Very well groomed park. Great place for beginners to go or to get a quick round in on the way home from work. I took my friend here for his first time out ever and it was a fun experience. We brought his 5 year old daughter and it was short enough she didn't burn out. Nice concrete tee pads and good baskets. Well laid out and easy to navigate.

There are no distance markers here but it's a short par 3 course so it isn't much of an issue. If I only had this park to play I'd get bored and probably quit. Even the holes with lots of trees is pretty open. But I cut my teeth on very technical courses comparatively with Gaffney's Grove and White River. Being Portland you will see homeless people wandering the park or camping out behind hole 8's tee pad.

I'll probably go there again when I'm visiting down there but I know Portland has many better courses to challenge beginners. I wouldn't travel anything over 30 minutes to play there. One nice thing was that the park is so well groomed it was easy for my wife to get around with her power wheelchair.

Parking is on the street, we drove around looking for a parking lot for a bit. Another option is parking in the church parking lot by the park. There's a sign that says Church Parking only but nobody bothered us about it. I wouldn't use it on Sunday for obvious reasons.

Nice tee pads and baskets
Navigation is fairly simple.
The park itself looked nice and upkept.
There's a couple fun throws that test your accuracy
Chance at an ace

You have to walk around the fence to get to hole 1 from parking lot, or to the right side the fence is cut out and you can actually get to the tee pad thank you to that local for showing me
The people kind of looked a little sketchy that we're using the park
All the holes our short except for hole 6 and hole 9.
The park gets very busy with disc golfers and non disc golfers
Hole 4 and hole ones fairways play close together
No distances on the tee pads or tee signs

This is a little park with a decent short 9 hole put in. When paired with Rockwood it makes for a good 18 ace race day. Not worth driving out of way but good place to bring a begginer and build confidence

-Great little course throughout a small park, good for practicing mid-ranges, plays throughout massive Douglas Firs
-Wonderful beginner course
-A walking path runs through the course, but doesn't appear too heavily used
-Makes great use of the small park without seeming too crowded
-Plenty of trash cans, and a restroom is by the first tee
-Hole 6 provided a nice change of pace being nice and open
-Demanded both hyzer and an-hyzer shots. Many holes had multiple lines

-A few holes (1, 5, 9) present the opportunity to through out-of-bounds. Very tall barbed-wire fences mark the boundaries, so if you throw one over, say goodbye to your disc
-No real driver opportunities, but in a park this size, that's ok
-You have to park in what looks like a church parking lot. It's easy to miss if you're going too fast along 182nd
-Only one tee and one pin location. It would get old after a while

-Overall a fun little course
-If you're in the area play this course twice and skip Rockwood Park, which is just a few blocks away. Rockwood is even shorter and in a multi-use crowded park.
-I came to play here and Rockwood. I was pleasantly surprised here, but Rockwood was a piece of sh*t and I don't think it's really worth my time to come all the way out here just for 9 holes

It's not at all a bad little 9. The park isn't pristine but reasonably well maintained.

The pads are pretty good and longish though a big narrow.

For a course that plays this short there are some interesting shots. It's pretty heavily wooded and you need to think about your line.

It doesn't take much to par these holes but you have to hit your line to rack up the birdies.

Great place to bring beginners and kids, pretty good playground too. My daughter likes to swing and slide after a round, she would have liked this one.

Basketa are okay, older DGA baskets mostly pretty even with no big flaws.

The layout is so well worn you can't get lost.

Super short, and doesn't always make the absolute best of the available space.

Some of the pads need some fill dirt around them the puddles were really bad.

It looks like it gets played hard too, and cut it out the the bottle caps guys, it doesn't look that cool.

I breezed through this one twice in the rain in 40 mins so if your close and feel the need for a round, jump on it and you can get a pretty satisfactory round in here.

Don't bother bringing your warp speed arsenal though 6-7 of the holes you would be fine with a good neautral midrange.

-Nice tee pads
-Good location
-good mix of holes
-not too busy most of the time

-9 holes
-holes are fairly short
-Uninspired design
-watch the locals

This course is perfect for beginners or long time players who want to see if they can birdie every hole. I have never bogied a hole here and Im a slightly above average golfer. its usually one shot and then your birdie attempt. if you are average to below average this course is perfect for you.

Concrete tee boxes. I loved these.

As a beginner this course offers a good challenge. It has just enough trees to present a challenge while also offering a few holes with open shots. If you hit a tree you are more than likely still able to have a good shot at par.

This course is a good one for your child as well. The holes are short. My son and I played 12 holes in 45 min. This includes throwing several discs on a few of them.

Risk of losing a disc is low. The few holes that run along the fence next to the rock quarry offer plenty of safe area to throw into if you are worried about losing a disc.

I had no clue where #1 was. I couldn't find any signs or maps. We were fortunate that nobody was there so we just played random holes but on a busy day you would have to ask someone or risk jumping in between groups.

It looks over played.

Conditions: 8AM on a Sun. We were the only ones there.

If you approach from 182nd, #1 is going to be the tee box by the corner of the church parking lot. The rest is pretty easy to navigate.

Since it seems common that courses don't have maps or tee box markers, why don't they etch the hole # or even a map onto the tee box when they pour the concrete? Frame the tee box and when you pour the concrete just grab a stick and scratch in #1 or whatever, in one corner. Maybe an arrow to the basket? Seems like this would be a discreet way to be informative.

Going forward I am going to check the photo section of this site prior to playing new courses. In the photos for this one I think #9 is inaccurate. The tee box has been moved.

This is a nice 9 especially for being in the middle of the city.

The tee pads and baskets are great

Good use of the park and trees.

It's a great place to practice your short game or bring a new player.

Not really any rough or tall grass. No time looking for discs = more time throwing.

Busy. Lots of players on a nice day and 9 holes can feel crowded pretty quickly. There can also be a lot of other park users, but there's really just one tee that crosses a path.

No signage.

This is a great place if you're close by or if you want to bang out a bunch of holes quickly on weekday.

I really like Vance. I don't think I've ever seen more than three groups at once on the course. Requisite cement tees and quality baskets, with holes that can be driven straight, or hyzered/anhyzered in from left or right. The course starts with a shorter, open hole, then into the trees for #s 2-5. There are some slight elevation changes on these holes. On #s 6-9 it lengthens and alternates between field and slightly wooded. The trees have a semi-Pier Park quality to the layout and ambient light, without being overwhelming, obstructionwise, like Pier can be. For these reasons its also a good beginner course. Under the trees is shady/protected summer/winter. If its uncrowded a pair can make a round in 1/2 hour or less. Amazingly, traffic on 182nd is almost unnoticeable unless its rush hour. Public bathrooms onsite.

The gravel pit/fence is behind holes 2, 4, and 9, and to one side of 5 and 8. In the unlikely event that you heave a disc into this, it might require a Herculean effort to retrieve any errant throw. Its too bad Rockwood is a dud, an ethnic gang hangout and now Bong Central, or the two together would provide just enough spice for a couple of inner-PDX area courses that you wouldn't feel the need to drive to other courses to get your DG on. In summer its can be almost as busy as Rockwood with other users.

It needs alternate tees/pin placements. I think the gravel pit could be incorporated for another nine, though I notice much of it gets 1-2 feet of standing water when its been raining a lot. Stores just a few blocks down the street.

The teepads are concrete and the baskets are solid. The land available is well used. The course tends to play around the park. Any holes throwing across walking paths are open enough that you can see any pedestrians and know when to wait.

Absolutely no signage whatsoever. Without the map you're on your own. None of the holes are long enough to challenge anyone above a lower intermediate level.

If I were still starting out I would love this course. Since I scored even the first time through (something I don't even do when I know a course), I wasn't that impressed. If I hadn't met a local who was playing behind me, I would have spent at least 20 more minutes figuring out the course. This is not a bad course for a beginner or for anyone working on their short or midrange game, but is not worth a stop if you don't live here or aren't looking for a quick 9.

This is a decent city park course, Some well place trees and hills to keep it fresh. Every hole is different, which keeps you interested. Perfect course for beginners learning to navigate trees, and a good place to try out that new disc your eager to throw, but not so eager to lose. Decent tee boxes and easy layout to follow,.A good warm up course for some of the larger courses ine the area.

It is a pretty short course, most holes are about 200'. Hard to say much bad about it, Its short but uses available space pretty well.

Watch out for people walking and biking the paths, as they cross a few teeshots. From 6's pin, walk to the tee aiming into the trees, not across the field. The coffeshop on 182nd has disc you can borrow, or a small selections of discs for sale.

This course will be challenging for the beginner yet capable of satisfying the experienced DG'r. Navigation is easy and all baskets are visible from the tee giving the opportunity for an ace on all holes! The flat terrain of the course will be liked by the beginner and the trees can be challenging for all. Concrete pads and well marked baskets at fairly short distances add a handful of friendly locals, that's what makes it a fun course

: No practice basket, tee signs & restrooms. There is non Dg'r traffic that can hold up your game on holes #5, #7, #8 and #9. Rock Quarry on the other side of the fence will happily swallow your disc and good luck retrieving it!

Basket on #5 has been relocated about 15 feet to the right from the last time I played here also tee pad for # 9 has been relocated and is between basket for #8 and basket #6 and is aimed straight across the field. This is a great course to hit up after work or even on break if you work nearby. There is a soccer field next to the course allowing you to practice your drives too. This is a neighborhood course enjoy it

*Good mix of shots required...
*Big trees typical of Oregon courses, but no undergrowth to lose discs in.
*Quick, easy 9
*Easy to navigate (just look at the map in the links section for this course page)
*Great course to practice with your mids/putters
*ACE RUNS!!!!!!
*New #9 tee position is much better, O.B. is still in play, but only on an errant shot.

*No tee-signs (though most pins can be seen from the tee, so they're not really necessary)
*Flat
*Some of the holes seem TOO short (#5) TOO bland (#6)

This is a pretty sweet little course that wouldn't even know was there if you didn't know to look, in fact, I drove by it several times on my way from Gresham to HH, and never knew it was there.

The course starts next to the NE corner of the church parking lot, from there, the flow is pretty intuitive. Leave your drivers in your car, and bring your mids/putters, that's all you'll need.

This is definitely not a destination course, but if you happen to be in Gresham/Eastern PDX, or driving through and want to get a quick, easy 9, stop by, you won't be disappointed.

The trees here and how they affected the throws reminded me a little of Pier Park. This is just your basic, everyday, run of the mill city park course. Probably, 20-25% of the DG courses in the US are in little city parks just like this one. Vance does have enough trees to add to the challenge. I especially liked # 8, a tunnel shot through the trees.

I didn't like # 9 teeing off right beside the chain link park fence. Obviously over the years enough players have hit the top of fence and caromed OB. The fence here is breaking down as it has been climbed over too many times. This is not only unslightly but it pisses off park department officials. There are no tee signs not that they're needed here but the yardage is always fun to know.

Just another nice little practice course. Challenge enough to be enjoyed by most players, easy enough for beginners and families.