Roxana City Park reviews
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A Short 9 That's Ideal For Beginning Players 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Jan 31, 2022
Played the course:once
Pros:
Roxana City Park hosts a recreation 9-hole disc golf course that snakes around other park uses and paths. This course is geared towards beginner to intermediate players, with two tee pads on each hole to provide some variety with distances.
Location of the park is on the southeast side of town, with route 255 to route 143 being the primary way to get to this course. When accessing this course, make sure you take the entrance at Park Dr. next to the junior high school, as GPS may take you to a different parking lot. When driving around the one-way drive, look for signage to the disc golf course on the right-hand side before you pass the Rox Arena. There's a side parking lot where you can access some shelters as well as hole 1 a little more easily. Roxana has a good amount of food and gas options if you need them. This course is also one of 7 between Edwardsville and Godfrey, so if you're making a day out of bagging, this north area of the St. Louis metro east has plenty to offer.
Park Amenities are plentiful in this park, including a playground, multiple ball fields, basketball, volleyball, and a community pool. There's also the Rox Arena, which seems to be more of a rec center. There are multiple rentable shelters on site as well. There was a port-a-john by hole 8 in the northwest corner of the park, and there are also some water fountains around. It looks like there are multiple annual events at this park, including Christmas lights, so be mindful of that when planning to play here.
Course Equipment is fairly basic here but covers the needs of the course. The DISCatcher baskets on site are all in great shape. Each hole has two tees that are mainly just gravel, which actually wasn't bad to throw off of. The tee signs have hole numbers, pars, and distances for the beginner and intermediate tees. If you're needing discs or are a community member wanting to try the course out, the office apparently has discs available to lend out.
Course Design is fairly straightforward at Roxana, with the course comprising of mainly straight shots that will be between 200 and 300 feet from the short tees and between 300 and 400 feet from the long tees, with some exceptions. While there are some spots where there's a little shot shaping to be had or obstacles to navigate, you will likely be able to throw your preferred shot type off the tee on most holes without much in the fairway to worry about. Hole 7 and 8 look like they were redesigned at some point based on the older map on this website, and 7 probably has the best shot shaping on site now with RHBH players needing more of a hyzer around the trees and branches to the left. Hole 9 also serves as a nice finishing hole with the elevated basket and pavers adding a nice touch.
Course Difficulty is clearly geared towards newer players and locals wanting to try disc golf out. In this regard, the course achieves its goal, providing a relatively easy round for beginners to learn the game with longer tees providing a little more challenge to more experienced players.
Location of the park is on the southeast side of town, with route 255 to route 143 being the primary way to get to this course. When accessing this course, make sure you take the entrance at Park Dr. next to the junior high school, as GPS may take you to a different parking lot. When driving around the one-way drive, look for signage to the disc golf course on the right-hand side before you pass the Rox Arena. There's a side parking lot where you can access some shelters as well as hole 1 a little more easily. Roxana has a good amount of food and gas options if you need them. This course is also one of 7 between Edwardsville and Godfrey, so if you're making a day out of bagging, this north area of the St. Louis metro east has plenty to offer.
Park Amenities are plentiful in this park, including a playground, multiple ball fields, basketball, volleyball, and a community pool. There's also the Rox Arena, which seems to be more of a rec center. There are multiple rentable shelters on site as well. There was a port-a-john by hole 8 in the northwest corner of the park, and there are also some water fountains around. It looks like there are multiple annual events at this park, including Christmas lights, so be mindful of that when planning to play here.
Course Equipment is fairly basic here but covers the needs of the course. The DISCatcher baskets on site are all in great shape. Each hole has two tees that are mainly just gravel, which actually wasn't bad to throw off of. The tee signs have hole numbers, pars, and distances for the beginner and intermediate tees. If you're needing discs or are a community member wanting to try the course out, the office apparently has discs available to lend out.
Course Design is fairly straightforward at Roxana, with the course comprising of mainly straight shots that will be between 200 and 300 feet from the short tees and between 300 and 400 feet from the long tees, with some exceptions. While there are some spots where there's a little shot shaping to be had or obstacles to navigate, you will likely be able to throw your preferred shot type off the tee on most holes without much in the fairway to worry about. Hole 7 and 8 look like they were redesigned at some point based on the older map on this website, and 7 probably has the best shot shaping on site now with RHBH players needing more of a hyzer around the trees and branches to the left. Hole 9 also serves as a nice finishing hole with the elevated basket and pavers adding a nice touch.
Course Difficulty is clearly geared towards newer players and locals wanting to try disc golf out. In this regard, the course achieves its goal, providing a relatively easy round for beginners to learn the game with longer tees providing a little more challenge to more experienced players.
Cons:
Course Design makes the most out of the available land around the park. That being said, there's not a lot worth writing home about. Most of the shots are straight on, with no fairways that are truly going to challenge you to throw a certain way off the tee with the exception of maybe hole 7. Holes 1 and 9 provide a little challenge at the basket with either elevation or guardian trees, but that's really the extent of notable moments in the design here. The park is also completely flat, so with the exception of a come-back putt on 5, there's truly no elevation changes to be found here. The course made for a nice quick half hour round, but the replay-ability factor isn't high here.
Safety could be a concern on a number of holes here, especially seeing as this course favors newer players in its design and distances. Most holes play close to walkways or parking lots, which could be problematic in warmer seasons. Hole 5 basically plays over a bridge and sitting area, which is less than ideal. Hole 6's pin was also just over a primary path from a parking lot, with said parking lot also being close to the fairway. Hole 8's fairway plays over the edge of another parking lot, with a port-a-john being within the firing line of drives. If you happen to be having trouble dropping your kids off at this particular pool, I can think of one way to help scare them out.
Please be mindful of other park uses and pedestrians before chucking your plastic.
Safety could be a concern on a number of holes here, especially seeing as this course favors newer players in its design and distances. Most holes play close to walkways or parking lots, which could be problematic in warmer seasons. Hole 5 basically plays over a bridge and sitting area, which is less than ideal. Hole 6's pin was also just over a primary path from a parking lot, with said parking lot also being close to the fairway. Hole 8's fairway plays over the edge of another parking lot, with a port-a-john being within the firing line of drives. If you happen to be having trouble dropping your kids off at this particular pool, I can think of one way to help scare them out.
Please be mindful of other park uses and pedestrians before chucking your plastic.
Other Thoughts:
Overall, Roxana's disc golf course is a nice amenity for the locals, but not really worth going out of your way for unless you're into bagging new courses. There are plenty of other great courses not far from here, including La Vista, Sioux Passage, and Woodland Chains. If you want to make a day out of bagging courses though, this is a great area to hit up, with 7 courses all in a line down 255 for the most part. If you're passing by and want a quick round, this is the course for you. Just be mindful of folks in the port-a-john.
