Great elevation change.
Multiple concrete tee pads on each hole.
Multiple pins on each hole
Challenging, long holes.
Good mix of open fields and woods.
The overall design of the holes are really cool.
Benches on most of the holes.
Trash cans on some holes.
Was very quite and peaceful.
Good parking.

There was some variety of shots (tight vs open bombs), but the majority of the holes were tight, wooded fairways.

It was really cool to see the bulletin board with all the events going on. It seems like this course has appreciative locals and its well maintained.

The Design on this course was really great in a lot of areas but there were a few mistakes here and there. The back 9 is almost flawless in my opinion and it really makes the course shine.

Beauty- Man this place is gorgeous it really didn't make me think so at first with hole 1, but it lowered my expectations just enough so that I could be blown away by some of the holes. Par 5 has one of the best views on a disc golf hole I've ever seen by the green. There's a steep ravine and 100 foot drop off 50 feet from the basket. It drops basically into a lush green meadow were I saw not one but at least 20 deer staring back at me it was an amazing disc golf moment with the mountains in the background. I'll never forget that. Also some of the greens on the back 9 are beautiful as well. I enjoyed 10, 13, and 16.

Signature holes- So many great holes at this course, The par 5 I think of first it comes at a perfect time in the round because there are a lot of par 3's that are very similar on the front 9. Hole 2, 6, 10, 16, 17


Multiple tees and a handful of holes have two baskets. Didn't have any complaints with the baskets or tees!

Tee signs Navigation- look at cons section

Fairness and Difficulty- I think on the shorts an upper level intermediate player can shoot well on as long as they are hitting gaps, the longs should good challenge to an advanced player. Only hole 9 was unfair in my opinion.

As wooded courses go I would have to say its one of my all time favorites, the lines and tunnels you have to hit, all the slight elevation and sometimes drastic makes it challenging. Also the great news is that I ran into hardly any thorns and the brush wasn't too bad when you got off the fairway.

At times this course just felt so peaceful I cant say enough how much I enjoyed my experience at Coyote Hills

Facilities- Not much there to be honest, no obvious restrooms and water fountains, but I rushed to start my round
Navigation- Can be tricky at times but man the signs at the bottom of the baskets really helped. I ended up walking past 14's tee and down the wrong trail. Some long tee's were hard to find.
Tee signs- not a huge fan of the tee signs here.
I can overlook a lot of small things on this course because i enjoyed it so much but man there are some definite safety issues on some of the holes in this course that kept me from rating it higher.
Hole 1 don't even try to play it during a game, you may kill the left fielder with an errant drive or his parents sitting in the bleachers on the left side of the fairway. I wish they would seriously consider changing hole 1 I just see it being too risky for safety also the fairway is incredibly muddy anyway least favorite hole by far.
Hole 10 takes a long time to walk to the basket you have to go over the bridge on the creek on hole 9. Making it very possible that someone on holes 9 tee pad could hit you as you cross into their fairway.
Hole 14 I like but there is a steep drop off that goes down to a walking path its not that hard to reach the path either if you get a clean drive. Although this one is not as dangerous as the ones i mentioned earlier.

Holes I didnt like. 1 and 9 (rewards a forehand but also punishes the crap out of one that fades a hair early. More of a poke and hope in my opinion a hanging limb is making the line even hader to hit.
If i remember right there was also atleast 2-3 holes that were just straight uphill holes that were very similar. If i remember right two were on the front 9 and the other was hole 15.

Even after some of these cons it really didnt bring down my overall experience.

Coyote Hills absolutely blew me away. I think its partly because I didn't expect much after bland and swampy hole 1, then the back 9 came and as soon as I finished playing I immediately wanted to play it again. The fun factor on this course is off the charts! My real rating is closer to a 4.25. This is the first course in PA I've ever played and it shocked me to find out that it didn't even make DGCR 1st page in top courses in PA. You got my hopes high PA keep making stunning disc golf courses. Anybody passing through the state has to check Coyote out!

Excellent signage. Course plays through some great terrain and will force you to play a technical game. Many of the holes are short and make for easy birdies. A few hole when thrown correctly are designed for an ace.

The cell tower fenced in area is a burden as it is on one of the most open holes.

Great disc golf course close to the turnpike. Definitely worth the trip.

The course is very pretty and winds through a very picturesque park with evergreen and deciduous woods and a creek. Average recreational players like myself can get many birdies here. The drives are somewhat technical with the trees and turns (majority of drives are right and left doglegs), but mostly short.

Great signage and directions to the next tee. It is difficult to lose your way with arrows on every basket pointing to the next tee.

The tees are concrete and of varied size. Some tees are very short, but so are the distances to the pin. Originally going to put it as a con but the small tees were fine for those baskets. One hole (10? something around there) has a choice of a hyzer or anhyzer line and the tee is widened and pointed in both directions. Neat idea although not necessary (does anyone actually take that anhyzer route here? seems a little out-of-the-way).

Tall poles with flags on the out-of-view baskets. It is a nice touch.

Care was obviously taken in putting this course together.

A few shots in the back 9 that were not very memorable.

Lots of thorns in the rough.

A few short holes, but I thought they worked well and were all tight lines -- hit it right and you had a birdie, but these were hard to bogie. Not really a con, just worth mentioning.

Worth the trip -- stop here off the turnpike at the Carlisle exit. The route my GPS took me was blocked by a closed bridge -- don't take Wolfs Creek road (or something like that) from the turnpike like your GPS tells you.

Now I know the easy way to get here from the turnpike, I will make this a stop when driving through PA. You can do 18 pretty quickly and be back on your way, 5 minutes to and from 76.

[EDIT 11/5/13: I am updating to 4 stars in view of my thoughts on this since playing. The course was just so nice and well kept that I thought it was merited...definitely the 4 stars if a few very short holes don't turn you off, and if you can get past 2 or so weak ones]

Concrete Tees completed in all holes. Arrows on the bottom of each basket tells you which way to head next, and there's usually a nice "pathway" to the next tee area. Challenging course.

Woods, woods, woods. The woods is not the problem, but some holes have a very narrow driving area, unless you can throw straight, you'll hit some trees. Bridges to go over the creek not completed as of today.

Nice hike! It is challenging with the woods, and hiking up and down hills, very good lay out. Can't wait for the bridges to be completed so there will be a little less mud on my shoes next time. There are some branches and logs laid across for now, but you'll still get mud.