There is a good mixture of left to right and right to left holes to challenge anybody's shot making ability. Concrete tee pads with brooms nearby on some holes. some holes to just open up and let it fly. makes you work for every shot. Fairly easy to navigate around the course. Practice basket near parking lot.

It really needs signage badly you can follow the path to the tee pad but on a lot of holes you can't really see the basket from the tee. Not too crazy about hole 16, tee pad for 7 sometimes looks like its aimed at the basket for 13.

Would recommend that first timers play this course with someone who has played here before. Hole 1 starts out with a long drive ability with hole tuck in by pine tree way down there. Hole 5 you need long accurate straight shots seeing that this hole runs completely uphill and the fairway is only about 9 feet wide the entire length with heavy brush on both sides. Hole 8 opens up into a large field where you can just let a long drive fly. Hole 9 has a nice long narrow fairway that opens up about halfway to the hole. Hole 10 the basket is on the hill directly in front of pad and slightly left of it. Hole 11 goes straight then turns left. Hole 12 has a nice long drive opportunity if you can navigate around the two skinny trees on the right side of fairway. Hole 13 be careful on your approach shot to the basket. The basket is on a ridge and both sides drop of steeply. Hole 15 is a nice long hole going downhill. Hole 16 is the monster on this course. All you see from the tee is a bunch of trees and brush. The hole is past those and past the next set of trees. You need careful disc placement on this hole. If playing with partners would highly recommend the you send out someone to spot where your disc lands. This hole can easily eat discs. If you lose your disc in the bushes be sure to look high and low. the bush may drop your disc to the ground or it may hold onto it in its top branches. All in all it is a Great course to play. I would highly recommend that everyone at least try this course.

Variety-- A little bit of everything here. Wide open to tight woods, Uphills, downhills, long stupid holes, rights, lefts.

Flow-- Flows well, trails are well marked.

Natural Beauty-- Beautiful park, dedicated to disc golf. no non-discers out there.

Length-- Enough 300 footers to make up for the long holes, which I didn't particularly enjoy.

Baskets-- Chainstars. thank god, though big ugly bogey rings may have made them more visible than the orange neck.

Navigation/"pin-spotting"--many blind holes that required scouting out prior to playing. Definitely not the place for a quick game.

Holes 5/16/17/18-- Hole five is so frustrating. 500+ feet uphill, tight fairway, deadly rough on either side. Hole 16. 800+ feet of winding, narrow, tree filled fairway. I'm sure those who have played much here can find lines, I could not. 17 & 18 just seemed lazy to me. I'm thinking there could be a better way to get you back to the parking lot. Perhaps shortening 16, and making 17 an extension of that hole and make 18 a huge bomb hole across the field?

I liked this course, don't get me wrong. I thoroughly believe that this is the best and most difficult course in Grand Rapids and have rated it as such.

Edit: with the addition of EXCELLENT SIGNAGE, I have upgraded/updated my review. Also, the change to #14 is very nice!

The course is set up very nicely, Each Tee pad has its own little bit of difficulty. There seems to be such a wide arrange of throws at each hole as well. Some holes have multiple paths to take which can be nice for sidarm and forearm throwers. Always a change of scenery with fairway width changes. Coule be wide open one hole and tight with many tress the next. Makes for a challenging course, one of the best in the Grand Rapids area. You will find it very satisfying to really hit the Line of the hole! Each hole will bring a new surprise it seems, which can make or break your day! I would like to say its a very fun yet challenging course.

A few holes with large hills and long walks if you dont like long walks.. Some holes are not always easy to see. sometimes would be good to play with someone who knows the course well enough.

Make sure that you have plenty of time to play this course, a few times I have been there there might be a few larger crowds in front of me, so try to play through or just be ready to kick back and take it easy all day!!

-Located on a secluded, scenic stretch of land dedicated to a total monster of a course. This beast plays through prairie as well as stretches of both coniferous and deciduous woodland. Off the fairway, expect to be in trouble, as the rough consists of a challenging mix of dense trees, thick shule still in the process of being worn in, and often drastic elevation loss. Fallasburg is absolutely gorgeous and once its main flaw is rectified (see cons) will be a top destination course and the jewel of Grand Rapids area disc golf.
-Elevation galore, all masterfully implemented. Loss and gain through the woods challenges shot making ability while offering outstanding risk/reward. One basket sits on a promontory with steep, densely wooded drop-offs behind the basket as well as to the left and right. Another 500+ foot hole is a straight shot uphill with danger to both sides.
-Outstanding balance between long, short, left, right, up, down, wooded, open. This course has everything but water. Bring your entire arsenal.
-Conrete tees in excellent shape.

-Lacks sufficient signage which leads to some confusion without a guide (thanks TC!). A handful of blind holes makes navigation a bit tricky the first time through. One hole is so long (700 some feet) the pin is nowhere in sight. Another place near the beginning has awkward flow. All issues will be resolved by the installation of proper signage (which, apparently, is already in the works). I must stress that even lacking the signage, this course is killer fun and totally worth any hiccups in navigation.

*** Update: new signs for teepads are in. Signs show a map of the hole, distance, hole number and par. Am concrete tees and signs are in on several holes. The navigation is no longer an issue with the signage.

-Fallasburg is quite a course. For anyone roadtripping through Michigan, this is a must play along with some of the better known courses farther north. Don't miss out on this extremely challenging, outstandingly fun course, they don't get much better than this.
-I'm already planning a return to this course. Several holes remain burned into my brain days after playing it for the first time. If not for the painfully obvious lack of signage, I'd easily rank this course 5 discs. Even without the signage I toyed with the idea of giving 5 discs.

Great flow. Excellent tee pads. Challenging terrain
Scenic. Stay to the fairways. But rough is getting beaten in. Mowed fairways a plus.

I'm sure a course this great will eventually get tee signs.

This course is awesome! Up and down, tree lanes. Open huckers.a great place.

Lots of different shots, tee pads at every hole, beautiful location.

Need spotters for a couple of holes

Favorite course in the greater Grand Rapids area. Never too big of a crowd. Leagues play on Monday nights.

What a wonderful variety of holes here. Lots of elevation changes, variety of hyzer and anhyzer holes. There are a couple long ones (#5 and #16), but after playing them a few times and finding the lines, they become so much better.

It is a little difficult for some newcomers to figure out where a couple pins are (blind holes).... don't be afraid to walk it if its your first time. Some holes are missing pads (for now!). Need to put in some markers and tee distance/shot type markers.

This is an amazing course. If you played this course a couple years back, head back and be AMAZED at the difference. We're talking full scale brush removal, tree removal, etc. There are new lanes added constantly, and by the 15th of May, all of the new pads and a new hole 14 will be up and running. Also new tee signs coming displaying the shot type and distance of each hole. This course is home to some of the MOST FRIENDLY players you will ever come across. I have had several discs returned to me as well. Always a watchful eye and people that will even track you down to return this disc.

Great setup of holes
Challenging hole placements from tees
Good use of all shots in your bag
High risk/ high reward shots

-Not all tee pads are cement
-Some trees could be cut down for more lines to baskets.
-Very little signage, if any in spots
-#5.... I just don't like that hole, but that's just me.

This is by far the best course in the Grand Rapids area, no other courses even compare in my opinion, until you start heading north. The lack of cement tee pads suck in parts, but suck it up and get over it. On my first time playing I didn't have a hard time finding my way around, as I thought the layout was pretty obvious, but better signage and cement pads would make this course an almost destination course. It's not forgiving and I guess I appreciate that. The locals there were really friendly, and helpful.
On a side note, I found 3 Morels while searching for discs just off the "fairways", added bonus.

-Difficult course
-Constantly improving
-Tree removal is making it somewhat more open
-Putting practice basket

-There is no marking of Par on the course, you need to know in advance
-Isn't finished yet
-Hole 16 :lol:

It's a good course, and is always busy. I recommend not playing it in the rain

-long well placed holes
-nice country park setting
-good mix between woods and open shots
-nice rest spots to (relax) on almost every hole
-tees are now cement

-No teesigns or maps as of now.
-needs to be broken in a little better, its a fairly new park and acordingly needs a little perfecting on the pin placements and mowing down some rough areas.
- if you shank right or left your in big trouble unless you brought your machette

I had a blast out here, I thought it was going to be an overly woodsy country course, and it has its share of trees but still offers good fairways, pretty well manicured and maintained, the park has lots of support from locals and I see areas all over where the park is landscaping. I loved the long holes and theres a good veriety of left to right,right to left and up hill down hill shots.I also met some really cool locals who were really nice and helpful, seems really mellow out there unlike a other rowdier parks. Worth a drive to play for sure.This park will be great in a couple years after its been played in and beeten down a bit. This course has potential to be a 4 1/2 disc course but I think thats where it peaks at and needs some love and time to get there. Great course!!

- a variety of different hole styles.
-terrain varied.
-elevation on most
-surrounding park area quite beautiful
-let it rip on the super long ones
-SOME cement tee pads
-New baskets

-SOME cement tee pads.
-tee pads that are there have zero traction.
-NO signage. major con here
-long holes with blind placements

This is the course that people say (including a few reviews here) is the best in the Grand Rapids area. So we gave it a shot. The course is set off from the main Fallasburg scenic park. When you first drive in you have the feeling you might be playing on some amazingly manicured park, but this is not the case. Although for a disc golf course it is very well mowed for it's length.

Holes that are super long and technical in their placement. Ripper holes, tree holes, a peninsula hole, an up a two sand track hole(one of the most humbling holes there) and a few very cool ravine holes through the trees. The variety is outstanding.

The problem comes from complete lack of signage and kind of an inconsistent tee pad set up. The cement tee pads that are there are a very large rectangle, great size...BUT there is no traction built into it's surface. With Michigan and it's sandy environment, most of the tee pads were slippery as hell. No brooms around, so a pine tree branch was needed to sweep the sand. Signage, none. HUGE problem here especially for next hole location, distance, and hole number.

This is a course that has tons of potential with a bit more love, attention, and funds for signage. It seems to fall into the 2.5 to 3.5 category that most of the Grand Rapids area courses fall into. Worth a visit? Yeah, sure. Destination course...maybe someday hopefully.

Very tough course that forces you to make a variety of placement shots, not just chuck it and go. Nice practice hole at the beginning in case you are waiting for others to play. Cool place to walk around and play some disc golf.

No tee signs, which on a few holes makes the drive an interesting proposition. A couple of the paths between holes make you walk in the way of players at the next tee. A few holes are difficult to find the first time you play. Hole # 16 is very difficult. Very long, but with a narrow passage right off the tee, it seems a little excessive.

Takes a while to play, but its worth it. Make sure you watch your shots as there is a lot of woods to misfire your disc into.

Fallasburg is the best public course in the Grand Rapids metro area. Long, medium and short holes. Open, semi wooded and wooded holes. Some nice use of elevation. Par 58 from the long tees: two par 4s: #1 and #5 one par 5 : #16. This course requires you throw variety of shots and discs. It challenges your upshot game, shot selection and putting. You have to play smart and throw placement shots on the par 4s and 5, rather than just gripping and ripping.
There are benches, stumps or picnic tables at every tee. As well as trash cans near near most tees. Port-a-potty near the parking lot. Bathrooms in the building across the river.

The course is ever evolving and the FRDGA is constantly trying to improve the course. Plans are to add 6 more holes to the original 18. We (The FRDGA) just need the $ for the baskets and concrete for tees. Donate to the course donation box when you play if you can. (The donation box located by hole #1 between the practice basket and #1's tee)

This course is by far the best course in the Grand Rapids area. Legitimate par 4 holes interlaced with tight, wooded, birdie opportunity holes make this course what it is. Hole one is a challenging start but a 3 on this hole will be a good start to the round. Get birdies on holes 2-4 if you can because they are short and don't contain the dense woods that latter holes have. Hole 5 is a brutal shot at least 500' uphill with a moderately narrow fairway and intense jail off the fairway. Hole 6-9 are a mix of thick woods, hyzers, anhyzers and open shots; remember to card some birdies here. Hole 10 is a very fun ravine shot that is an easy deuce with good placement. Hole 11 used to be a ridiculously tight fairway with only the width of a disc to shoot through; now it is an easy deuce with a nice controlled hyzer. Hole 13 is a great hole with steep drop offs on both sides of the fairway. 14 is a wonderful and tight anhyzer that will feel great if you are parked, dont hit your line and you could be well down the slope and have a very difficult up shoot through tight woods and a lot of elevation. 15 is a fun downhill stright drive. 16 is very long and opens as the fairway continues. Placement on your first drive is a must. Carding a 3 on this hole is great but will not happen too often. Too make up for your bogies on the birdie holes, hole 17 and 18 are two birdie opportunities to close out the round.
Many of the holes are just as easy to get a bogie on as a birdie, so think placement and not power.
Navigation between holes is simple as there are noticible paths between hole and following tee.

The only things this course is missing is cement tee pads and more signage with distances for each hole. The only markers that are at the course currently are stones and orange flags.

I played this course within the first month after it was created and it has opened up quite a bit since then. The nearly impossible and lucky shots on the very tight holes have become more makeable with some accuracy. Bring plenty of water, bug spray and maybe a change of clothes if you feel like jumping into the Grand River behind hole 16 to cool off after the round.

Very challenging holes if you're looking for something fresh to play. Good use of natural elevation changes and using the elements to create hazards. Gives any chance for intermediate and pros playing it for the first time to have a fair chance at winning. Good variety of shots and not very crowded.

If driving far distances frustrates you, this course is NOT for you! Some of these are insanely long. If you have never played, be prepared to walk far ahead to find the next basket. And yes, hole 16 means the basket is literally next to the river. Some of the backwooded areas are heavily wooded and this time of year with all of the dead leaves, it can be hard to find your frisbee or, if you throw off the fairway into some thick brush.

I would play this course alot more often if it wasn't so far away.

1. Length--longer holes that arent reachable with a good drive. These types of courses develop good course management.
2. Variety of designs--Hole 1 is long and open and then closes to a gap into the woods. A misplaced drive here or approach can easily turn the hole into bogey or double. Hole 16 plays long and out of the woods. You need to be able to throw long and straight just to get to a good landing area to even think about getting par.
3. Practice basket and area. You can always use the unused field area for warmup drives.
4. Tight wooded holes--these types of holes make learning to throw straight a priority. The first course i ever played regularly i could throw big hyzers all the time. This course makes you learn alot of the shots necessary to become good at the game

Favorite course in the Grand Rapids area. Hands down

fun course with a variety of wooded and open holes and short, long, and really long holes. also has a variety of tight and open fairways. the scenery is beautiful. you experience grasslands, shrub lands, pine forests, and hardwood forests. also, it's not too crowded.

the course isn't marked very well and can be confusing on where to go for the first timer to the course. a couple of the holes are just a pain. especially holes 5 and 16 (i think those are the right numbers). hole 5 is about 600 ft. and uphill the entire way with a very narrow fairway and hole 16 is close to 800 ft. and it starts out kinda narrow.

not a forgiving course at all, if bogey isn't in your vocabulary it will be after you play this course. i think it's nice to play a tough course like this from time to time, i just wouldn't want this to be my main course.
i'm one of those guys that just plays every hole on every course as a par 3 (i aint do math good) but this course definitely has some legit par 4's and 5's on it they're just not specified yet.

1. Nice, newer baskets
2. Usually not too busy

1. Many holes cannot see the basket form the tee
2. Many holes unmarked
3. No hole descriptions
4. No teepads
5. Too much vegitation

Well ill admit.... from time to time this course can be fun just because it's so ridiculous. This is a great course to bring friends that have never played before because they might just beat you! Im glad they opened this place, it's a nice park and this will be a nice addition but for now it just needs a little more work.

Try to go with someone who knows the course, after the frist 5 of 6 holes the holes seem to meld together and it's hard to know what path to take.

Also... plan on hitting lots and lots of trees.

Nice selction of difficult yet fun to play holes. NIce long walk through a variety of environments.

A few holes just seem kind of needlessely cruel. 16 definetly comes to mind here. You have to make a long distance drive through a narrow gap surrounded by incredibly sharp bushes. After you clear this, which is about 250 ft from the tee, you have 600 more feet of driving to do.

Bring good hiking shoes, a few bottles of water and a long sleeve shirt for the thorn bushes and you should have a good time playing here. Whatever you do, do your best not to play at high noon in the summer, that was my mistake today.

-Lots of nice shot, a good amount of verity from up hill to down hill left to right and everything in the mix.

-Great baskets

-Nice tee pads, and even alts have cement pads at some holes

-people seem to keep up with cleaning it, and making it better!


-Signs are finally in!!! Longs have cement signs with panted distance and and Par, and the shorts had wood burned ones. These are some of the nicest signs I've seen and very unique

-A few hole have a lot of leaves off to the side.


-lots of kids break stuff here, but is starting to look better.

I love this place. Has had a lot of people coming and cleaning it up which makes it a lot easier to play and a lot more enjoyable, THANKS GUYS!!! I would say it's hands down the Hidden Gem of the Greater Grand Rapids area!

Nice Update: Tee Boxes at all holes now. They changed up Hole 14 and added a new one which is fun.This has changed again

People have started bringing bottle caps to hole 13 which is making it look cool and added on hole 5 also.

I have updated this as of 4/26/12 as they have signs and I think that there are really no flaws here. This place for real is the hidden gem of the greater grand rapids area. They are also putting in about 6 more holes sometime soon.

11/13/2013. Tee Signs have been pretty much destroyed so I have lowered this .5 points. Still a great course, but that the only thing that would help.