A good mix of left, right, and straight fairways that utilize every bit of elevation throughout this rolling to flat property. The entire course is dedicated to disc golf - while paved paths divide and skirt the course, there are no paths across fairways. There are new signs as of a few years ago - they're large, metal, and display big color graphics - so they're easy to spot from a distance. Additionally, the signs have the course, hole # and distance cut out making it possible to read them from the back. There are also large color maps strategically placed throughout the course at all of the major junctions. All of the long tees are cement, though the three newest tees are significantly shorter and narrower than the originals. This course, in contrast to the West course on this property, is mostly wooded. The rough is dense enough to deny easy "outs" but not so dense as to prevent you from finding your errant lies. There are no thorns (aside from some ground-cover blackberries in a few places), no poison ivy, no mud, and very few biting insects. It's mostly quite and natural throughout. There's a 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, and with holes from the West course, 24, and 27 hole loops possible, most of which are explained with the aforementioned orientation maps at the major junctions.

There is some erosion occurring after a decade of play, however, the addition of the West course has significantly slowed this down.

There's no water hazard. (also a pro for some people)

There could be more trash cans.

The fairways through the woods are never mowed. The grass gets tall enough to deny skips, but never thick enough to obscure a lie.

The history of the East course at Northend Riverside Park: The course was established by Leonard Johnson in 2006 after years of lobbying the Big Rapids Parks & Rec Board. Using his own money and muscle, and with the help of other locals, Johnson built the entire course. Within a few years, disc golf rapidly grew in popularity in Big Rapids. Sometime around 2010, the City took issue with discouraged behavior of some players, causing Johnson, Foster Neill, and a few other locals to change the final two holes. They cut in a very tight RBH hyzer to create a new #17. Then they moved the basket from the old 17's original spot, to a farther location at the highest point of elevation and dug out a hazard just before, accentuating the elevation challenge. This became the new #18. The White Pine Trail sits about 40' behind the basket at the bottom of the hill, creating an OB hazard. The original 18th hole went unused and basketless for the next 5 years or so.

Sometime around 2014-2015, Neill started plans to expand the course to 36 holes. Over the following years, he plied the City to allow the local club to begin work on unused, contiguous land. Along with Johnson and Club volunteers, they cut in 17 new fairways and re-opened the original 18th fairway after adding some distance to it. It was at this time that 3 new holes were added to the original course, which are now #'s 3, 4, & 5. These new holes replaced the original #'s 1, 2, & 3, which became #'s 1, 2, & 17 of the new West course. It was also during this time that new tee signs were made and planted - large metal signs with color graphics have replaced the original 4x4" posts.