Lola Valley again has 9 baskets.
All fairways were dry the day I played - so good conditions can be found, even if its not the norm.

Setting: A long slender valley about 100 yards wide at its max. Few of the modest park view homes can see clear across to the house on the opposite side due to vegetation and trees in the valley and on the hillside. The hillside is usually very steep, the drop is as much as 20 feet to the gently sloping area that likely floods during wet conditions.
I found Lola Valley to be a striking slice of nature within a densely settled city. I saw deer, skunk, groundhogs, squirrels, rabbit, raptors, woodpecker and a bunch of low flying, bug eating birds. Unexpectedly cool.
Friendly locals - a deer that ambled more than 2 blocks up Garfield into a fully residential area led to multiple conversations with residents that also saw it. Playing solo, I kept my wits about me in this neighborhood. As it turned out, I felt safe at all times.
Challenging - With creek big enough to steal discs on a dry day in play on 8 holes, majority of holes 400 feet plus and currently 7 holes with significant tree obstacles (see recent photo of #8 by MisterJ), this course is challenging. Much more so than most nine hole parks in residential areas.
Had fun and the short detour to play here was worth it.

Photos posted on this site, other comments and the large, muddy, low lying areas convince me that in addition to times of being completely flooded: the course must also be subject to intervals when large pools of water occupy big portions of some fairways. Sign at the course said to play these as OB. This day, the course was dry, the mud fully supported my weight. But discs that landed in it had chunks of mud on them. Very glad I was able to try out this course during dryer times.
First target is a cloth basket, though it caught very well for me. Basket #3 is damaged - Idle neighborhood kids are the likely culprits.
No marker or any other indication of tee area for # 1 nor 5.
Long walk back after ninth hole.
Length and design of ninth hole.

Holes 3,4,5 and 9 are on the Lola Dr. side of the valley.

The holes did not seem repetitive to me. Maybe on a wetter dry when most fairways had large ponds on them, the holes would be similar in that respect.
The creek will take your plastic ! It got one of mine on 8th hole where the mowed area comes to within 2 feet of creek edge. (Now I know)
My impression is that Lola may get mowed regularly, though to top of ankle height.
Played 'The Farm' immediately after Lola. The Framington course was far muddier, wetter and overgrown.
Hole 9 is a monstrosity that takes risk and difficulty to uneccessary levels. The sharp slope from street is filled with large trees with wetland and creek to lower left. Only opening is to go over the street. Found myself aiming at someone's front porch and counting on hyzer to keep it out of their yard and bring it back across the road. It worked out great for me - this time. Also, the sign is wrong. Hole 9 is over 600 feet - a full 3 house widths more than a tenth of a mile (by car odometer). With so much distance to cover, the temptation to air it out is strong despite so much trouble lurking. This hole should be at least 200 feet shorter IMO.
Remaining tee sign at 3 & 6 depict a short tee. The location of short tee is not clear as the illustration does not accurately show current trees and obstacles.

M*A*S*H fans know the TV doctor liked his maritni's very dry. You'll feel the same way about Lola. Entire seasons should be avioded and visits here planned according to recent rain levels.
Decent might be the best description of this course. It is not typical, but in a good way. However, it is sometimes unplayable and even on a dry day, I'd prefer to make a return visit to the other courses I've rated as 2.5 over returning to Lola.

Aesthetic - I like the setting of this park, really neat look, trees, river cuts the course in half, and its an actual park, not, really nice.

Congestion - Don't worry about those long lines here, at least not in November. Only congestion is ducks and geese in the ponds created by the excess rain.

Maintained/Bugs - I didn't have any problem with grass or weeds being way too long, I've seen way too long, this is a park, and it is pretty well maintained from what I see.

Challenge - Each hole is basically the same, river on one side, few trees perhaps not so strategically placed, basket a decent way, more than half 400ft long six 370+. Niot that technical, just fling it and fling it again.

TeePads/Baskets - grass pads for the most part made those about the worst I had ever played. Baskets were unmarked, making them difficult too see but better than nothing.

Signage - I believe 3 holes (3, 4 and 5) had really nice signs.All the others had a 4x4 post in the grass.

Variety - nope, as mentioned, all about the same.

Fun - not the most fun course, because the challenge wasn't there. But because its pretty that does help.

Locatability - this is probably the worst. 1st hole is not so easy to find. But then to get to 3rd, cross the bridge and go to the other side, You know you are there because it is the nicest sign in the whole course. I'm still not sure where hole 9 was, perhaps on the opposite side of 2 on the other side of the bridge, don't know.

In this Wayne County Area there aren't many disc golf courses. Most have very poor ratings. The next closest that is nice is almost 10 miles away, too far too hit during lunch. Perhaps next summer, I'll take some time and help this little guy out and improve some of the pads and markers and baskets. Little by little just to get this up a bit. I could see where this courses beauty could get it to perhaps 3 stars if it was overall maintained correctly.

Set up in a valley smack dab in the middle of a residential neighborhood is the course. Creek flows down the middle and brings water into play on most of the nine holes. Tee markers are missing for #1 and #5, other signs missing as well but there are posts to help find the way. Whoever planned out hole #9 and the MASSIVE walk back to #1 needs to step up and build a bridge. After playing this course I felt like I deserved a cookie and OJ for donating that much blood. Not terrible thou, if people played it more and beat it in it would make a good 300+ ft. pitch and putt that leans heavy for RHBH bombs. Safari rounds would make it better as the layout forces you to walk up and down for no reason other than RHBH Downhill bombers. I would not advise playing this course for glow, which is a shame for it would be an awesome setting for it.

-Free to play
-No course traffic
-Good course for beginners

-Missing hole sings
-BUGS
-Bad hole flow
-No parking lot
-Floods after rain storms
-All around confusion on where to go and what to shoot at

Overall the course isnt that bad. Replacing the missing signs and installing new cement tee pads on all the holes would change everything. If the course was maintained and mowed it would also help alot. This course needs alot of love and care to make it playable.

quiet course with open, straight shots. little brush.

sometimes flooded. all holes have 2-4ft deep creek water hazard. tall grasses sometimes hide a disc.

some human obstacles. ran into a guy hitting golf balls once. 1st tee was missing the sign last time i played.