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Front nine is a mostly open park-style course. A good introduction to disc golf for parkgoers and picnickers. The back nine is longer, has a few more wooded holes, and a very dramatic closer across a deep valley.


After some wide open starting holes, #4 plays slightly uphill through a grove of trees (and a few picnic tables). #5 is a surprisingly tight alley through thick woods. A good change stuck in the middle of a bunch of open park holes.


#7 features a slightly raised basket up on a rock. #10 is also slightly raised. Very nice touches.


# 13 takes you into the woods for a very legitimate 336', par 3. The first "real" disc golf course hole. The #14 tucks the green to the left, behind a row of towering pines with only about 8' gaps between the trunks. The rows of tall "sentries" continue on #15. Originally 250', the hole was shortened to only 150' - but the straight gaps are very tight, and there are lots of trees to hit. It's open on the left side, just right for a RHFH. That's what I did, and was rewarded with my second lifetime ACE!


#18 is a dramatic closer: tightly wooded on both sides of a deep chasm. It's only 250, and there are clear lines in on both sides of the basket, but first you have to clear a tight gap on the tee side of the valley. After any significant rain, there's gonna be an active stream at the bottom. The climb up the far side is so steep that the pole on my Zuca disconnected while I was dragging it up. A great finishing hole, probably one you anticipate for much of your round.

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Lumpy rubber tees, with #8 being the worst of the bunch. Not only is it hollowed out, but it runs uphill while also slanted to one side.


Simple teesigns that just indicate hole number and length. No navigation signage. Although the flow is pretty intuitive, blind holes are confusing without the help of uDisc.

#17 is a short, pretty much s-shaped hole. It's been allowed to grow in, making it almost impossible to play except to dink and dunk.

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~ Bathrooms throughout the park, and beautiful views from the bluffs that the park is famous for.


~ Make sure to walk ahead on #6. It's a blind shot, and the basket is far to the right of where the tee is pointing. The arrow under #9 basket points in the wrong direction. The next tee is much farther to the left, along the road.


~ Thacher Park is a legendary local picnic spot. This is an easy scoring course (feast on the short 3's and soft 4's). It's a fun play in one big loop with #18 coming out on a path to the parking lot.

Fun open course, with limited challenges; inviting newer players to let loose and have fun.

Some nice views on the back 9.

Back 9 layout is a lot more fun and organized than the front 9.

Not worth going out of the way for, but was fun on a stop through town and the Park itself is beautiful.

Beautiful location, lots of scenic views. The front 9 offers lots of open, easy holes that are great for beginners, while the back 9 offers longer, more difficult holes which bring the woods into play.

No tee signs. Tee pads need work and are difficult to find. Layout of the front 9 results in some blind shots into areas where park visitors could be walking. Front 9 really needs a re-design for safety.

A nice change of pace from CPS and JPark, I'd love to see a little more work put into this course to take it from pretty good to great.

Edit: Tee signs appear to be in process of being installed.

Good mix of holes. Field golf along the front 9 with some technical shots to keep it interesting.

The technicality of the back 9 is a nice change of pace.

Last several holes play along the escarpment.

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Hole 15 was one of the best holes on the course, a gently left to right moving fairway. The new bathroom caused a basket relocation, making it now one of the worst holes on the course, a simple chip-up RHFH.

It would appears whoever manages the course has doubled down on the obviously unsafe placement of the hole 1 teepad about 40 feet from the hole 7 basket.
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Mixed use areas may prove problematic on busy days. Course plays directly over a firepit and along a mountain bike track. Hole 18 could do with some tree removal to make a real fairway.

The teepads of 1 and I think 8 are far too close to the pin for hole 7. They need to be moved, otherwise on a busy day or in a tournament there would be no teeing off on 7 unless both those pads are clear.

This property is capable of hosting a championship caliber course with a little bit of care, hopefully someday a redesigned course will take it to that level.