Where are you going in 2024?

Will be traveling through Little Rock AR and Shreveport LA on my way to Austin TX to visit family for Thanksgiving. Any must hit courses in or around Little Rock and Shreveport I must hit?

I loved Lake Claiborne, if you are in that area. About an hour east of Shreveport, but a bit of a detour off the main highway.

But worth it, imo 😃
 
Will be traveling through Little Rock AR and Shreveport LA on my way to Austin TX to visit family for Thanksgiving. Any must hit courses in or around Little Rock and Shreveport I must hit? Won't have much time to hit additional courses in Austin due to spending time with family but I do plan on playing Roy G and Sprinkle Valley before I head back.
Lake Claiborne SP - Dogwood
Lake Claiborne SP - Whitetail

My Louisiana suggestions

*Did not see that Monocacy beat me to this.
 
Both are great suggestions (after taking a peak at both courses) and appear to be doable small detours from my main route. Thanks Everyone!
 
We did mile 63 2 times, maple hill 2 times and pyramids.
How was Pyramids? I've got so much MST stuff with the logo on it but have never gotten up there to play.
 
How was Pyramids? I've got so much MST stuff with the logo on it but have never gotten up there to play.

I only played one hole. I had a sugar issue and had to sit in the car for a bit.

They said it was a tight wooded course. And they were tired after playing maple hill, so they struggled a bit. The course looked like a course I enjoy though, tight wooded.
 
Not that anyone asked me, but FWIW ...
Pyramids is a very good to excellent wooded course that was fun to play.

It's biggest drawback is that being less than half a mile from Maple Hill inevitably results comparisons/contrasts, and it simply doesn't stack up that well compared to Maple Hill. Very few courses do.

But Pyramids is a very good course on it's own.

Someone else mentioned 501 (a bit further west). Really a great course, with great, woodsy elevation.

Maple
501
Pyramids

...in that order.
 
Not that anyone asked me, but FWIW ...
Pyramids is a very good to excellent wooded course that was fun to play.

It's biggest drawback is that being less than half a mile from Maple Hill inevitably results comparisons/contrasts, and it simply doesn't stack up that well compared to Maple Hill. Very few courses do.

But Pyramids is a very good course on it's own.

Someone else mentioned 501 (a bit further west). Really a great course, with great, woodsy elevation.

Maple
501
Pyramids

...in that order.
And that is the correct order. But yes, if Pyramids wasn't right across the street from MH, it is still a good standout course.
 
How was Pyramids? I've got so much MST stuff with the logo on it but have never gotten up there to play.
Even though I wasn't asked either, here goes ...
Pyramids is mostly in tight woods, it has a few holes along a nice creek, including the perfect Ace Run #6, right against the riverbank. Then you go back up and down the valley (including a rope for climbing up, which I used) a couple of times.
Finally, you get up for a couple on flat ground with just scattered trees, then finish in tight woods.
It was very soggy the day I played, so truly a slog. The current rating of 4.08 is about right.
 
You lucky dog!!!

I'm a Two Mile Run guy myself. It's pretty damn near evenly split between that one and Linbrook as for the best niner by Pittsburgh (or anywhere actually).

Both courses at Grand Vue Park have been wishlisted for years now. And WV is still my favorite place that I've been too. Alyssa's too, surprisingly, which I didn't expect especially after CO and Lake Tahoe trips since then. And we liked Oregon better than those two. West Virginia and western PA are gorgeous. Keep us posted on what you think. (y)
Two Mile Run and Linbrook are the two places I didn't have time for on my last trip through Pittsburgh. Glad to hear good things, I'm likely going to pick them up either spring or fall 2025.
 
My travel is mostly wrapped up for the year, but I'm thinking in a few weeks I'll sneak away for a single overnight to hit some of the decent IL courses I've never been to - Quad Cities and Peoria areas. My wife was pretty ambivalent about it as long as it came out of my "disc golf money" :) .

That may be it but if we get any nice weather in November/December I may day trip up to Milwaukee/Madison or over to Indiana again. Next year I have my eye on Virginia/Shenandoah (spring?) and Tennessee (Chattanooga/Knoxville/Harmon Hills) + whatever I decide after TN (fall?). I'll be taking my son to Family Space Camp in June so I'll get a free trip (ok, not really free) to Huntsville.
 
yah my 2024 trips are pretty much done

might do some quick weekend warrior stuff

i failed my goal of wanting to complete all the states this year

ill wait for the 2025 thread to reveal some tricks up my sleeve

i had a low performance year but thats how it goes sometimes
 
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It's biggest drawback is that being less than half a mile from Maple Hill inevitably results comparisons/contrasts, and it simply doesn't stack up that well compared to Maple Hill. Very few courses do.
1000% agree.

However great maple hill is though, its a punishing course. it will cost you money to play there loosing discs constantly no matter how good you are. It's going to make you want to quit on some of the holes/layouts.
 
Big trips are done for the year, but I hope to find time for a few smaller trips:

New York City: Drive with bro to visit sis, bagging some PA and NJ courses on the way. Also hoping to hit Highland Park, the McBeth Foundation course in Brooklyn.

Northern Delaware: Hoping to clear out most of the state, minus a few pesky courses that are unavailable or not dog-friendly.

Richmond and Charlottesville, VA: I have never played any Richmond courses. Shocking, I know.

Local day trips: Still a few un-bagged courses around Baltimore. Even more shocking.

Already looking forward to 2025 . . . 😁
 
My Wisco trip already had me at 42 "new to me" courses in 2024. I have time off around the holidays, so I'm looking at the following to finish 2024 with a flourish. VERY tentative, and highly subject to change itinerary late Dec:

Jonesboro, AR, Disc Side of Heaven
Memphis, TN, Bud Hill
Little Rock, AR, Tees in the Trees
Greenbrier, AR, Persimmon Ridge
Homer, LA, Lake Claiborne (x2)
Mount Vernon TX, Trey Texas Ranch (x2)
Terrell,TX, The Hideaway
Rattan, OK, Dino Valley
Pawhuska, OK The Lodge (x2)
Emporia, KS, Jones Park (x3)

That'd be 3 new states (AR, TX, OK), and 15 new courses. I need to figure out the logistics, but that seems like a relatively efficient routing from Metro Detroit.

But I'd appreciate comments about things to consider along that route, or insight on those courses, places to stay/avoid, food recommendations.
 
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Richmond and Charlottesville, VA: I have never played any Richmond courses. Shocking, I know.
Probably because almost nothing in Richmond is worth traveling to play unless you are just bagging courses.... err... uhm... carry on. :) Dorey, Duncroft, True Timber are the best of the lot- people who like open park courses would also recommend Bryan which bores me to tears. Gillies Creek has historical value as the one which started it all (and where I started) but the neighborhood has been highly sketchy of late.

Charlottesville, like pretty much everywhere within an hour of Richmond, is better course wise. Walnut Creek and Chris Greene are both scenic, hilly and fun. Meadowcreek Gardens is 9 holes with 2 tees and 2 baskets on everything and a little crammed in but fun. Hoover Ridge in Madison is worth playing on your trip down 29 to C-ville.
 
Just over 2 weeks away from my trip up through the FL peninsula, the panhandle, Alabama, and Tennessee. Still trying to find out how Tom Brown fared after Helene went right through the state capital. I wasn't planning on hitting anything on the I-4 corridor, I can save that for a three day weekend. Pensacola has been spared and so has Mobile, so I'm hitting the Admiral for sure. Then it's up I-65 to Nashville. I have a separate thread going as well that I'll post on while I'm away.
 
Probably because almost nothing in Richmond is worth traveling to play unless you are just bagging courses.... err... uhm... carry on. :)

:LOL:

Dorey, Duncroft, True Timber are the best of the lot- people who like open park courses would also recommend Bryan which bores me to tears. Gillies Creek has historical value as the one which started it all (and where I started) but the neighborhood has been highly sketchy of late.

Thanks for the recommendations, much appreciated!

Walnut Creek and Chris Greene are both scenic, hilly and fun. Meadowcreek Gardens is 9 holes with 2 tees and 2 baskets on everything and a little crammed in but fun. Hoover Ridge in Madison is worth playing on your trip down 29 to C-ville.

Nice. Would you play Hoover Ridge over Jenkins Mountain, if you had to choose?

I have played and enjoyed Walnut Creek and Meadowcreek Gardens on previous trips. :)
 
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