Bethel Park is a small 9 hole course composed of seven open holes, two wooded holes, and a practice basket. The course has concrete tees and a few of the holes have tee signs. The course features DISCatcher baskets. The wooded holes appear to be new, as part of a small redesign. They were actually two of the more interesting holes on the course.

The course is an excellent place for beginners to learn the basics of the game. None of the holes are overly challenging, and the course does make decent use of elevation on the middle holes. Intermediate and Advanced players who live in the area will still likely be able to have enjoyable rounds here, but they'd mostly be fine tuning certain aspects of their game.

Hole 3 is easily one of the more interesting holes on the course. It appears to be a split fairway these days, with the most obvious line being a 90 degree dogleg left and then up a steep hill. Before I threw I noticed from the tee there looked to be a small gap cut through the trees directly at the basket. I am glad I saw this, because at first I didn't realize which basket I was meant to be aiming for, and just assumed the arrow was a mando.

Holes 4 and 5 play in the woods, and are fairly tight fairways, throwing down and then up a hill.

The course could definitely use some new signage, a lot of missing/incorrect tee signs. I almost missed Holes 4 & 5 because they aren't obvious at all. Hole 6 was the most obvious place to walk to after finishing up on Hole 3. It would have been a shame to miss them, because Hole 5 was one of my favorites on the course. Hole 4 was a bit overgrown, but still fun.

The par on the tee signs is a bit inflated, but that is probably fine for what the course is meant to be. But it would be a rude wake up call if someone starts playing here, then meanders over to Catawba Meadows for a round.

The concrete tees are all the size of postage stamps. They were barely large enough to throw standstills. This wasn't a problem on the holes where they were even to the ground or I was throwing standstills, but the other holes it was very obvious. At least they've prevented erosion, I guess.

Outside of 3, 4, and 5 - the holes are all pretty bland. Hole 2 was okay, but that was partially because there was a deer off to the side while I was playing the hole.

Holes 3 and 7 throw across a walking path, which even in this seemingly empty park I ended up waiting on people at both holes. Hole 6 (used to be Hole I think) is very close to a picnic area. It isn't much more than a jump putt off the tee, but could be problematic if there are ever two groups using these aspects of the park at the same time. Hole 3 is also a blind shot towards the same area. This might be why the line in the trees has been cut, in order to redesign a safer hole. I played both lines, and they are both fine.

The practice basket is a bit too close to Hole 9's basket. Not sure if the course really needs a practice basket, but from the tee I personally couldn't read which was the correct basket, and hadn't looked at them on my way in. I ended up throwing at the wrong one. Whoops!

While Bethel Park likely won't offer much for more experienced players, it is a decent place for beginners in the area to get their first chance to chuck some plastic before graduating to one of the other, bigger courses nearby. For now I am going to give it a rating of 1.5 because it serves that purpose, but there are too many potential conflicts with other aspects of the course. While Hole 3 was interesting, I think the highlights of the course were the wooded holes, and would have loved to see more holes in the woods back there, if there were actually room on the park property for that.

Favorite Hole: 5

It has 9 baskets, all were in good shape when I was there.
Several concrete tee pads, although they are very small.
A few tee signs.
Lots of open space for long throws.

Several holes are near, or on, the walking path and picnic area.
Some short holes, some wide open long holes.
#4 plays right next to restrooms and over a road.
Not much challenge on most of the holes.
Couldn't find #6 tee either, just make your own.

Small 9 hole course in an old neighborhood park with a few other activities. Pretty much the exact opposite of the beautiful, large, new Catawba Meadows park on the other side of Morganton.
This is definitely a family/beginner oriented course, even though there are several holes that are long and wide open.
#3 is probably the funnest hole here, drive along the walking path, then a 90 degree turn straight uphill to the basket.
Bethel Park does have some redeeming qualities:
A good warm-up course before heading over to Catawba Meadows, I played it after CM, since there was rain in the area and I didn't want to make this my only course bagged in town.
Would serve well as a practice course, if you lived in the area.
It's also good for course baggers, only 1.5 miles and one turn off of I-40 (Bethel Road exit), with a nice walking path for the family to use.

Park at the far end of the lot and take the bridge over the creek to the first tee.

Good layout. Course makes a circle starting and ending withing a few yards of each other. Hole 1 and 2 follows along the walking track and a creek runs alongside the track. #3 doglegs left up a steep hill and ends near the restrooms. #4 requies you throw between restrooms and tree. # 5 comes off hill. #6 goes across old soccer field. #7,8 are near tennis and basketball courts. #9 goes alongside walking trail.

Staff at park work hard to keep this course playable as it is low lying and can become muddy after a wet spell. Construction ongoing at site. Walkers and basketball players often interfere with game. Tee pads small.

Nine hole course which is best played during dry conditions as it is subject to muddy areas. All in all it is a fun course.

Nice baskets, grass stays cut, easy to find, over par'd so it can build confidence, plays quick if you are looking for something fast.

Only 9 holes, tee pads (although concrete) are a joke due to their size, not much of a challenge (no wooded area at all), constantly having to wait to make sure people are out of your way while they are walking on the track if it is a busy day, some holes can become a swamp after a moderate rain.

Like the title says, not much to see here. If you have children you can bring them here and allow them to play, while you sling a few discs and still keep an eye on them at the same time.

- Everything DiscChainBasket18, Cmdrmack, billtvshow, and heelboycraig said... there is not too much to add. So I will just say...

- If you're looking to add another course to your courses played list, Bethel Park is a cute little disc golf course that deserves your consideration... especially with the recent installation of a bigger, more attractive, disc golf 'only' course a few miles away at Catawba Meadows.

- Coming from Los Angeles I am used to sharing real-estate with other park users; however, holes 8 and 9 play a little too close to a basketball court and playground. The rest of the holes have other "traffic" issues... but, if you're patient it's not the end of the world.

- There seemed to be plenty of room in a less populated part of the park where the course could be relocated and/or redirected toward. This would eliminate the danger associated with 8 and 9 and provide for some better shots.

- Bethel Park DGC is a much better time than its "disc score" might indicate. I wasn't mad at it.

Good practice course.

It has a very hard left turn on hole three that has a number of possibilities to play.

Hole four is a close shot that allows for the possibility of an Ace, shown be the handful of signatures on the basket.

Holes five and six allow for one to fire off some really long drives.

Course flows very well from one hole to another.

Not a lot of drainage on the course, which makes for a very marshy experience if there has been recent rain. It can get kind of gross out there.

The course is very open, but one still has to worry about people walking, children playing, or basketball/soccer players. Also, hole four has a blind corner right next to the only restroom in the park, and someone could easily get hit by a disc.

As a Morgantonian myself, it's great to have a local park. This park has a good variety of shots, especially considering the limitations of a venue that was not designed originally for a disc golf course.

If I were learning how to play disc golf again, this is the kind of course I would want to have nearby.

-Baskets are very solid standard Innova baskets with yellow tops.
-Course is marked pretty well and generally easy to follow.
-Scorecards are occasionally provided in the box next to the first tee.
-Morganton's first disc golf course: gets more people into the game.
-Very good beginner course: holes are open for people with less refined throws, but also has some holes with trees as obstacles to give them a taste of how more difficult courses feel. It also has a combination of flat, uphill, and downhill holes to add to the variety. They have also provided recreational pars for each hole, though experienced players will usually consider all of the holes here to be Par 3's.
-The park is typically mowed weekly to bi-weekly. On occasion the grass gets a few inches high, but it is generally very well kept.

-Pads: The tee pads, while concrete, are very small and you will notice that many players throw from beside of the tee pads instead.
-Interference: Besides the foot traffic on the walking track, you will sometimes encounter soccer (1, 6, 7) & basketball games (8) near or in the playing area.
-Repetitive holes: 1, 5, 7, 8, and 9 all feel relatively similar and the majority of the course is very, very open. Even the wooded holes can be navigated with relative ease.
-Challenge: Overall, when compared to most disc golf courses that I've played, this course is a walk in the park, excuse the pun. If you desire challenge, this is not the course for you.

Least Favorite Hole: It has to be #7. It's the most bland hole on the course; completely wide open.
Favorite Hole: It used to be #8 when there was a lightpole directly in the middle of the line to the hole (they removed it, d'oh!), but now I would have to say #3. It has the most character of any hole. You can throw through a few small gaps in the trees to cut a lot of distance off of the hole (huge risk-reward shot) or you can throw out to the right (safe shot) and take the longer approach up the mildly wooded steep hill.