Moccasin Creek DGC is located in northeast Florida, about a 20 minute drive inland from St. Augustine or 45 minutes south of Jacksonville. It's only about five minutes off I-95. The course sits on the St. John's County Fairgrounds.

This course has 26 holes. The first 12 holes are located in what appears to be a DG-only area, on the south side of a drive that bisects the fairgrounds. The remaining 14 holes play on the north side of the drive around the outskirts of the main fairgrounds.

The first 12 holes each feature two tee pads and two baskets. The baskets are all DISCatchers, with a yellow band for the "A" position and white band for the "B" position. A couple of the holes also had a "C" position, and where this was the case the two positions currently available were marked with yellow and white zip ties on the tee signs. On the back 14 holes, I believe there was only one basket (yellow banded) per hole. All of the baskets were in good shape when I visited.

The tees are nice as well. There are two per hole for all 26 holes. The long pads for each hole are concrete - smallish, but flat and in good shape. The short pads are turf and in good shape. The long pads have blue tee signs that have a map of the hole including any OB areas, hole number, and distance/par to all pin positions. The short pads have the same information on red signs. The only small gripe I have about these signs is that it would be nice if they pointed out baskets on adjacent holes that are in view. The course is fairly open, and even with the great signage I still threw towards an incorrect basket on a couple of occasions.

The other amenities here are very good. Directional signage is present where needed - I didn't have any problems with navigation. When present, Mandos are clearly marked. There is a large kiosk at the parking lot that has a course map and lots of other useful information. A practice basket and porta potty are also nearby. Trash cans and benches are placed at periodic intervals throughout the course, and I think there were brooms at every long tee pad. There were even bag hangers on the tee sign posts, and a couple of tall poles lying around to retrieve discs that may have become caught in trees.

What about the disc golf itself? It's decent. The designer(s) did a good job of maximizing use of the very flat, fairly open space they had available. The distances range from about 200' up to 880' depending on your chosen layout, with five holes >400' from the blue tees. Although many throws are relatively free of obstacles, baskets are often located in front of, behind, or next to the few trees and shrubs available - especially on the front 12. You'll find yourself reaching for a wider variety of discs than you might expect when you first drive up to the course and park. The back 14 is generally more open but a few baskets are tucked into the woods. There is also one basket (#18) that is elevated several feet and shaped like a lighthouse. The bottom of this basket is cut out so that your disc falls into the lighthouse "tower", where it can be retrieved by reaching into a small window. After playing another lighthouse hole at Silver Creek DGC in Manitowoc, WI last fall (right on Lake Michigan) I walked away only slightly impressed by this one. But to be clear, it's still a very cool touch and worth snapping a photo or two of. I must be a lighthouse hole snob now!

A few potential safety issues here. I didn't like hole 24, which plays about 250' straight at a busy highway. Yes, the highway is probably another 50' beyond a fairly tall fence behind the basket. But I feel like big arms could easily clear it with an errant throw. Some other holes have fairways that run pretty close together, and I also had to skip the longest hole 25 because of some people camping in RVs on the fairway.

The course is very flat and pretty open as mentioned above. There are no water hazards - the course's namesake creek is nearby but will never be seen during your round, much less come into play. The distances are nothing to sneeze at, but this is no championship-level course either. From a disc golfer's perspective they would ideally plant a few more trees/shrubs on several of the holes to make things more difficult, but I understand this could be problematic when the fairgrounds are being used for events.

Other than maybe the lighthouse basket, there are no holes here that were particularly memorable or that stood out for me.

Road noise is fairly prevalent throughout the course.

On a personal note, this was my first new course bagged in 2022 as well as my first in the state of Florida! I visited a few hours after a heavy Florida rain, and was impressed by the lack of mud or standing water. The ground here appears to dry out quickly.

This course is suitable for beginners and families, as long as they are aware of any other disc golfers playing nearby holes. The risk of disc loss here is almost zero.

I played the blue tees to "B" pin positions.

The last 14 holes here are unplayable if the fairgrounds is in use (per sign on kiosk, which I agree with). Don't let that scare you away though. I enjoyed the first 12 holes more anyway, and with multiple tees/baskets on that part of the course you could play through twice to get 24.

I enjoyed my round here and was between a 3.0 and 3.5 rating. I guess that means I feel that the current average of about 3.2 is spot on. If some Cons listed above were addressed, this could certainly be a 3.5 or possibly a 4.0 course. Beyond that it's limited by the land available. Not a destination in itself, but if you are visiting the area or passing through on I-95 Moccasin Creek DGC is worth a stop!

1. Nice concrete tee pads
2. Easy to find the next hole
3. Some cool twists such as a light house basket on hole 18
4. Some short and long holes
5. Trash cans throughout the course
6. Some nice scenery throughout the course

1. Not many left or right curves
2. The back 13 holes are closed during state fair activities
3. Not many trees or obstacles to avoid
4. Chains are close to holes and can be confusing which chain goes to which hole

Pretty decent course not to far from the beaches on st Augustine. Definitely a course to try if your on vacation there

Nice concrete tee pads.
Good signage for each hole.
First 12 holes make good use of the trees on the property.
Usually not too many others on the course. It is not a place with joggers or picnic areas to compete for the space.

No short tees.
Back 13 holes may be unavailable if there is an event at the fairgrounds.
The distance of some of the holes are difficult for a rec player.

I find the course good, but boring. Most holes are pretty straight with a minimal amount of obstacles.

I've played this course twice, both times while driving from Savannah to Orlando. For that purpose, it's absolutely perfect. Open spaces with no brush mean you don't spend any time looking for a disc. Easy navigation and relatively short holes mean the first 18 play quickly, and you can get back on the road. If you have more time on your hands, there are an extra seven holes, including the the final, 870-foot hole. Personally, I like playing twenty-one. That's eighteen, plus the three that head back towards the parking area. So depending on your time, you have options.

I've also seen two different looks on this course. In winter, it's very easy. The fairways are mostly open looks at the basket. There are trees on the course(at least in the first 12 holes), but a well placed shot can put you in birdie range most of the time. In the heat of summer, those trees sprout foliage that narrow a lot of those fairways considerably. On the shorter holes in particular, the gaps that you will need to fit your disc through can be quite challenging then.

In either case, its a great learning course. The trees will teach new players a ton about where they want their throw to turn, in either direction. It's a clean course on mowed grass where the obstacles to your score aren't just thick brush that couldn't be removed. The trees are not only nice-looking, but impact the course in an extremely positive way.

After twelve though, you cross the parking area and enter the fairgrounds proper. The holes are a lot less challenging, and a less interesting after that point.

Even in the first twelve, its a little cramped, with holes traversing the same meadow in different ways. It uses the available space well, but there are definitely multiple points in which tees and fairways are in the path of other throwers.

The next tee is often just a few steps from the previous basket, which is nice if you want to lay quickly,(except for five, which is near the fourth tee, and twelve? which I might not have found if I didn't remember walking by it on the ninth fairway.

There aren't any signature holes, and its completely flat, but there are few bad holes and I'll probably stop here the majority of the times that I'm making a similar drive.

1) Nice concrete tees with the Hole # stenciled on the paver inlay in the corner of the concrete tees. This is both attractive and functional.

2) Nice signs have all the information needed . . .Hole #, Distance, Par, a map of the hole, and sponsors. The holes were also named which is something I have seen a lot lately and I think that is a really good idea and something that can set this sport apart from golf. Instead of remembering #17 at Sawgrass they will remember something like "The Bear Den" or "Rattlesnake Rock" or something to that effect. Sure not all courses need to have their holes named, but I think it could become something that is important in the course design.

3) Benches, bag holders, and garbage cans are at every tee.

4) #1 green is a sandbag bunker (but elevated above the ground rather than below ground. This is something I have never seen before and is a unique thing you will remember on this course.

5) Nice directionals to get you around the course . . . always helpful for a travelling disc golfer such as myself.

6) Nice newer discatchers in great shape.

7) The turf seems to be decent condition throughout the park. Sure it is still the sandy soil that you see in much of Florida but the grounds seem to be well kept.

8) Excellent use of distance variation on this course with holes ranging from 100's up to 400's and one 800' to end the round. Lots of different discs needed out here.

9) There are plenty of birdie opportunities and there are plenty of holes that will challenge you to make par. There seemed to be just the appropriate amount of fun to challenge ratio.

10) Distance was used more so on the bask 13 holes, but there also seemed to be more birdie opportunities here so it never got repetitive or boring.

11) Another cool feature is the use of one of the USDGC (or other major tournament) baskets on their 25th hole.

1) I would assume this course is not playable during activities on the fairgrounds despite the course being removed from all the other activities. I do not know this for sure but something to definitely consider checking .

2) Front 12 holes are on a really tight property . . .there might be a few places where fairways get near each other and tees that could be hit by errant shots.

3) Flat Flat Flat . . . the only elevation change was the septic hill on #13 and the sandbag elevated bunker. Typical of Florida.

4) I birdied 4 holes in a row on the back 13 holes and it seemed like a little bit more of a mixup could have been better. Those were all the shorter more open holes on the back 13, but I suppose they had to layout the course the way they did to take advantage of the land and the few key trees back there.

5) A few of the tees do not seem to be aligned perfectly at the baskets . . . not sure if maybe there are alternate basket locatons, which would make sense but they did not seem to line up to where I was playing on a few holes.

6) Teepads are on the small end of the spectrum for a longer course which you might want to use a full runup.

I had a really good time playing this course. It is not the most challenging, it isn't the prettiest, but it has a pretty nice variety of shot required. You can throw a lot of different shots including rollers, anhyzers, hyzers, spike shots. You need to keep some shots low under the ceiling and others you can take as high as you want. The only thing lacking on this course was a true tight hole . . . a couple of the shorter holes on the front 12 had tighter windows and then again on #24 but overall I would always like to see some slightly tighter holes too. I suppose this property did not allow for it . . . but I do like balance.

The Moccasin Creek DGC offers 25 holes in a quite area surrounding the county fairgrounds. All holes are equipped with concrete tee boxes and nice new Discatcher targets. Tee signs are present and decent quality. There are bag holders at many holes, and many benches and trash cans spread around. The first twelve holes are on recently filled and leveled land, and the grass has come in nicely. The layout is not too hard to follow. There is some wind to deal with and add challenge to a few holes. There are also holes adjacent to fences with OB on the other side. No water to be found on the course.

Some holes are in close proximity to others, creating some confusion about which basket to aim at, and could cause waiting if the other nearby holes are being played. The flat and open layout means there will be some holes with mostly open lines all the way to the basket. Over the course of 25 holes, they can become somewhat redundant. The tee boxes are good quality, but too small in my opinion. There were a lot of gnats bugging out the course.

Moccasin Creek DGC is a course that offers a relaxed round on a nice course that is easy to traverse. It is not a high degree of difficulty, but I am sure it is a welcome addition for all of the area disc golfers. Very few memorable holes, but not a bad course if you happen to be in the St. Augustine area.

We met the course designer and after the list of obstructions he had to overcome I must commend him. There were bag holders at each hole and the course was well marked with signs. Benches are being installed and many holes have them. The course has it's own space and doesn't have to share with pick-nickers, bikers, ect unless there is an event on at the fairgrounds.

The course is new and lacks signature holes because of a lack of obstructions. Hole 24 ends way out from the parking area and it is a long hike back.

Good for your ego. I shot 77, 78, and 78 when my best score on 24 holes had been a 78 at home in Ocala. I think this course will get better with each passing year if the county allows it and I will play it again when Uncle Jack and I go road trippin.