+upgraded baskets to new red Discraft Chainstars in 2021
+five par 4's that are all really well done
+nice mix of woods and open shots
+several holes with decent elevation change
+great views of a big lake by the dam holes
+concrete pads on most long tees and 4-5 short tees
+very challenging course that tests all facets of your game
+easily the best course in coastal Mississippi and combined with the adjacent Eagle's Nest course in the same park, it's the premier tournament location in these parts, home of the Big Rip Classic in October
+clean restrooms by hole 11's basket, and I think in the bait shop by hole 1 but I've never been in the shop
+two sets of tees
+camping and cabins in the park

-no benches
-no concrete pads on 9,10,11 (due to the fact they're on an earthen dam; although I have heard that approval to place these last concrete pads is in the works)

Little Black Creek Eagle's Landing is just short of five stars for me. Easily a 4.75 rated course but of course on DGCReview you can only choose between 5.0 and 4.5 so I'm gonna have to go with 4.5 because it's not quite "perfect". Maybe if a few benches were installed I can bump it up to 5, or maybe if multiple pins or pin placements are installed then it's a definite 5. Honestly it's now nearly in the same league as Maple Hill or Lake Claiborne Whitetail, just a slight notch under 5 stars as I said. The shorter Eagle's Nest in the same park is an excellent complement to the Landing and the two combined make Little Black Creek a nice disc golf destination.

Great course that plays in a very large campground which features woods, a large lake, and many open downhill shots. This course is massive. There is a $3 cost to play.

Play begins with 5 technical woody holes before opening up into a massive shot across a grassy valley. From there you toy with water hazards as you play several holes from the crest of a levy overlooking a picturesque lake. The final 9 consist of a mixture of lightly wooded holes, open field shots and downhill bombs.

This course was most notable for its large size, hole length, and difficulty. It often felt like we were trekking through a national park. Navigation is tough and if you do not get a map it will feel like you are lost in a national park. Most holes are 400 feet plus and require a cannon to make birdie. To add to the challenge most baskets are placed on a slope and roll-always are frequent. Terrain for the most part is soggy grass creating unexpected water hazards.

Overall I would absolutely recommend this course. It is one of the most unique I have played and a great challenge. Be prepared to walk and to have your distance tested.

Specifics:
Holes:18
Terrain: Mostly open but a good variety
Length: extra long
Navigation: Hard
Difficulty: Hard
Baskets per hole: 1
Pro tee box condition: good
Amateur tee boxes condition: Poor (designated by a flag stick and painted rock)
Cost to play: $3

*Pro Tip*
On hole 1 instead of driving it down the fairway, throw a massive anhyzer over the top of the trees to the left of the tee box

The pros really apply to holes 5-18. The first four are very tight wooded courses, that left me questioning why this course was so highly rated, but more on that later.

What is great about Eagle's Landing (in Little Black Creek Campground and Park), is the terrain. The rolling hills, large levee, and short grass make for some great shots. It's not a state park but it has that feel to it, with the fishing and camping on the lake nearby.

Starting at hole 4, almost every shot is beautiful off the tee. There are some valleys, three downhills from the levee (and no uphill!), some uphill through the woods and back to the course start. The holes are a little lengthy, but not too bad given the elevation, including some nice par 4s.

The tee's are concrete, can be a little narrow on the longer holes, but I wouldn't call them small unless you like a long run up. The baskets are great, and I think always visible from the tee (again, from hole 5 onward).

Some notable holes for me were 9 and 10. Nine is from the top of the levee downhill to a green bordered by thick brush, and a creek long, which you can't see from the tee. The sign says 354, but it plays much less than that. Hole 10 is again from the top of the levee, and is a par 4 all the way to the end of it. But there is a mowed landing zone at the bottom, and mowed path to walk down about halfway to the basket.

The park staff are very nice, as are the other guests I ran into. The course plays heavily along the main road, so you can't miss it, but you're going to get some traffic.

There are two types of holes out here: open (holes 5-18), and TIGHT (holes 1-4). I like wooded courses, but holes 1-4 are just a little ridiculous. I think it's hole 2 or 3 that is somewhat reasonable (meaning you can throw the gap if you have a short late turning anny midrange) (actually hole 2 is just a short dog leg that's easy if you don't hit a tree), but oof, they can be brutal.

After that you don't really get anything too tight, but there are some lightly wooded holes like 6, 11, 12, 16 I think... But for the most part it's a bomb-fest. Huge arms will do well out here. **See notes in Other Thoughts

Many holes play up and down the main road, especially on the way back to the start. I never felt like it mattered that much, maybe because there wasn't a lot of traffic on a Monday evening, but it could be anywhere from annoying, to hazardous depending on your throwing and the popularity of the park that day.

**That being said, I never felt like any holes were repetitive, or that I just had to hurl it as far as I could. There was always some landing zone to hit, a better approach direction, a tree to miss, SOMEthing to influence your throwing.

I really liked this course. I lost 3 discs my first time out (two I threw into woods and just didn't have the time to search before the sun went down), but feel like I could do better on my next trip. I'm by no means going pro soon, but grabbed a few birdies, and still feel like I left some out there that I could've had.

I can understand this course being a 3 rating, because some of it's cons could keep it from being "Very Good." I am giving a 3.5 because of the beauty of the land, the terrain engaged, and the fact that you do get to stretch out your arm a bit. It's not your usual throws (especially for those of us who live on the coast). It's a great course worth checking out!

Eagles Landing plays on a picturesque stretch of land alongside a lake. The course starts with some shorter holes through a stretch of woods, then moves out into the open playing on a hill alongside the lake. It plays up into a stretch of land with sporadic tree cover, and then back alongside the lake with various levels of woodedness in play. Which is all to say, there's a great mix of terrain and woodedness to contend with, as well as much to admire visually. You're often not fully isolated from the rest of park-goers, but the course is sprawling enough and the park sleepy enough that there's still a strong sense of being in nature.

Elevation is in play throughout in a variety of ways and sometimes features very dramatic changes. There are some great downhill shots and a couple holes where elevation creates a natural, intimidating border. Coming from New Orleans I'm always pining for a reprieve from flatness and I certainly got it here; it's some of the best elevation this far south in the area.

Water hazards often enhance the holes by providing OB along fairways or behind pins. Risk versus reward assessment is often engaged to good effect.

There's an additional 9 holer that was in the process of going up when I visited in November 2016. It may very well be fully in and signed at this point.

Grooming seems very well kept up.

For all the richness of terrain that's on offer the design doesn't fully utilize it. As always it's hard to know what is due to the limits of what land is available for course usage and what is the result of design choices. But the course covers such a large amount of land that it feels as though the former was less of a limiting factor.

The most thickly wooded holes seem to be formed by walking or riding paths. Their design is thus awkward from a disc flight's perspective and they're often quite short. These less test technicality and more often force very conservative or awkward throws. They don't flow well from one to the next, all sharing a rather stunted character, and fail to really take advantage of this thick stretch of woods which is capable of offering some nice challenges distinct from the more open areas the course runs through.

Holes are very singular in nature, often built around a single challenge or natural feature. The holes that depart from this the most are often so open as to hardly force any strong engagement beyond a basic concern for where your disc lands. There's a real vanilla par 3 feel to many holes, and when this is deviated from it's often due to sheer distance rather than design that forces chaining together shots in thoughtful ways for true par 4-5 play.

It's always good to see another course pop up in the area. Eagle's Landing disappointed me somewhat in comparison to the promising pictures I saw of it and the few, strong reviews it had at the time of my visit. It's not quite the regional destination course I had hoped it would be and the area sorely needs. Ashe Lake remains my favorite course in this part of Mississippi, and I'd probably also return to Paul B. Johnson before coming back here. But if you have the time to accommodate a visit here, or are looking to play something new and have already tried those other courses, Eagles Landing is definitely worth playing.

•Extremely Challenging Mixtures of Woods, and Water
•Challenging Mando on Hole #1
• Water Hazards makes for fun shots
•Restrooms located near the Dam and the Bait Shop
•Excellent signage
•Additional 9-Hole Course being placed on site
•Great for players with experience

•Bring Bug Spray in humid weather
• Needs to be trimmed on front 9

Excellent course! $5 fees to play. Fee to bring Golf Carts. Rental Golf Carts on site. Score Cards and Maps at entrance upon request.

I was eagle...uhh, eager for a new challenge, so the geezers planned a day trip here. The pictures led me to believe I'd find a long, open course with similar, unappetizing play on many holes.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
I found a course nicely divided between heavily wooded and open with pines, lots of elevation variation, great views and space, and a spankin' good dg experience.
Once you find the first tee[no small task, but due east from the bait shop about 200 yds--walk down the road, then cut south] the fun begins. #s 1-5 are tightly wooded, but with a mix of approaches available. #s 6-14 move into sparser pines, then completely open on the dam, then back into the pines, with much dramatic elevation change and plenty of water hazard risk. #s 15-17 traverse more woods at the field boundaries, with a final hole along the road with a basket near the lake.
The tees are natural but really reasonable, and not worn down to roots in the woods. The longs are marked by excellent signs on posts, which also contains the distance of the shorts, which are marked by painted, numbered 12" tall rocks.
The unmown areas below the dam are swampy soggy in the rainy season, and considered OB.
Some notable holes:
#1--A short drive down a narrow hall of vegetation, with a sudden left into a tennis court-sized space with the basket 15' up the bank on the far side. A small hill of sand with small pines in the middle of this keeps you on your toes.
#6--A beautiful toss, from one pine-covered hill to another, across an expanse of grassy flatland where the earth was removed to build the dam.
#9--This was my favorite of the 3 tees on top of the dam. The pin is on the flat just in front of the dam outflow pool, which is deep.
#13--Though flat, and devoid of trees as obstacles, the creek here is hidden below field level in front of the pin, and a real challenge on your approach shot. Nicely backlit in the afternoon, and similar light on #s 14 and 18.
#17--A long, continuous drop down a lane through mixed trees to a basket just right of the lane guarded by a big pine.
We saw deer, raccoons, ospreys and a hawk, as well as fish jumping near the dam.
Its far from any major traffic route, so it won't be crowded; the quality of the day is likely to be awesome.

A lot of little things, but nothing to nix a chance to play this course.
Navigation/signage--the map is minimalist but crucial, covering a large expanse and having almost zero detail. The newness of the course doesn't allow for many visual clues on the ground, so keep your eye out for the tee rocks.
No benches, though with a lack of crowds there's not much waiting.
Like all southern courses, viciously buggy and humid in or near summer.
Depending on the season, you may have to find water and a bathroom at the campground.

Unless the bait shop is open, its 10 miles to any kind of sustenance at all. Arrive well-supplied.
Coming from the coast, your turn off Hwy 49 is close to Ashe Lake, another great course to play. Desert Fox at Paul B. is not far off the route, too.
There is also a new 18-hole course just inside the entrance fence. Check with the office for a map!

Beautiful
Well Laid Out
Moderate Difficulty w lots of OB
Great use of terrain and elevation
Fun to Play

Map is hard to follow on some holes
Some holes not well marked (Hole 10)
Heavily favors the right handed hyzer shot

I have to say, we didn't expect to find such a great course here. Its new, so some of the holes were a little hard to find. Also, about hole 13 we became aware there may be different tee positions that weren't documented on a few of the holes. This course was thoroughly fun to play and offered a good degree of difficulty yet still presenting plenty of birdy opportunities. It does cost $3 per person to get in, but it goes to improving the park, so I don't have a problem paying. I really wish I could give a 3.75 disc as it is better than very good. We will definitely be out to play again next year.