The course is on a very steep slope. I think it's actually a little mountain, so it's quite scenic. The views are very lovely from the baskets of nos. 1 and 2 and the short tee and upper fairway of no. 9. However, most of the course is within rather dense woods. You go up and down that slope at least twice (maybe three times) during a round of the main 18 holes, so there is a great deal of challenge constantly fighting the slope and other natural features (trees, ravines, thick floor of vegetation in several areas). I believe even someone of an advanced skill level can find this course engaging.

The designer(s) have been merciful and installed at least one bench at every hole of the main 18 holes (I believe that is correct). Some holes have a bench at each teepad (or at 2 of the 3). This is definitely necessary, as you will be winded with all the climbing. Especially, if you are of a certain age...

The next-tee information is on the hole signs, but if you miss/forget that, there also are wooden arrows that are nailed to trees along the way to show you where the next tees are. Similar arrows under some (most?) baskets. These arrows are painted red, green, and blue to match the applicable teepad. Some of these arrows are yellow or unpainted. The yellow ones mean all of the teepads are in a certain direction. The unpainted ones will have information scribbled on them with a Sharpie. Since the woods are dense and the routing quite circuitous, such directional aids are very important. UDisc can help too.

It's a challenging course, but I don't think it's unfair. I think it's doable (i.e. eventually get-able) for anybody with some degree of skill. I got a few pars on my first outing, was mostly on the single-bogey train (my typical mode of conveyance on disc golf courses), and didn't do worse that 5 on any hole. Also learned something about throwing softer and a bit higher to get through the splayed branches. By get-able, I don't mean an ace on every hole. I mean competent play with pars and single bogeys filling up your scorecard. Some birdies too (of varying number) for the more advanced people.

All of that elevation is physically demanding, so don't think you will be blazing through the course at warp speed if you are not young and fit. Probably some young and fit are not blazing through it either! Certainly, don't schedule some must-be-there event right after your round. It is important to just slow down, sit down, take your time -- especially, when it is blazingly hot (as it was the day I played the course). Bring 2-3 bottles of water. I can also see that in wet weather (rain or ice) that this is a course to be avoided. The potential to slip and fall is everywhere. Would be downright dangerous to play this course in inclement weather.

Generally, I'm not a fan of natural tees, and that's basically what you have on this course. The first few holes' tees are all-natural; the rest have outer framing, but the innards is the hard ground. Yes, I'm not a fan of natural tees, but maybe in this environment, those are actually safer than slick concrete. I think that might be true.

It's a beautiful landscape to traverse. Do note that the disc golf area is near the second park entrance, if you are coming off of the 194 onto the 550. Said entrance now has a sign. After the main entrance (on your left), continue down the 550 and over a small bridge. The disc golf area entrance is just after that on your left. If you do park in the first parking lot, you can walk over to the disc golf area. The two park areas are joined by a pedestrian bridge over the creek. The property also has amenities/facilities for fishing, picnicking, basketball, baseball, walking trails, and playgrounds. The park is pretty spread out, and the disc golf course has very little conflict with other park patrons.

The course feels tight, but I don't think there is a lot of conflict from one hole to another. Probably on a dry fall or winter day (when leaves are down), I will be able to see better if that is true or not. In warm months, with the foliage thick, I believe you have ample green "walls" successfully separating fairways.

There are also holes 19 and 20 which you can play as part of your round or you can use these as practice holes. They appear to have only red and blue tees (not green) and only one basket each (yellow). IMHO blue #19 is easier than red #19 which is open but requires you to get your drive over a large grassy bog. For us short throwers, that is not going to happen!

Woodsboro is a big contrast to nearby Heritage Farm, so if you wanted to play two courses in one day that are very different from one another, there you go! I highly recommend getting some lunch between the rounds. There's an impressive, newish shopping area near the 26/15 intersection with several eating joints.

The new Woodsboro course reminds me of some Colorado mountain courses. No wait, hear me out: lots of elevation in play, tight lines, and rollaway greens. No snow-capped mountains in the distance, of course, but pretty views across rolling farmland to the Appalachian foothills.

The redesigned and expanded Woodsboro layout weaves through dense, steeply-sloped woods surrounding a huge sledding hill. Elevation changes and tight wooded lines provide plenty of challenges, and hiking up and down the hills yields a vigorous workout.

Steeply sloped greens require careful angle control on drives and approaches, and rollaways can be brutal. Nice variety of shot shapes required - left and right turns, uphill and downhill, side hills and across valleys, short technical holes and big bombers. Quite a few baskets are blind from the longer tees, so first-timers may want to play a round from the short or middle tees to scope out the course.

Three tees and two permanent baskets on most holes. Different tee locations completely change the feel of many holes, often using a completely different fairway or approaching the basket from a radically different angle. This gives the course excellent replay value.

From red (short) tees to short baskets, Woodsboro is a short, fun sping with plenty of tight ace runs. In contrast, playing from green (long) tees to long baskets Woodsboro is a challenging, wooded beat-down. The blue (middle) tees offer a happy medium for experienced but distance-limited players like me. No shortage of options, and I usually mix and match tees and baskets when I play a casual round here.

Two 9-hole loops, each ending at the ample parking lot. Baskets are level and catch well. Directional signs do a pretty good job of guiding players through the course. Practice basket near the parking lot, and benches on many holes. Trash can and lost disc slot at the parking lot.

Update: New detailed hole maps with distances at every tee, showing all current basket locations as of April 2022.

Woodsboro Park is open until 10PM and locals run a weekly glow league in the winter months. The park includes other amenities such as fishing, cross country running trails, playgrounds, athletic fields, pavilions, and a fantastic sledding hill.

Rough gets pretty thick in places, so during the growing season the chance of disc loss is reasonably high. Poison ivy is pretty well controlled but I have seen it growing in a few spots.

Potential safety hazards on two holes. Hole #9 features a huge, super-fun bomb down the sledding hill. From the green (long) tee you cannot always see people in the line of fire so using a spotter is prudent. One hole #18 drives that finish short left can threaten the picnic table where disc golfers often hang out before or after the round.

Holes #1 and #2 are mostly-open and uphill. Not the most exciting start to the round, but I suppose they give you a chance to warm up your arm before the fun begins.

The disc golf parking lot is about 0.2 miles east of the main park entrance. Take a left into the second park entrance - look for the small "East Entrance" sign just past the bridge over Israel Creek.

Many of the holes at Woodsboro are quite tight and technical. Probably tighter than some folks prefer, but I rather enjoy the challenge of hitting a difficult line (or, as happens frequently, scrambling from off the fairway). From what I hear the club had planned to open fairways a bit more but the park restricted removal of native trees. Seems like a few of these trees have fallen down (or perhaps "fallen down"). In either case, the course continues to improve.

Rollaway barriers have been installed on some of the particularly steep greens, but more would be nice. I would prefer that players be penalized but not brutalized if their disc gets on edge and starts rolling.

Tees are nicely boxed in with logs or railroad ties and generally adequate, although the teeing surface (finely crushed gravel or wood chips) can get a bit lumpy at times and some tees were shorter than I prefer (I do not have a long run-up). For better or worse, this harkens back to Colorado mountain golf and the tradeoff between elevation and amenities.

Heritage Farm disc golf course is a 10-minute drive from Woodsboro, so the two courses can be easily combined. If you get hungry Black Hog BBQ has a Walkersville outpost nearby.

As of March 2021 pond construction is complete and holes 19 and 20 are playable.

I struggled between assigning a 3.5 and 4.0 rating. Woodsboro is a blast to play, offers a ton of variety, and provides a unique style of disc golf for this area. On the other hand, the course is still a bit rough around the edges. But if the club continues their current pace of improvements, I can see Woodsboro earning a 4.0 rating.

18 holes with each consisting of three large framed out and leveled natural tees, single DiscCatcher basket positions that provide you a variety of technical challenges playing up/down/across a mostly heavily wooded and hilly mountain ridge. The 3 tee pads on every hole allows beginners to experts consistent level of fun and challenge for each hole and some provide completely different fairways to the basket.

Great use of the available elevation and terrain into the course design providing a good hike. Nice tee signage and navigational aids, and benches in progress. Two loops of 9 holes back to parking lot. Lively local club support. Park open until 10pm for glow golf. Lots of wildlife and scenic overlook of the ponds from hole 9 tee. Portapotty in parking lot.

Natural tees can be slick when wet. I think they will eventually be filled with gravel or crush which will be a nice improvement.

Many of the wooded holes are extremely tight with distinct fairway, or no distinction with sparse trees aka poke and hope. Cedar trees on holes 2 and 9 are disc catchers/eaters. Holes 1, 2, and 9 may potentially interfere with the ball field.

Woodsboro has come a long way in a short time as it's transitioned from 9 to 18 holes. The amount of work and underbrush clearing is insane and the local Fredrockers are showing this course some love and with good reason being the best course in the Frederick vicinity. The course work is still in progress although very playable and enjoyable for most players.

I've mostly played the green and blue tee pads. Some of my notes:
Hole 1 green starts off nicely with a wide open uphill bomb to the basket on a semi-fast green sloped to the ball field below, however this a weird par 3 hole as it will not likely be birdied.

Hole 2 has the cedar trees blocking the airway late to the basket, I learned after the first time playing and getting my disc stuck in a cedar, the second time around I threw a forehand roller and parked it with some spectators picnicking in the fairway.

Hole 3 from the green tee gives you a tight fairway straight, but the basket is curled uphill to the left which is an impossible line save for a killer roller and only birdie-able with a long uphill putt from the landing zone.

Hole 4 green is a beastly uphill par 4, but fair landing zone and punishing off the line. One of my favorite holes.

Hole 5 green is similar to hole 3 but fairer and longer. Hole 6 gives you a fun subtle turning ace run shot slightly downhill. Hole 7 plays across the steep rolling side slope with spare trees in the fairway lending to some random kicks and roll-a-ways.

Hole 8 can be played uphill and/or downhill which is a cool feature. There are two baskets, one for the green tee playing uphill and turning left to right with the basket up on the ridge. From the blue and red tee you throw downhill right to left with the basket on a semi-peninsula.

Hole 9 green is possibly the signature hole, it's a big downhill hyzer bomb and is tricky with the prevailing headwind and disc eating cedars making you choose to go low or high.

Hole 10 green is a touch FH hyzer. Hole 11 green is a massive uphill shot and tight, I threw my second FH roller on this hole which was a decent shot and was left with a long uphill putt, and would rarely ever see birdie.

Hole 12 green plays across a valley, I threw a FH flat and straight and let it fade toward the basket late which gave me a decent look at a two - This was another favorite. The blue tee is a completely different fairway and tighter and the way it bends will not yield a decent look for birdie often.

Hole 13 green gives you two fairway options, tight straight up and over, or the sweeping BH hyzer route which I took and left with a long putt for birdie.

Holes 14, 15, and 16 green are some of the flatter holes and you will need a sense of humor and a great roller to navigate through the thin sparse tree alley ways to the basket. I threw successive FH rollers off the tee and approaches on all three holes.

Hole 17 is a cool looking downhill shot and I threw from each tee. Blue tee I threw another FH roller which is the best play IMO as air shots are more risky with the tight fairway and steep slope. Red tee I threw a putter FH hyzer and skipped to the basket. Green tee is a tight blind shot playing more side-slope than downhill and threw BH hyzer to the basket.

Hole 18 is a good finishing hole, slightly downhill with a gap mid fairway to hit and a late protected green. I accidentally hooked my BH drive to the right and found the local route which hit the pole.

This course layout is very nice. Three tee locations on each hole.Most of them give the hole a different look, not just make it longer. Many different types of shots needed to navigate this course successfully. Elevation changes. It reminds me a bit of Quaker's Challenge in Lewisberry, PA but not as long. Directional signage on each basket to next tee.

Natural tees are the biggest con but I'm sure in time that will change. There are also no tee signs and some trails need marked a bit better for navigation. As long as you have the online map you should be fine. A few holes have extremely tight fairways.

I can see this course becoming a great course as the new holes mature and get worn in. I've only played the red and blue tees. If this course ever gets concrete tees, I'd definitely bump up the rating to a 4.

Three tee locations per hole. Most are framed with railroad ties, contain crush or packed dirt, and are fairly smooth. Benches at most tees. Signs, although a few need updating, at every tee.

Two baskets and three positions on most holes. Arrows on bottom of baskets to point you towards next tees.

Directional signage scattered throughout. Two nine-hole loops.

Plenty of open space to loosen up, and two practice baskets.

Mild to moderate elevation changes most every hole. Variety of tightness, from none to ... too much.

A few holes have a very obnoxious poke-and-pray feature to them.

Still manage to occasionally find a micro-stump with my toes.

The first four holes, remnants of the original course, play up, then across, a large, open hill, with a few trees and a patch of woods providing some obstacles. New holes 5-8 initially play upon the top, then partially down the flank, of the wooded portion of the hill. Number-9 (former-7) is a big, open downhiller, needing a left fade to find the basket.

The rawer/rougher back nine starts by playing from an slighly elevated position, down then left-turning into a flat area prone to dampness. Some elevation is gained on upslope/wooded #11, while number-12 presents you with a mini-valley shot, around increasingly larger hardwoods. More hardwoods in denser woods are the challenged offered by #13, and its fast green (hope your disc finds the large log it it starts rolling down the hill, possibly all the way to the road in the distance). 14-16 play upon the plateau of the hill, in small glades containing hordes of much smaller trees. Number-17 is sharp-dropping to a basket in a mini-meadow, and the final hole is open initially, with a choice of late windows to throw through to find the basket.

Favourite hole: #7. A left-to-right, rolling slope with scattered hardwoods, a gentle right|left turner, depending upon which tee you choose, will be needed to reach the basket, sitting on a very fast green.

!Favourite hole: #3. The anti-camber, low-and-tight throwing lane leads to a wall of trees, supported by a jailcell. While I've always hated this hole, your mileage may vary.

Over the past few years, the course has evolved from a single-basket, natural tee, okay niner, with one long, fun open downhill shot, to an awesome course, with many wooded holes, improved teepads and signage, extra baskets, and additional positions, joining the ranks of Maryland's top courses.

Played this course when it was nine holes and it was cool, but I would have rated it lower then. They have done a TON OF WORK and they obviously care a lot. It is 18 holes now and I was very impressed when I got back out there this year. I didn't think they had the room they did, but they did a good job with the design. I like how they used the woods they have and there are A LOT of hills, steep ones, on this course. It is a great workout and some of the shots down hills are so fun to watch. I had a ton of fun, and like I said, was incredibly impressed with the changes. And it is challenging. Even the short holes are very technical. I wish I got to play from long tees, but I played it with some beginners so I had to play short, but will update when I get to play again. There are three tees for every hole and both nines loop to the lot so you can decide if you want to play only nine, and you can choose which nine to play

Still raw, but work in process. I do not like dirt tees so I'm hoping that changes. Short to short is very short. Some of the tees are very hard to find and there are some long walks from pins to tees. They will obviously get better signage though because they are working out there a lot, and there is a tournament coming, so they are working hard and it will get all set up

I hear they have a PDGA tourney coming in September so that's exciting! I'm not a pro at all, but getting a tourney just means that this course will soon be a magnificent one to play I am sure. Good for them and keep it up guys. I will be playing this course more and more and thank you for all of your hard work. I will update my rating after I play it with signs and after I get to play a couple more times