- It is a beautiful park that is a piece of American history. For a first trip, give yourself some extra time to look around at the buildings and just enjoy the park.
- It seems to be well maintained. It may have been dumb luck as another review mentioned the grass being high, but at a time where it is a struggle to find fairway shots in Knoxville and Oak Ridge, the grass was short.
- Several really fun holes. Hole 4 is a riot with a massive downhill tee shot with the pin tucked to the right around the trees. Hole 12 is a short downhill straight shot that really tests your touch. Hole 15 and 16 are fun ace runs.

- Signage doesn't meet the standard of most area courses. I didn't see a course map. The tee are marked (except maybe hole 9), but no map, so a lot of extra walking to figure out where you are throwing. No hints at navigation towards the next hole.
- Hole #8 is a relatively long water carry with no obvious drop zone or bail out area. For a course that caters to the public, this is pretty unacceptable. People also fish off the bank here.
- The first 11 or so holes are relatively open and not particularly interesting to a person without a lot of distance, especially with several uphill throws. This also means little cover from the sun, or other elements.

If you are playing disc golf in the area, I feel like it is a must play for the historical factor and uniqueness alone. For play, it is a fun course and has a feel that is very similar to Cherokee Park in Morristown. I personally prefer wooded courses and found Roane County Park a lot more enjoyable, but the fun holes are enjoyable enough that I'll likely revisit on occasion.

-Disc golf at a historical site that traces back to 1797! The visitor's center shows a display of the artifacts used or made during the settlement of the Cherokee and others who migrated around the state of Tennessee. The course mostly plays around the top of the fort, while the first four holes play on the other side of a large valley consisting of big elevation changes. The best elevation this course has to offer!

-I loved holes #2-4. #2 is down a large hill, nearly wide open. The tee shot has a tree with some lower limbs that make it a better idea to not throw a wide hyzer or anhyzer off the tee. Just a fun hole to throw a few discs on! #3 is open as well but exceeds 30' in elevation up a large hill with a tree in a possible landing spot just near the basket. A difficult birdie generally speaking. I had a real blast on #4! Easily the best hole on the course. An excellent big downhill sidearm around the woods to the right. Basket is another 100' to right past the landing zone. Just an awesome hole for sidearm throwers. I hardly ever sidearm and throwing a bunch of them off the pad was a must do for me! A real pro par 3, being maybe close to 400'! This is the most of the elevation here, but a few other holes had great uses as well.

-Many holes are open and give the option on whether to throw sidearm or backhand. A few holes here strongly favor one or the other, but could still be reached the other way around since the trees are very spaced out.

-#15 and #16 were both fun short holes. The scenery on both of them made their overall qualities higher alone but they are still distinct and unique if we disregard the scenery. #15 plays on a grassy terrace. This is one of the more wooded holes. #16 has you throwing off the terrace down a steep hill toward a dried rock creek. For a hole being maybe 200', the elevation decline looks nearly extreme. I loved this hole since it was the most elevation I saw since #4. The basket is probably 30' below the pad!

-A course for anyone. Pros can stop by and practice and enjoy some of the holes offered here. Newbies might be more surprised with some of the elevation changes and the designs on some holes here.

-The tour of the site is worth the stop and makes for a real tourist attraction. On the way to #15, you'll see the Supply house, the barracks, the privies, and a blockhouse. You can clearly see how hard the employees worked at the reconstruction and how much of a raw talent they have for it.

-While there are some challenging holes here, more of them are easier for players over 900 rated. If I had to state a target audience, I'd say that this course is designed more for recreational players. That being said, there is a flaw. While I considered #8 to be a fun hole (276' over the lake), this hole could be extremely discouraging for that particular target audience. The basket is maybe 15' from the pond, meaning that you have to throw AT LEAST 260' to clear it. Many players that enjoy disc golf don't throw that far regularly. When I fell in love with the game, I couldn't throw that far on a regular basis. I would've hated this hole back when I was a newbie. I know that it's not close to the longest hole, but the rest of the longer holes don't have a distance requirement in order to keep a disc. It would be less of a problem if there was an easy way to throw around the pond for players with limited distance but there isn't really an easy way without taking maybe a double bogey at best. Generally speaking, I review courses solely based on how I feel and yes I did like this hole, but to be fair it may cause discouragement when the rest of this course is more beginner friendly and without a whole lot of scoring separation solely based on a water hazard that is difficult for some to clear.

-Several holes without flavor. #5 is a wide open hole along a path. #7 was a bummer too. The first basket I saw was #8 and I was thinking this was a fun blind shot with the lake in play past the alleged basket. I thought it was a flat hole that ends downhill to a basket by the water but that's #8's basket. #7 is not down that hill, it's around a tree along the path. #9 was a bland open short hole. There were a couple other fillers. While we are at it, I threw to #8's basket from #7's pad. Course needs tee signs or simple diagrams. There ARE tee pads with hole info. Just no diagrams.

-The gazebo on #8 is quite close to the basket. There were people fishing when I played it. There is a safety concern here.

-Elevation is a factor here, but not quite as much as it maybe could be. Southwest is probably a little more hilly than average, but this land has more room for elevation. About four or five holes meet the 30' mark, which is good! But there could be a couple that exceed 50'. #8 could maybe use an alt pad on top of the hill throwing down WAY down toward the lake on the opposite side. Personally, I think that would be a better hole for this course overall since it wouldn't demand a 260' drive to clear water when this isn't intended to be an advanced level course.

-Grass can get long here. It was a little high when I played.

-This is a park with a historical background. It was an early settlement for the Cherokee and was reconstructed on its original property. Was interesting to see a site where the Cherokee had settled back in the late eighteenth to the early nineteenth century. Some of my ancestors from back then were Cherokee, so it was great to explore the site a little during my round of disc golf. A replica of a Cherokee Cottage was built and is right beside #11's tee pad and the chapel is near the basket.

-I thought this was a fun unwinding round after a bad second round at the Athens Regional Park tournament. I thought it started off quite well and had some more fun holes periodically throughout the round. I do think #8 needs a drop zone established or maybe just a second pad on the opposite side.

-All in all an okay course.

Not a hard course. Some fun shots.

Only real con I have with this course is I can't find hole 9's tee-box anymore since they built the outdoor theater. Been using a pad below the theater along the trail.

18 holes now with concrete tees and basic but effective tee signs, plus Prodigy baskets.

There is a good balance of open holes and moderately wooded park style holes. The defining characteristic here, though, is the elevation- decent size hills are in play on most holes providing for many fun downhill shots, some tough uphill, and also dealing with sidehills.

The scenery here is spectacular, playing on and around a hill looking out over Watts Bar Lake. The grass is lush and appears to be mowed regularly. There are many mature trees on the course and on the perimeter. It is just a beautiful piece of property to walk, and throwing discs on it is a bonus.

Water is in play on hole 8- a nice little shot over a small inlet of the lake.

Holes 1 and 2 are both big downhill open shots- a pretty fun way to start your round.

Though much of the course is pretty open, I really like the third the most because there are a few more trees to weave around.

There is a walking trail that plays near several of the holes, which makes it hard to throw fearlessly with the sloping fairways and some blind shots.

A few times holes play pretty close to one another- parallel fairways with nothing to separate, or tees close to baskets.

They are taking several years to reconstruct a fort that is the centerpiece of this property. Both times I have played here (3 years apart), fort construction has prevented me from playing 4 of the holes (a different 4 each time). The good news is the construction seems to be working around the existing tees and baskets, so the course looks to be here to stay.

I accidentally stumbled upon this course the week the baskets were installed in 2016- I had just stayed and played at Whitestone, was denied access to John Knox, and so I was just traveling through and happened to stop for a walk on the greenway along the lake and got to where hole 8 is, where my wife (not me) saw the basket! So we finished our walk, drove back to the course, and played a new and at the time unlisted course. It was obviously brand new then (little flags marked the tees), so I waited until I was able to play it again to write my review.

I have this rated between a 2.5-3.0, slightly better than average due to the scenery and the multiple fun tee shots, however there is just not quite enough challenge to provide for scoring separation between rounds, and add to that it not being totally playable for me in two attempts now. So I went with a 2.5+, but still a fun course and I would play here again.

This area now has a pretty nice 36-hole course duo of Southwest Point and then Roane Co. Park just a short drive on the other side of the lake. And both are easy access from I-40.

Great use of the land! Good mix of left/right and open/wooded holes. Just a very fun course to play!

Not really a con as most courses are at public parks, but there is a possibility that there could be other park visitors in your fairways.

The Fort at Southwest Point Park in Kingston Tennessee is a beautiful course with lots to love! You start the course with a couple long and mostly open holes, but don't let that fool you... it's gonna get technical as you go along! From uphill to downhill and from left to right holes, this course has it all! Even a water hole! Don't take a simple bag to this course, take everthing you need, because you are going to need it! There are some long open holes that you need to crush a drive on, and there are some short technical putter holes that force you to hit lines! If you are anywhere near this area, this course is a must play! You are going to be challenged, and have fun at the same time! This is pretty much exactly what I look for in a course, and this one covers it all! This is one of those courses that I have played several times and can't wait to get a chance to go back! Don't miss out on this course! If you want to see this course on video, check out my crew playing this course along with some local friends in the videos below...
https://www.youtube.com/playl...yyVo589CBaKF4

The work-in-progress disc golf course at Southwest Point Park makes good use of elevation and is combined with picturesque surroundings, including a great view near the confluence of the Clinch and Tennessee rivers. The majority of the course is open. The last seven holes are lightly wooded, but they average about 200 feet in length.

At first glance, the location for the disc golf course seems out of place. The course is on the land next to Fort Southwest Point, the only fort in Tennessee being reconstructed on its original foundation. Built in 1797, the fort includes replicas of a cannon, Cherokee home and a blacksmith shop from that era.

Since the course is restricted by the park property, the designers did a good job incorporating variety and creativity into the space available. The biggest challenges for disc golfers will likely be managing elevation changes and any windy conditions.

Hole 1 is one of the best holes. Open and downhill, this hole contains gently-sloping hills on both sides of the fairway and provides an excellent opportunity to warm up one's arm. (You will be tempted to empty your entire bag here.)

Hole 8 is an over-the-water hole. The teepad spot wasn't clear, but we threw from the sidewalk near the water and enjoyed the placement challenge.

At the time of this review, not all the teepads had been completed. Several holes are marked with small pink flags. A few other holes aren't marked and require a guess at the teepad's intended location. Also, there are no tee signs ... yet.

Some crowding and redundancy: Holes 5 and 6 share a hill, as do holes 9 through 11. These holes are somewhat repetitive and wayward shots will find adjacent fairways.

A walking path is in play on some holes - be aware of walkers and the potential for OB throws.

Once the teepads are completed and signs are installed, Southwest Point will be a nice park course with easier navigation. Overall, the course feels a little shoehorned into the space and the potential exists for traffic jams on a busy afternoon. But the scenery is top-notch and the use of elevation while playing on lovely grassy areas means that Southwest Point Park is worth a visit if you're in the west Knoxville area.