This is one of the best courses around. The course is almost completely wooded but open enough to wear shorts. The artistry and use of the natural aspects of the course make this course one of a kind. Very easy to spot a disc on this course.

The only thing that would make this course better is if there was more hole variety being all par 3s.

This course is about an hour away, so I do not get to go often, but when I do it is always fun. I would like to figure out the 19 A-E holes because the group in front of us told us there was nothing there so we didn't look. Easier than I remembered or maybe I am just improving

Probably the most attractive course I have ever played. Incredible natural scenery in a rolling wooded area that feels very secluded.
+ 27 holes of top quality disc golf, but set up so that it is easy to play just 9 or 18 holes.
+ Great use of elevation, going up and down steep hills, through rock outcroppings and over streams.
+ Three course levels which provide very different levels of difficulty for beginning to advanced players.
+ Good variety of challenging shots.
+ Numerous signature holes, including one that ends next to a waterfall.
+ Good signage and the course is well-maintained.
+ The rough isn't too bad considering you are in the woods almost the whole time, and the poison ivy isn't as bad as on most NC woods courses.

- The navigation is somewhat confusing, mainly due to the numbering of the 19-22 and A-E holes. Make sure you look at a map if you plan on playing all 27.
- The map and tee signs only show simplified versions of the general direction of the fairway, and can be pretty misleading at times. There are many blind shots where you will need to walk quite a way to see the pin rather than relying on where you think it should be.
- The difficulty levels and pars aren't always consistent if you play the full course. Some of the par 3s are relatively easy while others are more or less impossible to birdie due to the distance, angle, and number of trees.

I wish this course weren't an hour away, or I would play it regularly. I had heard that it was a good course, but it exceeded my expectations. It is a lot of disc golf, and with all the walking up and down hills you will be pretty tired after a full round. We had the course to ourselves, so it doesn't seem like it is very heavily played. It is a challenging course which I think would benefit from repeat play. I lost more than a few strokes because I didn't know where the basket was on a blind shot.

Rockness Monster is a must-play track near Roxboro, NC, close to the Virginia line. It looks and feels like a classic NC mountains or foothills course...2+ hours east of the High Country! The elevation and natural beauty rival anything I've played. This is a legit destination course.

+ Aesthetically, it's hard to top the Rock. It's a beautiful, wooded (mature trees, not Carolina Scramble with underbrush), hilly (some steep), with boulders and a crystal clear stream winding through the back 9.

+ The tee signs here are the best I've seen. Each hole has a layout, yardage from each of the three sets of tees, a fairway picture from the perspective of each tee with an arrow pointing to the basket, elevation change from each tee, and a brief description and tip for the hole. Amazingly well done.

+ Overall, I would say the navigation -- at least for the white tees, which is what I played -- is a plus. There are Next Tee signs, arrows, painted trees directing you where to go. I did have a little navigation trouble and missed my opportunity to play the extra 9 holes. But on balance, navigation is good and the course designers and volunteers have done a terrific job.

+ I love courses with variety. Rockness has it. There's uphill, downhill, hyzer, flick, flex, very short (under 200 feet on a few white layout holes), and some longer par 3's. You'll need every (or most) shot in your game.

+ I also love fast greens and hazards around the basket. Rockness has this with baskets perched on or near boulders, hillsides, near the creek, or some combination of those factors.

+ The creativity here is amazing. I love the Dragon Mouth mando hole. Sure, it's a little gimmicky, but it's just one hole and it's a fun one at that. They do a great job with the "monster" theme throughout the course -- the tee markers, signs, "Dragon Drop Zone," etc. They used the rocks well, the stream, the topography. Top-notch design work.

+ Courses with good water holes get an added bump from me. I just think they're fun, picturesque, and the way golf is meant to be played. I wasn't expecting that at all from this track, but the back 9 uses a creek beautifully on several holes.

+ Elevation. Did I mention elevation? I think Rockness Monster lives up to its monster billing with elevation. I thought the course was challenging from the white tees, but not overly so. I've played many tougher courses. The challenge here is physical. It's a demanding hike.

+ Extra 9 holes (which I didn't get to play)

+ It's fun, it's challenging, and it's fair. Can't ask for much more than that.

These are some nit-picks and may be more user error than actual flaws. As such, Rockness Monster gets a near-perfect rating from me. Certainly in my top 5 to date.

- Gravel/sand/natural tees

- I wish the navigation was a little more explicit if you want to play the full 27 holes. Halfway through my round, after not noticing any signs to direct me to the extra holes, I looked at the DGCR course page and realized I'd missed the first handful of extra holes. In hindsight, I wish I'd gone back to find them and play them, but alas, I was already whipped from hiking up and down the hills and wussed out.

I don't know how to say it any better: even if you have to drive an hour or two out of your way to play Rockness Monster, it's worth it. Tremendous course.

Everything has already been stated in previous reviews regarding the care taken to make this course a destination for disc golf.
It's all spot on!
Layout, signage, tee areas, added hazards, use of topography, amenities, all top-notch.
Extra holes add distance and variety.
Multiple tee choices for every ability.
Cool mandos.

Have to really nitpick to find anything negative here, but be careful of footing; loose rocks and roots can be a tripping hazard.
With so much variation in tee and pin placement there could be some confusion, however the professional tee signage keeps this to a minimum.

Memorable course for sure!
The waterfalls and winding creek features are enough to make the trip to play here. Using the frequent rock formations in the course design is brilliantly done.
Looking forward to trying other area courses by same designers!

Super wood course.
Interesting basket placements in boulders.
Great Tee pads.
Fair throwing lines for a wood course--challenging but throwable.
Good elevation changes.
Fun features like statues on tees and "jaws" in the woods.
Rough is clear and not scary--you can still lose some strokes on the trees, but easy to find your disc.

Very few...
One hole had a low window to a meadow--roller would be great option...if the grass were not 2' high.
No trash cans.

My favorite woods course so far. Not sure how to make it much better without free refreshments on every tee. My brothers and I played all 3 Person County "Monsters" in one day, and Rockness was definitely my favorite--but all 3 were fun.

This course is a ton of fun to play. Its in excellent condition with lots of variation that keeps it interesting. The Dragon theme is pretty cool and they did a good job of incorporating this into several holes. The best course I've played in NC yet.

Roxboro

This course is very well taken care of, multiple concrete tees on each hole, great signs at the tees, next tee signs, baskets are in great shape also. The tee signs are probably the best I've seen, layout of the hole, next tee direction, distance and elevation change for each tee, pictures of the hole AND a well written description of each hole. Very well done.
The course flows very well, nice use of the elevation on the site, front side makes use of the rocks, back side makes use of a creek. The baskets for 3 and 5 were set into piles of boulders, great use of those. Baskets for 11, 13, 14 and 17 were very close to the creek winding through the back side. Really gives both nines their own personalities.
The one open space on the property is used for both 2 and 9, they got the most use out of that they could.
While this is a heavily wooded property, the fairways are cleared to not make it a throw and pray, pinball type course. 8 has the tightest fairway, but it is straight and designed that way.

Very tough to find any cons at Rockness. The transition from 14 to 15 was a little tough, but didn't cause any delay. Course is on the back of Piedmont Comm College and it didn't appear there were any restrooms or drinks available.

Got a chance to meet course designer David Wehrenberg before I started. He was very helpful showing me the first tee and providing any tips possible. Really is cool the way he used the natural features on the site, plus he added some sea monster rock sculptures, and plays over a stone foundation. Couple of nice, fast greens with rollaway potential (yes, 16 cost me a stroke!).
With the fair fairways, great tees, unique pin locations and use of elevation and the creek, this is truly Rockness Heaven.

Signage is important to me. Rockness Monster has possibly the best signage I have ever seen. The tees are clearly marked and each basket has a hanging tag pointing to the next tee. You can not get lost here.

The course itself is on a beautiful, wooded piece of property. There are only two holes that are open. The tee baskets in the rock formations on 3,4 and 5 make for a neat putting experience. With four tee pads on most holes, there really is something here for everyone. We played the whites and the flow was really nice. There are holes for every shot in your repertoire here. While the course is mostly wooded, the fairways are tough but fair.

The drainage here must be pretty good. I played a couple of days after some heavy rain and the course was not muddy at all.

The elevation change gives you a good workout here. A few of the downhill throws let you air it out and the uphills are a good challenge.

I have been to this course twice and didn't see another person either time. If a course of this quality were near a population center it would be crowded all the time. This is probably my favorite of the courses I've played.

The nearby Sasquatch and Kraken courses can be added for a nice day of disc golf

For me, the only ding is that it is so far from where I live.

8-13-2019 edit: I have now played 89 courses in 4 states and Rockness Monster is still my favorite. Played the newest 5 holes today. They are an excellent addition to an already great course.

First off let me go ahead and state that I study horticulture at NC STATE; I am entralled with plants, wildlife, and interesting landscapes. That being said, many of you will understand why I rated the monster this well. We pulled up into the college and seen the absolute biggest tom turkey (gobbler) that I have ever seen in my life! That got me riled up pretty big, and by the time I seen the basket placement on Hole#3 I nutted myself.. This course utilizes the native landscape so well!! Orgasm (amazing native landscaped) holes for me were #3,4,5,8,11,12 simply because the owner of this course made sure that an extra landscape perk was incorporated. Like the island green on #11, its really a peninsula but still very hazardous! Getting that out of the way I will give other reasons why this course stacks up to a 4.5 (in my opinion)
Amenities- Some of the best signs on the front nine I have yet to see. Like the media shows they give distances, elevation, etc. I love the names on the front nine, they get kind of random and cheesy on the back
Lines- First off let me say this is most defiantly the tightest dg course that I have currently played. Ive played some super tight courses (ie Simple Pleasures, Sugaree, Buckhorn, Valley Springs) and none of these even come close to the severity of fairway width. Like most people will complain about this place being to tight, if you dont beileve me just bring your happy butt out here. I personally like the challenge, I prefer woods golf over field golf. While most RHBH players will really be scratching their head on the front nine, they can still pull out a flippy disc and sneak through the very an-hyzer friendly front nine.
The back nine offers more hyzers for these players but still you will want ultra-ultra precision
Greens- Like I have previously alluded to the Rockness Monster has some of the most ahhmazing greens I have played on. They dont quite stack up to Sugaree DGC's greens, but come very close on holes 3,4,5. Other holes have an extremly steep slope behind the basket and rollaways are everywhere out here. The brand new DISCatchers stand out really well in the woods because on many holes you cannot see the basket from the teebox

You can tell this place is relatively new, most "fairways" are full of holes, roots, stumps, and sticks that trip you up. I put "fairways" in quotes for one reason..Im all about tight woods golf, I love it; However, if you are going to have a 385' uphill dogleg right that is so super tight it really should be a par 4 dont you think? No major complaints, I like the challenge
Some of the natural teepads are un-level and have occasional roots in the way. Watch your footing on white teepads on holes 8,10,13-18. I bet this minor issue will only get better with time.
Being a plant nerd, I can see this place being very bug-infested on a hot summer day. We played in the spring as the plants were just budding out, one member of the group still found a tick on him.
With these three minor issues in mind, this course stacks up to 4.25 to me. Being the nature guru and loving this course for its scenery I am rounding up to 4.5

Being the designer of a relatively new course I only see the Monster getting even more epic with time. Maybe level some more of the teepads and cut down just a few more trees mid-fairway and I will rate this course a 5