Wild Berry Fields DGC is one of two 18 hole courses in Door county. The course is what I'd consider moderately wooded I'd say. There's trees on every hole but generally the fairways are pretty wide with the trees mostly lining the edges. There are some tighter holes mixed in too though.

The tee pads are very nice sized and level turf. I enjoyed these personally. Some of the nicer turf pads I've ever seen to be honest. It was dry out so I can't speak on how they handle wetness. One tee per hole.

The baskets are DD Veteran's. All were the red and blue ones, which just look great, except for one random hole toward the end that had a portable white Veteran for whatever reason. Either way these caught fine and were all mounted nice and level. One basket and placement per hole.

The course plays in a disc golf exclusive section of the park. Very peaceful round out there. There is a dog park next to the course so you may hear some barking but otherwise quiet and secluded feeling for being right off the main road.

Very easy to follow. There are numerous arrows pointing you toward the next tee on the longer transitions as well as arrows attached to the bottom of the cage that do the same. I really like these arrows on the cage, I wish more courses utilized this method.

There's a good mix of left, right and straight shots to be had out here. Really it's just a well designed course for the property they had available. And a much needed 18 hole option in an area that is kind of scarce of courses in general.

The tee signs are decent but they're just laminated and not actually attached to a post or anything. These aren't going to last real long this way. Maybe they reprint them each year though, who knows?

Totally flat course. Not a huge deal but it's one of the flattest course I've played. Kind limits it's upside with all the woods being the same types of trees. Kind of gets a slightly repetitive feel by the end.

I'd imagine that the prairie grass can be a pain in the summer in spots. It was fine when I played it in May though. The majority of the trees out here are pines too, which means that ending up off the fairway can be brutal.

Decent course. Not a destination by any stretch of the imagination, but compared to some of the other clunkers around here it's what I'd consider the second best option in the area. And by quite a bit. Definitely worth a visit if you find yourself up this way though.

Bailey's Harbor DGC is located about 3/4 of the way up the scenic Door Peninsula in northeastern Wisconsin. The parking lot for the course is shared with a dog park, but the course stays on the opposite side of the parking lot from that. The only other attraction here appears to be some signed ORV trails running past the back of the course.

There are now 18 holes here, and a good mix at that. The front nine plays mostly through a meadow area. I would call these holes "semi-open". They aren't wide open, but the fairways are pretty wide with just a few scattered trees to contend with. The newer back nine is mostly tighter and shorter, forcing more shot shaping. I think there was pretty good variety between left-turning, right-turning, and straight holes.

The distances are approachable for new players, but still nothing to sneeze at for intermediate level disc'ers. There is no distance signage at the course yet, but someone had entered in distances here for the front nine. I took a stab at estimating the back nine. I think the holes range from about 150' to about 350', with many in the 200'-250' range.

The baskets are brand new, red white and blue Dynamic Discs Veteran models. Beautiful. Hole 18's basket is elevated on a pedestal. I believe there is also a practice basket, but it isn't signed and is hidden from view in the parking lot so I am not 100% sure. To find what I think is the practice basket, find hole 1's tee then turn around (180 degrees) and walk 50' or so.

Since the previous reviews were written, directional signage has been added! It takes the form of white arrows attached to the bottom of each basket, and additional little wood posts with more arrows where needed. There was only one time early in the round (I think it was hole 2 to 3) where I had to scout around for a minute to find the next tee pad. After that I didn't have any trouble navigating and did not have to use UDisc.

Although this course has improved a lot since some of the earlier reviews were written, it still does not appear to be quite a finished product. Some of the things that are missing are:
- Real tee signs (currently there is just a short white painted wood post with hole number). The distances and maps would be nice here especially with many blind holes.
- Kiosk/course map.
- Benches/trash cans at tees.
- Steps to the elevated hole 18 basket.
- Porta potty.

Hole 15 does not appear to be done yet. There is still quite a bit of brush piled on the fairway, and the basket (for this hole only) is a portable white Patriot model. A couple of the other back 9 holes still had some debris as well.

The tee pads right now are large green pieces of carpet, on beds of gravel. All 18 of these are now in place and they are flat-ish and new, so adequate for now. Long term, concrete pads would still be an improvement.

If this course starts to get popular, parking is going to be an issue. There is barely a parking lot now, you just kind of pull off the little dirt drive.

Most of the items above could be addressed, and maybe there is already a plan to address them. But there are also some shortcomings of the land available. The course is pretty much flat, and has no other hazards like water, etc. to spice things up. There aren't really any memorable holes, except for maybe the raised basket on #18. The aesthetic is nice, but there aren't any awe-inspiring or unique views to take in. Driving up the hill from WIS-57, I was hoping that there would be some views of Lake Michigan from the course. No such luck. There is plenty of road noise from WIS-57 though.

The rough was starting to thin out when I played. Discs could probably be lost in it in the summertime.

There was quite a bit of wind when I played, not sure if that is unusual or just has to do with the course being located at the top of a hill.

After starting my day at Silver Creek Park in Manitowoc and with rain a few hours away in the forecast, I decided to spend the rest of the afternoon driving up the Door Peninsula and back. As it turned out, the rain held out for a few hours and I was able to stop at Bailey's Harbor and play this course. I was pleasantly surprised by what I found here. It's not a destination course by any means, but it's definitely now better than the current average on here and it looks like more improvements are forthcoming. With the controllable items above addressed, this is a solid 3.0 or 3.5 course.

If you are exploring the Door Peninsula, this course is a good option to stretch your feet and get a round in. You could bring non-DGers here and they would probably still enjoy walking around the pine forests and meadows with you.

Edit: I wanted to take a second and thank the previous reviewer, badgerbrarian. Your recent positive review (first DGCR review!) was a large part of why I chose to stop at this course. Thank you for writing it, and I hope to see more reviews like that from you in the future! For the rest of you, scroll and check out that review too if you haven't thumbed it up already.

- challenging wooded and prairie areas
- narrow fairways and obstacles force shot placement
- mostly dedicated area for disc golf
- expanded to 18 holes
- navigation is improved
- turf tees have been added
- some next tee signs
- permanent baskets have been installed

- tee signs are still temporary
- no course map
- baskets are not numbered
- navigation is much improved from a few years ago but still is a bit confusing
- fairway on hole 15 is unrealistically narrow; too much reliability on luck vs. skill
- directions to course are a bit confusing
- near fenced dog run so some people use course for walking dogs
- wastewater treatment plant next to course has a slightly unpleasant odor

UPDATES 8/23:

I returned to the Bailey's Harbor DGC, now Wild Berry Fields DGC. The course has improved immensely since I last visited, so my rating has increased from 1 to 2.5. Honestly, I still don't love this course. I think some of that is my own subjective opinion, and the property has a fair amount of potential, but I just don't really enjoy playing this course for whatever reason.

I think two of the main reasons are that there are still navigation issues, despite next tee signs being added and this being immensely improved. In addition, the rough on some of the back 9 holes is really rough and thorny and gets tiresome after awhile. The layout of this course seems a bit chaotic.

The permanent baskets, turf tees, and expansion to a full 18 holes make this course much improved. Some permanent tee signs instead of the laminated, deteriorating papers would definitely improve it a bit more. This is the only 18 hole course in the upper part of the Door County peninsula currently, and it's respectable enough to play a round at. For me, I'd rather make the drive down to Sugar Creek County Park in Gardner, WI which is a far superior course.

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I want to like this course but it barely qualifies as a course right now. There are so many problems. I'm all for multiple tee placements if they are documented. These baskets are on wheels so I'm concerned even if this course was better documented it might change and not be updated. I also worry about theft since it didn't look like these baskets were attached to anything.

The biggest issue with this course is confusion and navigation. There are no tees and no tee signs, just stakes with a hole number and length. These only continued until Hole 7 as far as I could tell. I gave up when I couldn't figure out where 8 and 9 started. Arrows in the basket generally pointed to the next tee which helped but since the baskets can be moved around this isn't especially dependable.

To add to the confusion it looks like more than 9 baskets have been added. Some play through the woods and look like they would be fine but I couldn't find the tees for any of these. The baskets are not numbered so it's super confusing what goes with what. I could see this course potentially being a 3 disc course if they made some basic improvements.

Directions said to park at the end of the lot, turns out they meant the gravel drive next to the dog run. I wouldn't call this a lot so I ended up parking by the baseball field in the actual lot. This works if you want over to the course on the other side of the water treatment plant but you'll end up around the end of Hole 2.

Unfortunately, I found this course too frustrating to enjoy much. There is definitely some challenge due to the technical nature of parts of this course and a lot of potential for a fun course. There are high risk areas to lose discs in rough as well. I'd love to see this course improved but wouldn't come back until some infrastructure was added. I recommend checking out the nearby Jacksonport course instead.