Rating: 3.30. Just down the road from the well known Riverbend DGC (Milo Miciver State Park), is Metzler County Park. Metzler County Park is located right along Clear Creek, which offers for some picturesque holes.

The front 9 is the short nine. Every hole is 300 ft or below. Most of them range around 150 ft. In my one time playing through this course I heard two aces on the front nine. Must have been lucky, but it's pretty short. I was in favor of having a short front nine. It was a nice pitch and putt warm up for the back nine.

The back nine gets a little more challenging. These holes average around the 280 - 310 range. Beautiful scenery throughout the entire course. Navigation was really good, and I got through the whole course without a map. There's quite a few of the holes here require you to keep your disc low and hit some tight gaps. There's a good variety of wooded to open holes throughout the course.

Metzler County Park offers Discatchers. This course really has the brand new feeling. The concrete tee pads were clean and spacious.The course upkeep is phenomenal. There's plenty of trash cans and restrooms. There's mulch around the tee pads and gravel pathways. The park rangers were everywhere working hard to maintain the site. Props to them.

This course is becoming more well known. There were a few big groups every few holes. Nothing crazy but I could see this being the backup course if Milo gets too busy. Almost every hole on the back nine plays either across a road or near one.

There are soooo many picnic benches scattered throughout the park. Since it is a campsite it makes sense that there's a lot, but they become a little bit of a big obstacle especially on hole 12. I did notice most of the holes seem to be righty friendly.

The tee signs consist of a makeshift tee-sign with the hole number on a piece of laminated paper on a piece of wood stuck into the ground. I assume they will put in some proper ones eventually but only some contain the distance and some don't.

Overall it's a solid course. Unfortunately the back nine will be closed soon for camping season since quite a few holes play right along some of the camp sites. Hole 11 was my favorite. A low tight gap you have to hit but ends on a beautiful green with a nice backdrop of the creek.

I read on UDisc that they are going to install another nine making it 27 holes. Then they plan to make a championship level 18 hole course on a 60 acre mountain near the park. This could be a contender with Milo, we'll have to see. I will definitely make another trip out once they build it.
$8 parking fee.

FRONT 9:
-Good mix of open and wooded holes
-Nice elevation change
-Flows very well, never a long walk between holes and hole 9 finishes by hole 1
-Hole 3 (with the staircase) is picture worthy
-Brand new yellow DISCatchers with hole numbers
-Well poured concrete tee pads
-Signs at each tee pad with hole numbers clearly displayed
-Quiet, clean, country park away from the city
-Good for beginner and intermediate level players
-Don't really need a spotter for any holes
-Restrooms by hole 1
-Parking and practice basket right by hole 1

BACK 9:
-Same Pros as front nine minus the elevation change
-More technical fairways, some tight gaps and low ceilings
-Hole 14 plays along Clear Creek (more like a river than creek)
-Stroller/Cart friendly
-Restrooms by hole 18

-Holes 10-18 are closed from May until Fall (camping season)
-$8 parking fee
-A couple holes play over the road, but very low traffic so not really an issue
-Picnic benches located close to a few fairways and a live baseball game could really throw off some of the early holes.

Nice job Metzler! Besides featuring the beauty of mossy old-growth trees, mushrooms, and a fast moving creek, one can tell great care and attention has gone into the development of this course! I really commend the designer for the entire layout. The tee pad on hole 9 for example doesn't point towards the basket because they had to account for some serious tree roots, but it still allows you to air out a forehand or backhand.

The front nine is clearly for the beginner with nothing much longer than 300ft, while the back nine adds difficulty and a little more distance. There were several disc golfers were out on a Saturday morning, but certainly not crowded by any means.

If the back 9 stayed open all year, or if it had a little more elevation, I would give this place a solid 4 discs. Nonetheless, it's certainly very good and it sounds like they want to continue to carve the place up to add another 18-holer... woot woot!

Note- Make sure to pay for parking - the Clackamas County Park Rangers don't rest.

Home to Milo, Timber and now Metzler County Park, Estacada is truly becoming a disc golf destination town.