- Beautiful multi-use park with amenities such as indoor restrooms.
- Challenging and rewarding wooded course that calls for a variety of shots. I can't recall the last time I used as many different discs in my bag.
- Good signs. Good teepads.
- Separate front 9 and back 9 loops.
- Very close to the interstate.
- Likely won't be crowded with disc golfers.

- Course starts out with a pretty serious water carry. Unlike The Fort down the road,
- The downside of it being a nice park means that one needs to be constantly aware of other park goers (trail runners/walkers, fishers, people playing games, etc) and traffic as the course weaves around the roads (or vice versa).
- A few of the pars are a bit soft, if you care about that sort of thing.
- The yellow Discatcher baskets blend in really well and are hard to see in the woods.
- The course is a little raw. There aren't really defined fairways. Some people love that. Some might not.
- I tend to ding courses for poor navigation. Roane County gets a pass because I was playing with a friend that had played it a few times. I can see a few holes being confusing. Look at a map.

Course starts out with a relatively lengthy water carry. Unlike #8 at the Fort down the road, there is a lay up option or there is a spot where you can shorten your first shot of the day a bit and tee from the sidewalk.

I love this course. It doesn't get a lot of mention in the Knoxville community, but it might be my favorite Knoxville area course. I think it is the kind of course that gets better after you play it a few times and start to figure out your lines and disc choices. Given the location, this is my new default woods course recommendation for anyone traveling I-40 East into Knoxville. I didn't enjoy the Fort nearly as much, but these courses pair nicely.

Apparently they do move pins around. So be sure and pay attention to pin location.

Great use of the land at the park with water and elevation in play. Nice tee signs, concrete tee pads, a course sign, multiple pins, and discatcher baskets.

Not really a con but I would love to eventually see permanent baskets at each pin placement so you can choose which layout you want to play on each visit.

Roane County Park DGC (known by RoCo to locals) is a heavily wooded course in Harriman, TN. This isn't a course you hear a ton about but in my opinion it is somewhat of a hidden gem. This isn't a course that you want to take a long road trip to hit, but if you were to find it in travels, you will be pleasantly surprised. Some long tight fairways where shot shaping is key. This course is at a beautiful park where there is water in play on several holes. The elevation at the park was definitely used in the designing of this course as well. Nice concrete tee pads, tee signs, a course sign, and discatcher baskets. In addition to this, there are multiple pin placements for each hole so you could play a different layout on a second visit if you end up there when the baskets have been moved. No real complaints about this course besides the fact that a few of the holes are a little too unforgiving with an overwhelming amount of trees in your fairways.Other than that, this is definitely a course you need to play if you are near the area! If you want to see this course on video, check out my crew playing this course in the video below...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEsPjKxdiZQ

This wooded course is challenging, yet fair. The hole lengths average around 325'-350' and drives require tight lines for the most part, so walking away with a 2 on any hole here feels good.

Adding to challenge is road OB that comes into play on multiple holes, along with water OB on 3 holes.

There's an even mix of par 3 and par 4 length/layout type holes, making for nice diversity and thus demanding a strong upshot game. I was sidearming my harp and backhanding my BB aviar regularly while playing decent golf.

The teepads are appropriately sized and placed very well, so there's never an issue of awkward run-up (no steep drop off from the back if you prefer a longer run-up, and no concern of falling off the end of the pad as they sit close to flush with the ground.

And even though the teepads are close to flush with the ground, there's never an issue of muddy, slick teepads.

There's a healthy mix of RHBH and RHFH drives, making for equal challenge between left and right handed throwers.

The course is kept clean. There are trashcans near a few tee areas.

I've never seen the course overcrowded with golfers.

2 course layouts (2 potential places a basket can be on each hole) a few holes at the moment even have 2 baskets in place simultaneously.

There's some drainage issues on a few holes so things can be pretty muddy after it rains, but again the pads tend to stay pretty clean.

There are just a couple holes that some people including myself argue need some fine tuning as certain fairways are a little too densely wooded. On the other hand the holes that seem to have trees in the way of a clear line are ones that are longer and considered par 4.

The practice basket is on a slope which isn't necessarily a bad thing as the course's greens are often on a slope, but a lot of people tend to ignore this basket and practice on hole 9's much flatter green, which can interrupt other people in the middle of their round.

The course layout is hard to decipher the first time around. There's good flow to the course and the holes aren't far apart, but again newer players often find themselves wondering where next hole is with there being a road between several holes and a lack of arrows or directional help on the course. To aid in this a sign has been erected near the start of the course with a picture of the course layout.

There's a really friendly local community of players that come together to play doubles on Sundays. Don't hesitate to get in on the action, they are very welcoming.

Watch for cars and pedestrians as again the road comes into play on several holes, and there's a walking path that runs along fairways and behind baskets.

For those who aren't strong swimmers keep in mind that if you throw a disc in the water, there is a very abrupt and deep drop off after maybe 10-20 feet in a lot of areas.

*This course is new with great tee pads
*Maps provide distance, direction(sorta) and par.
*Main entrance map of all 18
*Couple short, couple long, with a mix of par 4 makes for a good mix of holes.
*Terrain was very easy to walk and find discs
*Tees were close by.
*Lots of shade

*Couple water hazards
*Hole 1 is a 300ft throw across water; no thanks.
*Maps were slightly off in direction and pin locarion
*More traffic than a normal DG course around holes

I enjoyed this course and want to bring my buddies back to try it out. There is a small learning curve for a first visit, not as bad as other courses. I thought the terrain was well suited for a course that is a little different then nearby courses.

Roane Count Park is a solid, challenging course. From the first hole, throwing over water, to the last one, throwing in woods, you get a challenge for 18 holes.
- This is a mostly wooded course. The first four holes are the most open ones on the course, but don't let that fool you. You're going to have to start dodging trees for the rest of your round.
- Even with that, there's a good amount of variety here. You have to deal with water on #1 ,2 & 13, then you've got a little bit of everything after that. There are some great holes with good elevation - #5 (slight downhill), #6 (down and up) & #8 (slight uphill). This also leads up to #13 (down and up, and down again to a basket next to the water), which is easily the course's most challenging hole, and I think, its signature one as well.
- Accuracy is crucial here. Even on the 'open holes', there's a steep penalty if you don't throw straight. #1 -trees lining the water's edge, so avoid those. Also, throw far enough to clear the water. That's kind of crucial too. #2 - don't go too far right or too long, or you'll end up in the lake as well. #3 & 4 are doglegs right, so if you miss your line, or hit one of the random trees, you're going to be left scrambling for par.
- Great, descriptive tee signs. Look at the pictures on here, and you'll see how good they are. Tee pads are solid as well.
- Large park with a little bit of everything. I saw people fishing, using the playground, playing on different sports court, having get together at large pavilions & picnic shelters. Good facilities as well - bathrooms, water fountains and drink machines. There are some nice, scenic views of the lake on some parts of the course.
- I always give credit to course that loop back to the parking lot after nine holes, so props to Roane Co. This gives you a chance to play only nine holes, or tee off on #10, if desired.
- Course should offer a good challenge for even the best of players. This is not a beginner-friendly course. It's clearly aimed for experienced players.

My biggest con with the course is the tee shot for #1. I'm usually a fan of tee shots over water, but this one is a problem with me. For starters, it's your first shot of the round, so you're arm probably isn't warmed up. It's about 275 - 300 feet to clear the water, so you better come out firing on your first shot of the day. I noticed my arm was only at 90% when I saw my disc find its water grave. The other problem is that there isn't a bail out shot around the water. The trees/shrubs are too thick to the left of the tee, to the point that you can't even play a safe route around the water, if you choose to do so. Two simple solutions for this would be: A. clear out the shrubs to the left, or B. move the tee further left. This would knock off some of the distance over water, but still give you the same challenge.
- The other water issue was #13. I feel the basket is too close to the water for the distance & speed your disc should be carrying to the hole. If you threw a good tee shot, you're probably throwing a downhill second shot from 75 - 150 feet out. The basket is about 10 - 15 feet from the water, so you're being asked to stop your disc, without a skip, to get it close. Moving the basket another 20 feet inland would reward great shots and still penalize bad ones. This is such a great hole (one of my favorite in all of the Knoxville-area courses) that I hate being limited in your shot aggressiveness.
- Signage between holes could be better. The course map only lists the front nine, so that should be updated. There are faded-off arrows drawn on some baskets, but having clearer signs (wooded markers, perhaps) would be huge.
- Gray baskets are hard to spots in the shadows of the wooded holes.

Roane County is a top-course. Based on the numbers on this site (the number of people who have played and reviewed it), compared to other Knoxville-area courses, this course is extremely underrated. Maybe because it is out of the way (it's about 40 minutes west of Knoxville), but the course doesn't get the love or attention that it deserves.
- One of things I look at when playing a new course, in addition to the number of solid/great holes, is the number of average to below-average holes. It's the old sports analogy of a team only being as strong as its weakest player. Anyways, I was extremely impressed that there were no bad/throwaway holes. That shows you the course designer put in a lot of time and effort to make this course great.
- If I lived in Knoxville, I'd be here every chance I get. The tight, wooded layout (for a big part of the course) is a change of pace to the three 18-holers in Knoxville.
- #13 was my favorite hole on this course. Move the basket further from the water, to allow more aggressiveness and more risk/reward, and this would make this great hole even better. #5 & 6 are also a great back-to-back stretch that also deserve special attention.
- Anyone in the Knoxville area, or driving along I-40 definitely should check out this course. It's worth the time to play this challenge 18-hole layout.

All the quintessential elements come together on this course: trees, wind, elevation, and water. And that's only 9 holes.

I regret there is no safe place to lay up on 1-- either make it across or throw a disc that floats

For me, courses are either beginner friendly or not. For a course laid out in a multi-use park I had an expectation of this course leaning towards "beginner friendly". Stepping onto the tee for one erases any notion of that.

I believe the designer(s) of this course well understand what makes disc golf challenging and intimidating (wind, water, elevation, trees). All are in effect on this course. I only played 9, but I felt like I played 18.

The cumulative result is not that the course is overly long (it is not) or that the approaches are overly technical (4 was definitely tricky), but this reviewer was impressed by the number of different types of shots required to approach the area of a good score.

Or to put it another way: Instead of trying to maximize the chance of a good lie, one plays to minimize the chance of a bad one. Your mistakes can and will be punished.

If the back 9 end up anything like the front 9 (the layout for 13 looks very promising) this has a very good chance of being one of the best, if not the best, courses in East Tennessee (yes, even better than that one you're thinking of).