Vicksburg, MI

Indian Lake Nazarene Camp

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The Valkyrie Kid
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Experience: 45.9 years 1562 played 1507 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Indian Lake Is A Scene You Could Make! 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Aug 21, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

The camp is easy to find and the office sits right between hole 1 and 2. # 1 starts 300' feet from the office where all the white mailboxes are located. I don't believe you need to check in unless you're borrowing discs. I was a little disappointed in not finding any Indians or a lake. I did bump into fellow DGCR contributor Chad (Central Scrutinizer) and his friend Dave. Chad guided us through the course although it's wouldn't be difficult to navigate. But we we're able to talk a lot of disc golf history. Passed the time between our mediocre playing?

The course plays around the camp's ground. It's flat and mostly open making it a nice little course for beginners or players like myself (rec types). The tee pads are rubber mats. Some of them are starting to deteriorate. The baskets are Discraft Chainstars. The signs are just small wooden tee posts with the hole #. All the equipment works well for this course.

The course plays as mostly a slightly longer rec course. Most players playing here will be able to use their drivers on most holes. There are a few obstacles you have to avoid such as the soy beans field on # 2 (wouldn't want to get soy beans on your disc, would you?), the street on a couple of holes and clumps of trees on 3, 4, 5 and 6. You also have to negotiate around the forest on # 7. So this is not just a simple, easy little rec course. There are obstacles but they're mostly avoidable.

Cons:

I don't come up with much once you accept this course for what is and who it was probably designed for. That is campers, who aren't serious disc golfers and who just want to have an enjoyable outing.

Only 9 holes.

Fairly open.

Not a whole lot of challenge.

So you have a fairly vanilla little course here. But if I lived close, I 'd be a regular, just like Chad is.

Other Thoughts:

This is a nice little course to play a stress free round of golf on. I followed up by playing Vicksburg Recreation Area where every other putt near the water will surely raise your heart rate. Indian Lake Nazarene Camp didn't seem to have any Indians or a lake but I bet there's a lot Nazarenes running around and there definitely is a camp.
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gdhuff
Experience: 8 played 1 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Good place for beginners in SW Michigan 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 9, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

Fairly wide open, difficult to lose a disc
No one else was there
Holes 5, 6, 7, and 8 had some character

Cons:

Several holes are just open and grassy, nothing too challenging.
Very flat

Other Thoughts:

Nice little course. I would start new people in the greater Kalamazoo area on this course as losing a disk is nearly impossible, it is forgiving if your accuracy is off, and none of the holes are insanely long. The first few holes were pretty simple, 5-8 were fairly interesting with a few tight lines created by pine trees.

It's worth a visit if you are local and relatively new to the sport. I'm already planning to take a few people new to the sport here first.

I usually play the Vicksburg Rec Area. I'm glad I wandered the few miles from there to try this place.
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