Design: 4
Beauty: 4
Amenities: 2
Tees: 2
Replayability: 3

Personal Rating of 3.0
DGCR rating prior to this review of 3.39
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Design: This is another course designed by our very own World Champion Johnny Sias! This is Rotary's little, wooded brother. Original design was a little better, prior to 17 and 18 being completely screwed. New18 isn't terrible, but original 18 was better. New 17s teepad should go back 30 feet and a little left IMO. Otherwise, the first 3 holes are by far the best 3 on the course, and each memorable. The rest of the course has several good holes, but nothing incredibly special. There is one interesting 150ft roller ace ramp hole. This course is considerably easier than Rotary.

Beauty: Situated in the same park, this course is just as pretty, with less signs homeless campsites. Of course, you don't get the grassy fairways that go on and on forever, but it still has its own feel. Most beautiful hole is probably hole 3. Only hole that I've seen play through a bridge like that.

Amenities: The old school tee signs look great, but give very little information. Again, like Rotary could really use a kiosk with a big map and information. Many of the holes have benches, which is great on a course playing up and down a small mountain. Could use some next tee signs throughout the course, there are several areas that it looks like you should continue along one path when you should actually go up the hill a different way. Nice brand new Veterans baskets.

Tees: This is probably the lowest mark personally. Some of the tee areas feel dangerous for me. Probably the best teepads are 1, teeing from a sidewalk, and hole 4 teeing from basically the road. Almost every tee needs backfilling around the teepad to #savetheankles.

Replayability: Probably a little less replayable than Rotary. Even though this course is somewhat easier than Rotary longs, it also isn't as fun. Again, 1 through 3 are great! Old holes 17 and 18 were the next 2 best holes on the course. Without them, it feels like something is lost on this course. New 17 can be improved yet.

Having a 2 course complex is a huge plus! This is a good course to go with what could be a great course in Rotary. These 2 courses are aging. The new baskets on the Rock breathe a little life back into it. Hopefully after Treepocalypse 2020 is dealt with, Tee areas will be the next thing to be approached, and then new tee signs. Im rating this place a 3, but it could easily be a 4 in the future with a little bit of love! Thanks Van Man and the Local Crew for maintaining these course. This has been the grassroots that has really led us to having a disc golf scene in the region. Also, thanks again to Johnny for the great course designs!

+ Course Design by 4X World Champion Johnny Sias: This layout uses elevation and heavy woods to provide a challenging compliment to the neighboring Rotary Park course. Holes are mostly reachable off the tee (aside from three par fours) so hitting your line is more important than getting big distance.

+ 18 Holes with Concrete Tees: Baskets are Dynamic Discs Veteran models. The white bands at the top stand out well in the woods so they are easy to spot. These seem to catch discs well. Most tees have concrete pads to throw from but a couple are missing.

+ Hole #3: This particular hole deserves a mention as it is definitely the signature hole on the course. An elevated tee pad has you throw down into a valley and mandatory under a stone bridge. You then come out the other side and shoot up the bank of a creek to a guarded basket. Lacing the mando from the tee is a great feeling and this is one of the best hole designs in the region.

+ Location: This course is located in Huntington which is one of West Virginia's bigger cities. Being a college town and sharing a home with Marshall University (Go Herd!) there are lots of options for shopping, food, lodging, and entertainment for traveling players.

+ Proximity to Other Courses: This park is also home to a second course that is more open and forgiving. Rotary is honestly the better course of the two if you only have time to play one layout. Playing both in the same day is very doable but know that Indian Rock is more of a challenge than Rotary. There are several other nice courses within 30 minutes including Valley Park, Barboursville Park, Armco Park, and a pair of private courses in Lavalette.

+ Van Man Discs Pro Shop: Van Man is a local legend that has set up a pro shop close to the course and sells about everything you'd need for a round of disc golf. The owner volunteers his time to maintain courses, run events, and introduce kids to the game. Be sure to support him if you get the chance. The address is 102 Linden Circle and is only minutes from the park. A lost & found bin is located inside the shop.

+ Extra Features: This park also has baseball fields, playgrounds, hiking trails, basketball courts, and shelters for public use. Several well-placed benches are in place and provide a spot to rest in between holes.

- Navigation: If you are a first-time visitor be sure you have a map of some kind. A few tees are missing signage and directional indicators are at a minimum. The course has a nice flow but only if you know where you are going. Navigation is especially tricky on the back nine.

- Upkeep: Locals do help take care of the course but it can get overgrown (especially in the summer months). This course is best played in the fall.

- Trash: Some areas are known to collect refuse. Please pack out what you pack in. You will not find a trash can on this course.

- No rest rooms or water spigots are available unless you take a very long walk down from #3. Your best bet is to come to the park prepared for a full round or drive out to a business on Route 60 for a bathroom break or extra drinks.

- Poison Ivy: Be on the lookout for the green stuff if you are allergic. You will definitely see it here.

- Losing Discs: Know that you will be searching for discs on this course. You may lose some plastic. The rough stuff can be very unforgiving and some of the elevation changes may cause you to leave a disc behind. It is advised you use spotters on the blind holes to keep an eye on your drives.

Indian Rock is a fantastic compliment to Rotary Park. The heavy woods will reward an accurate throw and punish a shot that goes off-line. My advice would be to leave the distance drivers in the car and use your fairways and mids off the tee. Consider the high-percentage shots and value accuracy over distance.

Locals typically play doubles on Wednesday evenings. The last time I attended the club hosted a random-draw format that started at 5:30 and it was $5 to play. I no longer live in the area and would confirm with club members to ensure these details are correct should you want to attend a league night.

There is a nice spot to rest near the turn just past #9's tee pad. There are several rocks that provide a good resting place with an overview of Route 60. This is easily overlooked but worth a mention.

This course is not for beginners. Without the ability to hit a particular line a novice player will undoubtedly struggle. That being said this is a fun and challenging layout if you like woods golf. In order to shoot well play smart, keep it in the fairway, and bring your scrambling game.

18 decent tees, signage, and baskets. Heavily wooded fairways and nice use of the great elevation and slopes. The first 3 holes are awesome long wooded downhill bombs. There's a couple other notable cool and interesting holes. Second disc golf course in park.

The first 3 holes are awesome and I couldn't play them. Look at the picture in the media section of the hole 2 tee sign, 90% of that green stuff in the picture is clearly poison, then take a look at the fairway shots from hole 1 and 2 and 3, everything green in the fairways is the same ratio of poison. I threw a perfect drive on hole 1, landed on the 2' wide dirt part of the fairway 400', thank goodness not in the poison. No way I was throwing a 40' uphill putt to the basket completely surrounded in a sea of poison. It took some serious American Ninja Warrior skills to just avoid walking through poison to the basket of 2. After that I felt like I needed to throw away everything I was wearing and jump into the bath tub with a plunger like Ace Ventura after finding out Einhorn was Finkle. Hole 3 wasn't quite as bad, I threw a very safe tee shot right next to a poison patch. The approach to the basket under the bridge was neat, but tricky avoiding poison ivy and broken glass. The rest of the course has some patches of poison and junk in places.

Besides the above con, after the first 3 awesome holes, the caliber of the remaining holes then peters out and becomes fairly short, hard and repetitive. The course doesn't seem to have any maintenance love, with downed trees/branches and trash. No loop of 9 holes to parking lot, just one big loop of 18 holes. Don't recall bathrooms. Weird old men hanging out in the fairways at the bottom of the park not playing, seems likely they were meth heads.

"Goose, she's lost that loving feeling." - Maverick
"Ah come on, I hate it when she does that." - Goose
I wanted to love Indian Rock as much as loved it's sister course on site, Rotary. At first I thought I was going to love it more, but nobody seems to be loving and taking care of the course as you see in the cons section. I talked to a few locals while playing the Rotary course beforehand and they said nobody ever plays Indian Rock outside the winter and only when they want to play a game called "Damn it!" because of all the trees you will hit. I'd still have the willies playing this course in the winter knowing about the poison situation. I feel ashamed for the course because standing on the tee of hole 1, 2, and 3, I was like the Kool Aid guy busting down the wall going "Oh yeah!", then walking down the fairway was like "Oh no!". Overall the course seems to have a lost identity as the first few holes start out with pro level length and challenge then the rest of the course is very short and tight and repetitive. I'd only really recommend playing this course with the caveat that it's winter and you are playing Rotary.

Nice pads and baskets

Gorgeous park

Fantastic signature hole - #3

Monotonous

Zero open shots

Lacking diversity

This course is tight, tight, tight. To really paint the picture, I would need to type "tight" exactly 18 times. You start in dense woods, you continue through dense woods and you finish in dense woods.

The first few holes are amazing. All of them are 400+ and extremely challenging. I was very stoked starting off. I had just played Rotary Park, and was thinking this course had the makings to be better.

The course has a good mix of lengths. You will need to hit from all angles. Steep slopes are everywhere. Pinpoint accuracy is a must to score well here. Low scores here will be hard to come by. This is the type of course you could score an even par on one round, then a 10 over the next.

Be prepared for a hike. This course can wear you out. Expect to climb, slide and leap your way through this bad boy.

Unfortunately, the major flaw with this course is it's lack of balance. By the time I reached hole 18, the previous 9 holes all seemed to blend together into one big wooded shot. None of them really stood out from one another.

#3 hole with mando under bridge very cool,hole's are coming along,has been cleaned up of fallen trees. Also concrete tees are there now.

concrete varies in lengths a little,some holes are a little repeticious playing along the side of mountain 2-3 holes then up a tier, then repeat up each level.

loved it though,rotary parks other course makes it a good place to play two different courses on the same landscape.

Great use of a mountainside in WV. Extreme elevation changes and some nice holes cut through the woods. Better bring every shot in the bag or you could get in big trouble. The hole #3 Tunnel mando shot is a beauty. Hope you don't like nice level greens because you won't find many here - Long roll aways are the norm if you aren't careful. Tight fairways on many holes. Good mix of left vs right turn holes.

Was very new when I played it so there were a few rough places and the Tees were gravel. I see this course improving with use. There is a little cleanup needed on the #1 Green (Two large trees have fallen just short of the basket)

Short course but extremely challenging. You need a good short game to score and better learn when not to go for it. Avoiding roll aways are #1 priority.