slamma]

great to see that Charlotte remains in the ranks no matter how its scored

 

[HarkeyPuck]

Well I live here, so here is the best!

 

[notapro]

Interestingly enough, that table also shows how many trees come into play at Bartlett - 5.27.

 

[Lewis]

I could send you the spreadsheet of raw climate data. Or put it up on Google Docs. Hours and hours of nerdly fun. I pulled down humidity and maybe some others too, but didn't use them.

Yes please? I would like to have some nerdly fun with your raw climate data.

 

[keltik]

Texas Colorado North Carolina and California

These are states not cities.

 

[grodney]

Yes please? I would like to have some nerdly fun with your raw climate data.

I have monthly and yearly average data for:
High Temp
Mean Temp
90+ days
32- days
Precip days
Snow avg
Wind avg
Sunshine Pct (not sunshine hours)
Humidity

Can't get to google docs at work (why is "Mass Storage" a blocked category of website?!?!?!), so I can either e-mail you the spreadsheet or I can get it on google docs from home in the next day or two. If you need the e-mail, PM me your address.

 

[Steve West]

I feel like the cave adds to the climate talk in that if you live there, it doesn't matter what the weather is. 0degree blizzard outside? long sleeve shirt weather in the cave. 110 sweltering at JB? Natural AC in the cave.

Reminds me of another weather factor - dust in the air. 100% of the time in the sand mine (which is not actually a cave).

Also need to somehow factor in all those indoor disc golf courses that will be popping up soon.

 

[Buchajs1]

Pine co