Shore Park DGC is located at the base at the Aberdeen Proving Ground. In order to get on base, as a civilian, disc throwing weirdo, you have to go the visitor's center and sign your life away.

Shore Park currently has some construction going on, either building a swimming pool or renovating the current one. The park is mostly unkempt and needs mowing. You will see some baskets here and there. There is no course sign nor tee pads. There are some small post which were at one time tee signs. Every tee sign has been ripped off the post. The baskets are older, faded, temporary Discatchers with a number on them. As of this morning, #'s 4-5-13-14-15-16-17-18 are all gone. And # 11 is locked behind the construction fence all alone.

This was once a recreation level course with 11 holes playing under 200'. I can't bear to call it a course any longer. It's sadly gone to seed.

Long list of Cons.

* 9 missing baskets.
* No tee pads.
* Every sign has been totally trashed.
* Some baskets are leaning.
* Takes some doing to get on base.
* Rec distances and challenge.
* Needs to be mowed.
* # 11 basket behind bars.

I have the perfect solution to this dying course on a military base. On behalf of DGCR and disc golfers everywhere, I am going to personally call the Commander of Chief of all US military, President Donald J. Trump, and request that he makes this a priority issue. I think he wouldn't mind taking just a few minutes from his hectic schedule of nuking Syria and North Korea, twittering or building a giant fence to keep the Mexicans out of the country. For way less than the cost of one small nuclear device, the Donald could have this disc golf course returned to it's previous recreational level.

18 portable Pro 28 Discatcher baskets with tee post/signs. Ok course for it's intended audience of recreational players with some varying mostly par 3 distances and a few tree obstacles in the mostly wide open space and non-elevated terrain, also has an "island" on hole 5.

Scenic views of the Swan Creek from the cliff. Restrooms and course map available in the MWR Center.

Unmarked natural tee pads other than the tee sign/post in the vicinity. Currently about half of the tee signs have blown off the posts. Course map comes in handy as navigation is not marked or not entirely intuitive. Relatively long walk from hole 12 to 13 and 18 to 1/parking lot. Someone is going to throw into the pool on hole 11 and possibly the basketball court and likely the baseball field.

Pretty much completely flat on the course, despite the cool ravine between 13 and 14 and the cliff overlooking the Swan Creek. Not very challenging for intermediate or high level players unless the wind is whipping.

Course is set in a small recreational park on the US Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground which is the oldest proving ground in the US, and known for manufacturing and testing of chemical weapons such as VX, sarin, Mustard, and Agent Orange.

While playing you might hear/feel some rather loud munitions explosions - I did. It was also crazy windy when I played which exposed the mostly wide open course and made it play rather tough especially considering I only brought my putter - wish I was putting with my Firebird. I almost aced hole 5 on the island skipping off the top of the basket.

While there are some safety issues with the course, I'd consider the course as "passable" since it's not likely to ever be busy or have your typical inconsiderate chuckers playing here. I'd really only recommend playing here if you are on base/nearby or have OCD about playing every course you can.

Eighteen designated tee locations and eighteen good baskets.

Many chances for aces.

Omnipresent birdy opportunities

Flimsy tee signs did not always orient you towards basket.

Obstacles are as rare as snow leopards.

Elevation changes are as rare as dodo birds.

With an average length of ~180', with 2/3rds of the holes being under 200', the basket will be within range of most any player from the tee.

With very few obstacles (an occasional tree to throw around) and the minimalist of elevation changes, the "lane" to the basket is, um, practically infinite.

Holes 1-13 play more-or-less in a counter-clockwise fashion around a defunct recreational area. Most-difficult hole #14, with a small tree early, some wires middle, and some small trees late, plays along the road, and the last four holes form a rectangle to the side of the MWR building, resulting in a bit of a walk back to the start.

As someones have said in the past, it is what it is.