-Mingus Park is the largest park in the city of Coos Bay, located just a few minutes from downtown. The park is very nice and features a lake, Japanese garden, pool, tennis courts, a baseball field, and playgrounds. But the majority of the park is heavily wooded and quite hilly. This is where you'll find the disc golf course.

-The course makes good use of the elevation. Although no hole measures longer than 250', you'll need to work the disc on all angles.

-What a stunning place to play disc golf, in the gorgeous, misty, coastal forest. It's hard to believe that downtown is only five minutes away.

#The signature hole here is without a doubt Hole #6, a 250 ft tunnel shot straight downhill. Even the slightest bit of angle on your disc will carry it seriously off line.

-Two teepads per hole, which make for a full 18. However, they tend to be very close together and not offer much of a different shot.

-The teepads are quite small, only good for a 3-step run-up.

-As is the case at Winsor Park, someone spray-painted the entire basket yellow, chains and all. This certainly makes them more visible in the woods, but the paint is flaking off and now they are an eyesore.

-In wet conditions, the course is rather dangerous and slick.

-No chances to throw a driver.

-Google Maps will take you to the main park entrance on the south side of the park. You'll need to go to the north side of the park and take the gravel road to the right of the school administration building to find the course.

I found Mingus to be a fun little course, with a number of uncommon elements that make this a memorable round.
Its only a short jaunt off 101, but several turns and a narrow dirt road access, as well as a surrounding neighborhood elevated above the park, provide few clues to its location.
The vegetation is interior coastal rain forest--tall, extremely full firs, cedars and alders, with bunched ferns, moss, and mushrooms, but very little open space. The narrow valley and steep hillsides are naturally terraced by the endless winter rains and the clumping of vegetation, giving it an exotic, Tolkienesque air, as if you were treading the ancient stairs of forest giants.
Lightwise, its incredibly shaded, necessitating a sunny mid-day for a visually reasonable round. The ferns and other pockets of dense undergrowth might provide some disc-hunting time for the unwary. Except at tee #1 I saw no signs of structures or human intervention at all.
No drivers needed, but you'll use every type of throw you're capable of to stay in small lanes and avoid vegetation. Did I mention there are no fairways here?
I did see a few walkers/dogs, but the park seems too small and consistently wet for partiers/homeless. A honeybucket was at the parking lot, though a 5-minute walk SE through the park will bring you to a public restroom and drinking fountain near the small lake.
This is the most challenging course between Newport and Brookings, though I'd consider Buffington a worthy stop, too.

With only 9 baskets, and the 10-18 tees barely different from the first 9, its better played as a 9er.
If its overcast/raining, it'll be too dim to play effectively, and the walks up/down will be very slippery.
The signage was minimal and the baskets unnumbered, but the throws are short and easily scouted.
No benches, but with the eternal damp, you probably wouldn't want to sit anyways.

Closest stores/eateries are south on Hwy 101. Winsor DGC is just a mile or two north and is longer and less occluded, but with more confusing routing and slightly duller play.

The Mingus Park DGC is set on a steep, rugged hillside covered with large trees and lots of thick Oregon coastal rain forest type underbrush. Although short in distance, the elevation changes and tight fairways combined with the unforgiving undergrowth can make for a challenging day here.
The tee pads are small concrete ones. There are two pads for each hole essentially making this an 18 hole play. I didn't find the second pad changed the complexion of the hole all that much. The tee signs are simple, giving the hole #, distance and par. The double chain baskets are older but are in decent shape and catch well enough. They've been painted over in yellow once or twice.
A couple of holes stood out for me. # 6 has been mentioned before as being a sweet, little, very steep downhill. It's a touch shot. You'll be throwing a mid or your putter but the possibility of an ACE is right there waiting.
I thought # 4 was a pretty hole. It's a 220' flowing across the side pf the hillside. You don't want to hyzer left and be left trudging downhill to look for your disc.

There was no-one else on the course with me and I couldn't help but feel this course isn't played a lot. It just has that slightly uncomfortable feel to it.
I didn't see any evidence of any homeless activity.
The short distances here might put off some players while searching for discs might not please others.

At least, the stolen baskets have been replaced. There isn't much evidence that this course gets much love from the local disc community. It seems forgotten in this seemingly untouched corner of the park. If you're one who likes the feeling of being alone and one with nature, this just might be the perfect course for you.

- Lots of elevation changes. This course is built on the side of a hill, and at least half of the holes feature minor to massive elevation differences.
- The dense forest means that accuracy is at a premium. I get the feeling that playing this course repeatedly would be a great way to boost your accuracy.
- Very uncrowded. This park seems surprisingly under-utilized.

- Wayward discs are extremely difficult to recover. We had a disc shank about 75 feet across the fairway, and it took us nearly 45 minutes to bushwhack our way across a ravine and find the disc even though one of us saw exactly where it landed.
- Spotters are needed to avoid losing discs on drives.
- Maintenance is lacking. There are two poles, and one of the baskets was broken and hanging loose. Some hole signs still exist, but many are in poor shape.

I would describe Mingus Park as a rough gem. It is fun and challenging to play, although the terrain makes things difficult or just flat-out annoying sometimes. With new tee signs and working baskets on all the holes, this could develop into a respectable course.

It has a nice feel walking it. This is a secluded feeling with not very many people playing there. Really precise shots are requied as the poorly thrown ones will take a while to find. It takes a nice walk through nature.

Has two tone poles instead of baskets.

Can be kinda hard to find being in the middle of town and off the highway.

Disc eater.

Its a really fun walk to check out. The better course compared to Winsor. The feeling there will bring you to nature.