Oak Park is a good one for sure. It's fairly flat, but there is some contour on several holes, especially near the end. Parts of the course are kind of heavily wooded, but usually there is a nice line with plenty of airspace. Quite a bit of OB, creeks ponds and a river, as well as a some mandos push up the difficulty by a degree. Some long par 3's and a couple of par 4's give you a chance to test the arm.

Two tees for each hole. The tees are concrete and they have good signs. The baskets are all in nice condition. Pin placements are usually in a spot that is protected by trees or on a slope to add some thought to how you make the approach.

My favorite holes are 17 and 18. They play along the ridge of the levee, and have the most elevation change. 17 is near 500 feet from the long tee, making for a hard par 3. The tee is atop the ridge, with a reedy creek to the right and a couple of trees on the left. The pin is at the bottom of the ridge on the left side, and the basket is raised on a tall pin. Dial in on that approach. 18 also tees on top of the levee, but there is a heavy patch of rough blocking the right side. The pin is in a low spot as the ridge comes closer to street level, and is totally surrounded by trees and rocks. It's a tough drive to keep out of the trees until near the end, when you need to enter at the right place. Another tricky par 3.

The course layout is kind of choppy, crossing the road multiple times. There is a long walk after a couple of holes, and places where you might skip a hole if you're not familiar with the sequence. Have a good look at the map and grab a screenshot to take along the first time through.

Walking trails will have pedestrians of all ages walking near the fairways on multiple holes.

Oak Park is a great park style course that has some tough holes. Its a pretty area to walk around as well.

It's par 56 from either set of tees. I couldn't bank the number of birdies I needed to offset my bad holes. The score was 62, with 2 birds, 2 bogies and 3 double bogies.

I had played Oak before, but it was some time ago. I am glad I got to play it again. Would definitely recommend.

Variety
Locals (thanks, Brad!)
Sense of isolation from city environment
Parking
Beauty of Bird Sanctuary park
Ease of Access (although confusing first time)

Total Lack of signage including a public map
Lots of set paths from holes to tees but none are canonical
non-concrete, narrow tees
flooding
crowded even on a weekday

I'll be back fer shure! With the locals help; this was an amazing 9 holes (about 6 are flooded out). The ease of seeing your disc in the undergrowth and walking across manicured lawn with stone bridges, archways, and the river is wonderful. Bag it!

The locals! Shout out to Guy, Dan and Duck! I showed up in Wichita for work and was treated to a phenomenal guided round at a very nice course. Beautiful grounds. Multiple tee and basket locations. Diverse shots. Clean.

No signage at all. Talk to a local, they're extremely friendly, maybe they'll let you tag along. Otherwise, it would be VERY difficult to find your way aound.

The local shop, Duck's Flying Discs, set me right up. I opened the door and he immediately came over, shook my hand and introduced himself. I found hole one no problem, played it, and came up on a couple locals having a 'safety meeting' who offered to let me play the round with them. One of the guys found a disc during play and he called the number on it right away. Gotta respect a dude that does that. Very thankful for them. I would have struggled to find my way around. Beautiful course. I'd love to go back.

This course has multiple tees and pin placements and the grounds are well taken care of. There is a Kiosk next to hole 1 with all the area events and happenings.
Many holes have good lines that must be hit and there is a good mix of short, moderate, and longer length holes. Some baskets have wood chips around them to help with roll a way putts.
There is a decent amount of water threat on this course to keep you on your toes. The flow of the course is logical and the tee pads are plenty long enough allowing for a proper run up.
There are a few holes where you can't see the pin from the tee and a few holes have protected baskets.
Several holes where you can air a driver out and a few chances to RUN THE CHAINS as well.
This course gets a lot of play, because its that good.
The new Mach X baskets are super nice and do an excellent job of catching putts.
This course plays along the river which adds to the mystique of this course.
The pins get moved periodically so it keeps things from getting stale.
Elevated pad on hole 18 makes for a great finishing hole.
Favorite holes here: 1, 7, 12, 16, and 18.

Plays next to and by some park roads, mainly affecting holes 7-10 and 14-16. Please be careful of your surroundings and look before you throw. With this in mind the course gets used for wedding photos, family pictures, etc(especially in the fall months) so be respectful and don't throw on the other park users. Some of the interior holes like 8-14 play around/next to sidewalks so again pay attention before you throw.
No signage so the first time user or the out of towner might take exception, however the hole numbers are marked on the tee pads so that helps a bit.
Some of the holes next to the river might be tough to play when the river is out of its banks.

Depending on which set of tees you play from and where the pins are set this course will challenge players of all levels and abilities. Obviously the course will play a lot tougher from the long tees to the long pins, but there are good lines to be hit from both sets of tees. There is a good mix of open and wooded holes and you will need to work on both distance and accuracy here to score well. There are several holes where risk/reward shots come into play. Will you take the chance at skipping one in on say holes 11 and 12, or will you play it safe and lay up?
Will you go for it on hole 18 and make it across the pond and pick up a stroke or two?
Whatever your approach this is an excellent course that is a must play if you are in the Wichita area. As others have mentioned this course does get crowded but if you are patient its worth the wait. This is by far my favorite course in Wichita.

All of the holes now have at least two pin placements. Some (8,9,10,14,17) have three pin placements. All holes have two tee pads. The new pin placements have added length and challenge to some of the holes.

The course is quite busy on the weekend.

Great improvements...play when you are in the area.

-I think I liked almost everything about this course.
-Neat scenery
-Plenty of trees with a nice mix of water holes
-Two tee boxes for some holes

-Very busy course on the weekends but that goes to show it's a very good course.
-I did get lost one time
-I heard the park this course is in is known as a gay park (literally)

Loved this course. Each hole was fun. I liked the series of holes along the river and how some of the more difficult holes had an optional tee box. I would recommend you play this course if you're in the area.

The course has a great mix of tight and open shots. The layout flows relatively well. Multiple pad locations are a great addition.

Water can claim discs if one is not careful. Geese were everywhere when I played.

A great, challenging course that is certainly the cream of the crop in Wichita

Nice well maintained course. I love it. Great use of woods and water. 2 sets of launch pads (Red & Blue) so the course doesn't get boring. Easy to follow, everything is marked well.

Certain times of the year you need to watch out for geese chit everywhere.

Maybe a sign for beginners on 18. "You might want to throw from the top of the hill or you WILL get wet.

1) There is a nice mix of open and wooded on this course. There is a decent amount of tree density variation to really provide an interesting feel to this course. There are a few holes that are mostly open, there are some holes with spotty mature trees, and then there are some holes with dense woods surrounding either the tee or the green area. The only thing it is missing is a hole that is entirely in the woods but the variation is good and all in all this is a balanced course.

2) Water comes into play on a handful of holes here. There are a couple holes where you throw along the water, a few where you throw over water of some sort, and then there is #18 . . . which is by far one of the coolest finishing holes I have ever seen. It is landscaping like this that you just don't see on disc golf courses. While I am sure this was landscaped before the disc golf came along, it still is a thing of beauty to play this hole to finish your round.

3) Dual concrete tees are appreciated with the tee color painted in the front left corner of each tee-pad. I only figured it out after I played a few holes that the color coded tees allow for two setups, but you can also play all forward or all back tees allowing for a total of 4 course setups. I wish I would have understood this and I would have played all long tees instead of sticking to the blue tee setup because it would have made for a more consistent round.

4) Kiosk is at the first tee which allows for a place to post announcements and other information.

5) Mach baskets with # plate on this courses. I always appreciate it when the # plate faces the tee. Basket rungs are painted with red and blue to indicate where the next tee is.

6) Practice basket is available for use near the parking area.

7) This course is obviously a championship level course. There is length, water, trees, some challenging basket area. Some holes have multiple layers of challenge incorporated together.

8) Any course with a hole names "Devil's Hallway" is a hit in my book and it throws that at you on the second hole.

9) 18 is clearly the best finishing hole I have ever seen. It isn't the longest, it isn't the hardest but it isn't often that you will find a hole like this with the landscaping like this on a disc golf course. This hole leaves you with the impression you just played one of the best courses in the world.

1) This course does not present itself as beginner friendly. There are forced water carries, lots of length, and some tough wooded holes and also some tricky basket locations. This is not a bad course because of this it just doesn't present itself as beginner friendly.

2) Turf seems to be worn out in spots around a lot of tees and some basket areas.

3) Posts would be really helpful in navigation and to help new players find the red or the blue tees. Of course this is even more helpful in winter when I played. They had just gotten some ice and snow the night before making finding those flat concrete tees very difficult due to some drifting.

4) Signs would be helpful on this course because often times baskets are tough to find.

5) This may be nitpicky but I sure would have liked to see an antire hole or two play through the woods. That would have made this course as balanced as I would have found.

6) There is a long confusing walk going from hole #6 to #7. There are paths going in and out of the woods which you might confuse you.

This course was obviously designed with the avid tourney players in mind. It is setup very well for tournament play and will challenge all levels of play. The balance is tremendous both in the obstacles presented and the challenges they throw at you. It also is well balanced in shot selection. There are a lot of throws needed on this course and you need to be a little inventive in spots. All in all I wish I didn't have my only round on this course the day after freezing rain and snow. This is so much better course than I got to see because I was worried about my footing while teeing off and even on fairway shots. I would have given this course a 3.5, but I know had I gotten to play it under ideal conditions I would be rating this course higher, so I am going to just up my rating based on the overall feeling I got from the course. I am giving it a 4 which may even be a little soft. It is possible that this course could be somewhere between 4.25 and 4.5. There simply are not many week spots on the course. Sure the middle of the course gets a little boring by being mostly open, but there is a good variety of shots on these holes so I can't really call it a weak spot. All in all i was impressed with this Wichita Kansas course. It certainly was better than I expected to find here.

Challenging, many wooded areas. The variation of terrain was also pretty decent. Large and spread out, very fun course to play on. There is also a second tee pad for every regular tee, so if you don't like were the tee pad is you can choose the alternate tee pad that is generally closer to the basket, making it easier for beginners.

Many trees and a higher risk of the disc getting stuck in the trees. When I was there playing on the course, it really rained in Wichita a few days before and being near a river some of the course was flooded. One of the holes was pretty much in ankle deep water. Also the course is near a side street and a trail, so you need to be careful of walkers, bikers, and approaching traffic. Two of the holes have a pond you have to clear to get to the basket. I know they are on hole 18 and the other one I can't remember right off hand I think it's hole 5 or 6. On the first water hazard I was able to clear it and it was my first time playing. I didn't try on hole 18 because of the size of the pond. In case you don't want to try the water I believe the alternate tee pads are out of the direction of the water hazards. If you lose your disc in the water they are retrievable, but it isn't easy. One of the water hazards looked fairly deep and the one on hole 18 was filled with algae so unless you don't mind getting dirty and smelling bad I would recommend clearing the pond or going on the alternate tee pad.

Great course, first course I played disc golf on. The way the course was set played a part of me getting into disc golf. This is a course I would definitely recommend playing on.

Beautiful well taken care of park with views of the Little Arkansas River and several old growth trees. Some tunnel holes (mostly from the long tees) and some teeboxes with trouble right off the pad which require precise accuracy to stay out of jail or OB. Cool over water shots on Holes 6 and 18. Challenging, yet not so extreme that it overwhelms you. Flows relatively easily although there are some trouble spots. Next hole indicator on the baskets rims (red and blue paint spots) showing the direction of the next tee box. Shady in many places, allowing DG'ers to get a little break from the heat. Hitting your lines can be key here and the jail situation inside the woods can vary considerably. Has alternating color tee pads, so you technically have four different layouts (short, red, blue, & long).

Unlike its sister course Herman Hill across town, the pins are fixed so the only way to get variety is play different tees. No tee signs as the neighborhood park group won't allow them to be installed for fear that they'll detract from the beauty of the park. Layouts are shown with paint right on the teepads, but the elements are causing these to fade. Often crowded in the afternoon hours. 18's long pad and the retaining wall along side it (over the water hole) constricts your shot selection particularly if you don't have much arm. Parking area is small and there are no bathrooms (other than the woods).

Originally a nine hole single tee course, Oak Park was expanded to 18 holes and given dual tee pads in 2005. Holes 8-14 are actually in neighboring North Riverside Park. The course is very popular with rec players and this can get burdensome on a busy afternoon. Best hit before noon if you can. There is also a busy sidewalk (on or over is OB) along the North Riverside holes so you need to watch for pedestrians.

Long, pretty and semi-challenging. Often have to contend with low ceilings or unconventional long power drives. A river comes into play, as well as a few ponds with a signature pond shot and rock cliff on the last hole (see picture). Well maintained, plays easy and clean. Locals have put work into marking it to make it easy to follow.

Needs tee signs, or re-painted tee pads showing lengths. The river will swallow your disc, and you if you try to go get it. Semi long walks between some holes, and since it's long it is tiring.