Freeport Park covers a decent-sized area on the west end of the small village of Freeport, MI. There are a decent mix of holes on the 9-hole DG layout here. Holes 1-2 and 8-9 play through open areas of the park near a soccer field and baseball diamond. Holes 3-7 play through a thickly wooded area in the back of the park that doubles as a hiking trail. Clearly marked mandos on two holes add a little more intrigue.

Of the five wooded holes, there are a couple of them that turn left and a couple that turn right. The wooded area also has some small hills that don't really affect play significantly, but just make things slightly more interesting.

A couple of the open holes offer a decent amount of distance, with holes 2 and 9 each in the 350'-400' range.

Each hole has a concrete tee pad. These are too small to get much of a run-up, but the longer open holes do have clear grass behind that you can use if you want to run up. The tee signs are wood boards mounted on a post with a rough flight path routered in, along with the distance in yards. They look homemade which I thought was great for a course like this. Hole 3's tee sign was missing when I played. There are also benches at a couple of the holes in the woods.

Navigation is difficult. There are no Next Tee signs. There is a kiosk next to the first tee, but nothing was posted on it. Using the map uploaded here or some other navigational aid is a must. You will spend a LOT of time finding your way from hole 2 to 3, or hole 7 to 8, without one.

The elevation changes aren't that significant even where they are present. There are no water hazards, although a water tower seemed to be discharging a lot of water near hole 8's basket when I played. If that were to continue, hole 8 could become a soggy mess.

This course has some typical issues for a multi-use park 9-holer. Holes 1 and 2 would be unplayable if the soccer field they cross was being used. Holes 8 and 9 would be dangerous if some nearby playground equipment was being used, and a baseball diamond can also come into play on #9. None of the open holes have many obstacles other than man-made ones, and the wooded holes are mostly short.

The rough in the wooded area isn't terribly thick, but it is full of prickly plants that poke you in the summer. Whatever species these plants are, they are knee height or less so they don't add any challenge but just make it unpleasant when your disc inevitably strays off the very narrow paths.

This course is a nice option to introduce disc golf to the village of Freeport. It doesn't have any glaring issues and is fine for beginners as long as the park is not crowded (which I suspect is very uncommon). But between the pokey rough and swarming bugs on the woods holes when I played, I found myself ready to reach the end of the round and leave by about the fifth hole. This was my 60th course bagged, but other than that minor milestone there was nothing particularly memorable about this course for me. Given that it is also in the middle of nowhere and a 30+ minute drive for me to get to, I doubt I will personally be back.

I was between a 1.0 and 1.5 rating for this one, which probably tells you all you need to know. In the end I decided to call this course "passable." But it can safely be skipped unless you are very local, a course bagger, or both.

Fremont Park definitely has a rural vibe going, rural like Appalachian rural. The course starts next to the Village Council Hall. What the hell is a village council hall? Is this where they hide the still? There is small kiosk here. It's empty. There are small concrete tee pads. Some don't quite face the basket. The homemade wooden sign actually shows the tee pad not facing the basket. The signs show the distance in yards. The Discatchers are good and show up nicely in the Northwoods.

There are some extra nice composite benches on the course, always with a dedication to someone or a company's sponsorship.

You enter the woods at # 3 and stay in them through # 7. These holes are all listed as 160 to 210 feet with plenty of trees to argue with. I don't know about # 8. I hunted and hunted and never found the tee pad. I did find the basket in the grassy park area. # 9 is more of a challenge at 363' (I converted yards to feet here) and plays around the baseball fence and also includes a Mando which increases the difficulty.

I was OK with this course until I spent an inordinate amount of time looking around for the 8th tee pad. This also involved turning my on-line map over and over and every which way trying to figure it out. Playing solo has it's downsides, too.

Not a great deal of challenge here for better players.

Freeport seems like it belongs in Kentucky or Arkansas more than in Michigan. It feels like a very unsophisticated little village. Kind of creepy actually. I was more than ready to get of there. Not in a Deliverence, squeal like pig, sorta way but more like the feeling of being in a shady neighborhood and it's getting dark.

The course was very playable. I just needed someone to show me where the, probably very obvious, tee pad was located.

Aesthetic- this place is RURAL for being "in town" probably the quietest in town round I've ever played... plays around the city park and through the woods. woods double as a hiking trail so be aware.

Pads-concrete (roughened) but short. these holes aren't overly long but for holes 2 and 9 (>400') longer pads would be nice.

Baskets-newish chainstars, discatchers may increase visibility.

Routing/navigation- please look at the map before you go, or take a picture at the kiosk... the walk between 2 and 3 would be impossible if you didn't have a map. other than that, it's pretty easy.

variety--not a ton of variety. if it's an open hole, it's wide open. if it's in the woods, it's TIGHT and a little weird... a lot of the time, if the lane goes left (which most of them do) the basket is on the right.

potential danger- this course plays close to athletic fields and play ground equipment... 1 and 2 play over a soccer field. the woods holes run somewhat congruent with a hiking trail so watch for hikers.

I thought this course was pretty fun and had some definite challenge in the woods. hole 3 is listed on the map at 230ft, but it's only like 125 or less through the woods...

This place is RURAL, but would be a good second to Hammond Hill which isn't far away.