Private course that also contains the family Christmas Tree farm.
Good DISCatchers, the bands and flags really help spotting the holes in the woods.
Mix of tee pads, the ones with pavers are pretty good.
Good mix of hole types, 9 heavily wooded, 6 open or mostly open and 3 partially wooded. Also good use of the elevation on the property.
Outside of Christmas Tree season, course is exclusive to Disc Golf, I was the only one playing the day I was there.
Short Par 3 Tiki course, that can be played at night, before or after your round.
Very friendly owner, met me as I pulled in, gave me an overview of the course and invited me back soon.

The one tee sign at #1 is very good, unfortunately this was the only one.
Several of the wooded holes on the front nine have little to no fairway. #1,#5 and #8 are especially very tough to find a line to hit and if you are off the intended line, you are scrambling big time.
A few of the short, open holes on the back nine are pretty close together. Pretty creative how the owner made them unique, including at least 1 "island" green, but I could see some errant throws coming in from other holes.

As mentioned previously, it's a great property for Disc Golf, woods, open fields and enough elevation change to affect your shots. The First tee is near the parking lot and #18 finishes right next to the Tiki course, so it's a no brainer to play that after your round.
I believe the owner has even set up a room/cabin, if you want to stay a while. Pretty sure camping is also allowed on the property.
There are some very challenging wooded holes:
#5 - just 335', Par 4, but it is uphill and heavily wooded. If you tee shot finds the fairway, you have a shot at the basket in a small clearing.
#10 - narrow, uphill drive to an equally tight fairway on a sidehill, that begs for a rollaway. Par 4 at 436', its tough to get an upshot close, even with the basket out in the clearing.
There are also some unique holes, well designed on the property:
#9 is a 151' Par 3, small elevated tee to the basket on the next small ridge, guarded by trees and rocks, a fun little shot.
One of the signature holes here is the Par 4, 500' 12th, it features a nice long tee pad on this wide open hole. The fairway drops away a little off the tee, then a gradual uphill to the basket. The grass is cut narrow at first, then a wider fairway after that, if you miss this wide fairway, then you've lost your runup. A beautiful view from the tee (pic is on the site), with the owner's house in the distance.
#17 and #18 both finish as challenging holes, narrow (but not tight) fairways to guarded baskets. You will earn your score on these two holes.
There are not a lot of Pay to Play courses in North Carolina, so if you are playing the oldest course in the state (Horizon Park, just a few miles away), stop by The Black Widow and help out a DG owner, its well worth the money.

The Black Widow is a private course that combines some challenging wooded holes with a decent blend of open holes that incorporate elevation well.

The first five holes are heavily wooded and some of the most difficult on the course. The first four holes average around 250 feet in length, but they require some specific throws to weave your way through the web of woods to get near the basket. Hole #5 is the toughest of the bunch; it's about 400 feet and has plenty of teeth. The fifth hole will be menacing if you wander off the ideal route and get caught in the mesh since the hole ascends slowly toward an opening in the woods with the basket in a precarious spot.

Hole #7 is one of the signature holes at Black Widow. It's wide open but features a huge teepad and a hole that goes over a large grassy valley toward the basket on the other side positioned not far from the tree line.

The back nine features some more open holes, including a couple of ace runs with putters that use elevation as the great equalizer to force a decision between being aggressive and hunting for chains versus going conservative and aiming for an ideal landing zone where a devious rollaway isn't part of the equation.

The course ends with a couple of challenging holes that have well defined tree-lined fairways, which was a perfect setup for our closely-contested doubles match.

The owner has recently added a rake to every teepad in the woods to help keep the leaves away.

Par is set at 58, which includes four par 4s, and that seems like a reasonable number. The course can be a little more demanding than it seems like it should be. Over on UDisc, the best score for the year is a six-down 52.

A couple of the wooded holes near the beginning were a bit overgrown and seem to lack defined lines. My group of first-time-visitors had to scout out a couple of the basket locations before throwing and even then, the best route wasn't immediately clear. Our group used a spotter on several of those holes. Tree kicks may end up sending one's disc into an unfortunate location where finding your disc and deciding on a scrambling escape presents an issue.

The teepads are a mix between brick pavers and gravel. However, the owner said he's in the process of updating a few of the teepads with either more concrete pavers or padded turf.

Holes #13 to 16 utilize the side of a hill and might take a minute to figure out, since multiple baskets can be spotted from different views. Also, navigation isn't intuitive in a few spots, so keep the course map handy.

There's only one tee sign, but it's at Hole #1 and looks really cool with a funky font and the Black Widow Course spider logo. The owner said he's planning to add more tee signs soon.

While some might see the $5 fee as a con, visiting the Black Widow site was a pleasurable opportunity definitely worth the price of admission. While the course also requires a reservation ahead of time, I appreciated that we had the course to ourselves when we visited.

Before our round, we enjoyed chatting with the hospitable owner. He met us at the parking lot, gave us an overview of the course and then invited us to check out the tiki course after our round. Afterward, he explained the tiki course rules and cranked up some music to add to the experience.

The Tiki course is an added bonus of the property. It's nine short holes of about 50 to 100 feet with several "house rules" incorporated to make the pitch-n-putt layout a fun little experience that can be enjoyed by everyone. The house rules for various holes include a drop zone, an "add-a-stroke" penalty ring, a circular mando in a huge net and a couple other quirky features.