Concrete tees and quality Chainstar baskets are a big plus. The tees are a bit short but nowhere near useless. The baskets have the hole number on an orange sticker inside the chains.

The basket of hole 5 can be used as a practice basket as it's right next to the parking lot and hole 1, and the hill that green is on makes it a prime spot for practice. The basket of 18 is also nearby, bringing the course to a nice, complete loop.

Lots of tough hills around the whole park create several tough greens and fairways. Holes 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, and 18 all have dangerous slopes on the greens that could realistically put you over 100ft away on a bad rollaway. 3 and 10 are blind RHBH hyzers that both have OB risk to the right, and the dramatic downhill of hole 6 wraps up most of the elevation changes this park has to offer. The amount of elevation used and the challenges it presents is worth a half point on its own.

Navigation is helped by a few "Next Tee" signs and a huge set of concrete stairs from hole 10 to 11. The signs are posted when needed and avoided when not. Mandos are used tastefully as well. Not too may, but enough to keep away from the roads winding around the park.

There are a few extra options throughout the park. Between holes 7 and 8 there is another hole! 7A is a flat par 3, around 300'. Nothing that exciting, but an additional hole is always worth mentioning. Hole 12 has two baskets that look like they are in play at all times. The shorter pin is mounted on a stump about 8' off the ground at maybe 250', and the long pin stretches the hole to around 425'. This pin can also be used as a long pin for 16.

I saved the best for last. Hole 8 is a thin, technical challenge. With the pin just over 500' away, the fairway thins out in the middle (like an hourglass) to about 12' wide at its thinnest. The woods on either side aren't that thick and both sides slope toward the fairway, so the chance of a lucky roll is higher than normal. There is a concrete path going down the middle of the fairway, but it's hardly ever used. This hole presents a tough but fair par 4 and kicks off the better half of the course.

I'm going to come down hard here. Holes 1-7 are not that great. Nothing over 275, no real challenge except a little elevation, and hole 4 is... not good. The tee is stuck behind some bushes I can only hope weren't part of the original design and the pin is very out in the open, and is fairly close to the tee of 7. The difficulty ramps up as you progress through the course which is good but the opening 7 holes are very weak.

There is a lot of other stuff going on at this park. A gravel road borders seven holes and a walking path bothers a further four. As I mentioned earlier, the mandos are used well, but there is a lot of non-disc golf activity right near the course. Play carefully.

Some new pins have been added since the tees were put in. It's not a huge issue, but it is a little confusing to walk up to a tee that says 332 and yet end up throwing a putter.

A few spots of danger. Basket 4 is close to tee 7, and tee 1 and baskets 5 and 18 are all fairly close (I may or may not have thrown to hole 18 thinking 5 was just a practice basket). The fairways of 11 and 12 run right alongside each other, and hole 15's forehand line plays straight toward hole 16. None of these are extremely close together, but still close enough to mention.

I don't have much to whine about after the first seven holes. If they matched the quality of the following eleven, the course would easily get another half disc from me. The course shows it's age a fair bit, but it's definitely worth a visit.

Don't go too far past the disc golf parking lot since that road becomes one-way traffic. That is however the way to access the well-hidden and surprisingly high quality 9-hole compliment to this course.

+lots of hills and valleys and good use of elevation
+concrete tee pads
+tee signs with maps and bag hooks
+intuitive design to get to next hole
+hole 1 starts near end of hole 18
+well maintained park with bridges, stairs, and pathways
+disc golf course is relatively separated from other course activities
+27 total holes in the same park makes for longer play

-some holes & tee pads located too close to each other
-tee pads are very short (too short for my game)
-no trash cans available on the course (only located near the pavilions)

This is a fun course that offers nice views. I found the short tee pads problematic for my style of drive. The longest hole (hole 8) is one of my favorite holes with a nice winding valley but the short tee pad length is also the most visibly problematic on this hole. A few of the holes felt placed out of convenience as opposed to well thought out disc golf holes. I still enjoyed the course and will probably be back to experience all 27 holes (I only played the 18 hole course).

-Lots of various shot types. Right to left shots, tunnel shots, left to right shots, some OB and Mandos (if playing fairly seriously), uphill, downhill, across valleys, and some Ace run potential.

-Excellent course to learn how to hit lines. If you can hit your lines here, you can score well. If you are off, then the birdies will be few.

-There are several holes that are good beginner holes. Holes 2, 3, 6, 7, and 12/16 (in the short positions) are very manageable distance for beginners, but still have some skill required to get a birdie.

-There have been some recent updates to some of the course. 8's tee pad has some new landscaping that lets you use the full tee pad; There is a new tee pad for the extra hole between 7 and 17 (called 7A) and a new, longer tee position for hole 5.

-Like most wooded courses, if you get off of the fairway/main route, it can get pretty dicey. There are some decently thick woods around the majority of the course, and if you're playing during the time of year where everything is nice and green, finding a stray disc can be an unwanted adventure. Also, summer=bugs.

-Most holes only have 1 tee pad and 1 basket location. And those that do have more than 1 basket location, the tee signs are not updated to show both spots.

-A majority of the tee pads (except for the two new ones) are not very long, so if you like to get a big run up, it can be tricky. 10 and 12's tee's have a slight drop off from the back part of the tee to the ground, so trying a longer run up on them requires a step-up.

-If you are a fan of flat, wide open courses where you can grip it and rip it, you may not like this course as much. There are only a handful of tee shots where you can really let loose (10, 11, 12 in the long position, 15, 17, and 18. However, you still have to hit a line on most of those holes, so be cautious. Also, on a hot, humid day, walking that hilly terrain can wear you down if you're not ready for it.

Overall, this course has a lot of good things going for it. Atchison is about an hour or less from the Kansas City Metro, so other quality courses aren't terribly far away. This course has hosted some B/C Tier tournaments, but probably doesn't have the overall distance to host larger, A Tier ones.

This is the course I learned how to play on, and is about 5-6 minutes from my house. The city keeps the grassy areas mowed fairly regularly, so the course usually looks pretty nice. There are a decent amount of fun shots to make me want to come back for more.

I would say improvements could be made by updating the signs, replacing the short tee pads with some longer ones, and putting in a few accessories near some more holes (trash cans, benches, etc.).

- signs at tee boxes show par, distance and hole layout
- within a very nice and well maintained park
- has a nice variety of holes including both long & short holes, open & technical holes and left & right shots
- 18 holes

- poison ivy
- many holes just have grass tee pads, the ones with concrete pads are too small
- only one tee location and one hole location

My foursome lost three discs combined. We knew about where the discs went into to the foliage but we didn't dare go in after them because we saw too much poison ivy throughout the course.

Great varitey of difficulty levels throughout course. Great scenery throughout. If you want some excersize, play this course.

By no fault of it's own, it's just too far away to play very often.

If you get a chance to play here, do it!

This is a quiet wooded park. This course has great elevation, moderate woods, some open holes, simple pin placements & greens, some OB, and really nice hole layouts. The first part of the course is short and somewhat technical and after about a third of the course is behind you, it develops into something really great. This course has some holes going from hilltop to hilltop. Hole #8 follows a road that S's twice and flows through a small valley. The signs were very helpful. Navigation isn't too bad, but a map would still be helpful. There is great parking and a bathroom here.

You can lose a disc on the first hole if your disc goes over the fence on the right. This is government property and you are not going to be able to go over there. Dirt and grass tees were somewhat worn, but they are not as bad as some I've played on. I do think cement tee pads would be helpful and not detract from the area. The tees currently have wood planks in the ground marking the front of the tees. This place isn't that dirty, but they do need some trashcans out on the course.

The Fun Factor here was pretty good. There were a few holes I really enjoyed. If I was in the area I would certainly play this course again. Atchison has a good set up here. They have done well.