Beautiful and secluded.
Maps on every tee pad.
Very nice bright baskets with numbers on them.
Arrows on basket showing direction for next tee pad.
No crowds, play at your own pace.
Good variety of shots. Long, short, lefts and rights.
Very good design for area used.

Gravel tee pads.
Due to underbrush, very difficult to play by yourself.
Not sure if this is a con but majority off baskets can't be seen from pad.

I didn't take the time to read the reviews before I played like I usually do. Not much would have changed except maybe preparing me for the hunt. I've played many different courses and there isn't even a close second on time spent looking for disc. Took me about 2 1/2 hours on this course. 1 hour playing, around 15-20 minutes looking for baskets(not pads) and over an hour looking for disc. I was playing pretty well. I was loosing disc in the middle of the fairways, some pretty close to basket. Also because of the unleavel terrain, you can't see where your disc land. But this is part of the course charm. Just BRING someone to spot!

Awesome forest setting. Not crowded at all. Pretty clearly marked. Definitely challenging.

Dirt tee pads.

Very unique course in heavily wooded evergreen forest. Tons of dropped trees along the way in addition to massive ravines adding not only a technical challenge, but a physical challenge as well.

Located on the Oregon Coast on an old logging property, Wilder DGC is 18 holes of rugged beauty! Mostly tight and technical, this disc golf course requires precision and at times, power. There are a few open holes along the road but for the most part, the course plays along pathways through the dense forest. Par for the course is 56 due to the two par 4's (#10,#16), with holes ranging from 212 - 458 ft (w/ exception of 123 ft hole #9). Informative tee signs along with the new DISCatchers help to navigate although there are multiple blind shots that will require scouting the hole out first! Over time this course will become one of the better courses in the state but for now it still needs work off the fairway. Be sure to print off a map ahead of time as well to help with navigation. They do have a nice kiosk near the practice basket/hole #1 but a hard copy never hurts.

Favorite Hole(s): Hole #2 - a technical 235 ft ace run with a high risk/reward due to the tight lines and steep ravine off to the right. Hole #6 - a 247 ft shot with a tight fairway forcing players to make it through the uprights toward a blind pin tucked off in the trees to the left. Hole #8 - a 290 ft shot with a huge risk/reward due to the large ravine on either side of the pin. The hole trails from left to right along the spine of the hill, requiring a lot of skill and some luck!

This course is still quite rugged on and off some of the fairways, with tons of dense underbrush and ravines that can be unforgiving. Some of the holes like #15 and #18 have little to no fairway, making laying up quite difficult. The steepness in a few areas like hole#9 can be a bit treacherous as well. Especially, when it rains so be sure to wear good hiking shoes and be ready for anything. Due to the overgrowth in some of the areas, locating the next tee can be tricky too at times but the club does a good job trying to make it as easy as possible for first timers by using next tee markers on the yellow bands of the baskets. Last, gravel tee pads might be an issue for some although I had no issues. However, they could begin to loosen up and erode over time but for now they are perfect.

Least Favorite Hole(s): Holes #15 and #18 due to being so overgrown.

This course was the highlight of my trip from a disc golf standpoint, offering beautiful scenery and a great challenge. Although there were a few issues with the course, as mentioned earlier, the local club/designers have done a terrific job with this coastal gem. While here for the first time, I was fortunate enough to hit my first ace in the state of Oregon as well! I threw a Star TL down the middle on hole #6, smashing directly into the chains dead center. Good times.

NOTE:
Rogue Brewery is within minutes of Wilder and is the perfect place to end up at after a fun round through the woods. It has great food (I had the Reuben) and excellent micro brews. In order to get to either or you first walk through where the beer is made. Pretty epic and the growlers are well priced!

Located in Newport, OR on the coast, Wilder DGC sits in what is a quintessential example of an Oregon coastal forest. The terrain is gouged with deep ravines, ferns and moss cover everything, while most of the course plays under a canopy of towering Douglas Fir trees. The forest floor has that lush, softness to it that makes for such a pleasant hike.
The course itself is first class starting with the course map at the beginning. The signs are great with a hole map, distance, par, hole # and sponsor's name. The natural tee pads, except one, were very smooth and level and just blended in with the entire forest experience. The Discatcher baskets with the bright yellow band are not only easy to spot but they have the hole # and a large black arrow pointing to the next pad. This really helped me playing the course for the first time solo.
Course designers used the ravines very creatively. Although not terribly long, the sometimes technical fairways, constant elevation change, blind basket placements and ever present forest of trees provide for a challenging experience for the average disc golfer.
A couple of holes I really enjoyed were # 7. It's a 247' toss across a deep ravine. The visible yellow basket is cleverly set atop a small but very fairly steep little mound. You must have a accurate throw off the tee here as it's quite tight. Very pretty.
# 9 is very short, just 123', across a very deep little ravine. An ACE run, easy birdie indeed, but any errant throw could have you throwing your second shot from a very uncomfortable position, possibly way down below, for sure.

The natural tee pads were all level and smooth except for the # 10 hole where the course starts to double back to the beginning. # 10 is 448' and the tee is set low. Most players need that extra run-up here and consequently the natural pad has been torn up quite a bit.
# 18 features the strangest Mando. I looked at the arrow repeatedly to make sure I was reading it correctly. The Mando arrow forces you to throw LEFT, which is the most direct line to the current basket placement. I threw left and ended up with a gimee birdee. If the Mando arrow made you throw RIGHT around the tree, the hole would be much more challenging.

It's hard to putt when your heart is beating 225 times a minute. I felt like a Olympic Biathlon competitor after huffing it up and down and sometimes to the bottom of all these ravines. It is a major cardio workout.
The course is a recreational challenging course. True, it's not a great course to take beginners to and Pros/Advanced players won't find the overall challenge here. But for the average recreation player, this is a well done, beautiful and enjoyable course. Just another stellar course for Oregon's already impressive stable of courses.

Great for people who are pretty good

Bad for first timers

I really wanted to try Disc Golf and was super stoked to go play, this was the first course I played. This course is not beginner friendly. Gave it a 4 out of 5 for the people who are decent players. Wear Boots. Use bright colored discs.

-Huge 18 hole course
-Beautiful scenery
-Nice and new baskets
-Quite a variety of different hole types
-Each hole has a plaque that shows what the hole is like, including some pretty creative names for the holes

-Tee boxes are still a work in progress (update). Still gravel tee pads but for what the course is, they are just fine.
-Wear some shoes that have grip cause its pretty hairy if your off the fairway
-Not for beginners
-Only bathroom is at the entrance

A group of 4 of us played this course at the end of October. Lets just say I am still dreaming about this course. It is very challenging for the beginner (me!). The people that have made this course have put a lot of time and effort into. There were many different places where they have put steps in to make it easier on the player to get to place to place. Make sure that you have at least one spotter. I really enjoyed the natural feel of this course. I have played this course 4 times now. Every time I go back there is more clearing done. Really beautiful course. Hopefully it keeps getting the attention that it deserves.

The scenery is amazing! Every hole forces you to shoot somewhere around a ravine or over crazy brush and thorny bushes, so you better have your technical game up to par Hole 9 is an amazing straight shot over a ravine where the basket sits on the side of a hill blocked by a tree.

Cons? Honestly just hole ten where we didn't heed the other person's reviews and overshot to the left. Yeah, we lost 2 disc there - even the machete we brought couldn't help us.

We went right after a spout of rain and wasn't too muddy, all the trees offer a decent protection. There aren't any trash cans, so pack it in and pack it out. OOOhh, and most importantly you should really print out the hole-by-hole description written by the other reviewer because the baskets aren't always easy to see/find. *I hope you find time to come out to this little gem hidden away.*