Armco Park is a multi use park but has a lot of area to back it up.This course is the newest addition to the disc golf scene , sitting 25 miles south of Dayton and about 30 miles north of Cincinnati . I think that course designers Mihalek , Elam and Boatright were told that as long as the 18 hole course was away from the golf course , they could have free reign .They did an excellent job . When you pull into the driveway to Armco , turn left , then in another few hundred yards , you will see a basket and small kiosk . Bear just a little right and you will park a few hundred feet from the kiosk and hole #1 . This course is NOT for the faint of heart . Bring water for this course You will thank me for the tip later . I will warn you that this is not a course for your after school buddies with 2 discs each , families , or newbies . They may want to gather over at the Monroe course on the other side of I-75 . In my opinion , this course is more suited for pros , ams , avid players . All others , you were warned . The kiosk sits next to hole #1 . A practice basket that is between the #1 fairway and the road . The park is well maintained and all disc golf areas were mowed . . The course has spacious cement tees , some of the best signage in the area with hole # , distance and a great picture of the fairway on it . There are NEXT TEE signs at the bottom of each basket which makes it hard to stray off line on your way to the next tee pad . It is much needed as there can be long walks between many of these holes . Large yellow flags with the hole number sit atop the baskets which help lots ,The baskets , I am told , came from the old Turtle Creek course , adequate for a beginner or family course , but I expected at least Discatchers for a big time course like this . Bridges have been laid out over some of the creeks on the course , and the metal supports look ready to be installed for the bridges ( #7 fairway and after #18 ) .There are Port O Lets throughout the course , even a few shelters you can duck into between holes . There is a pretty good amount of elevation for this course . The fairways are fair , many are park style and some are narrow and unforgiving . Throwing your drive into the rough here can cost you a lot of time and effort ( providing you find your disc ) looking for an off-the-fairway toss . Lots of memorable holes adorn this course . There are some filler holes here and some shorter holes that will keep the once a week enthusiast that throws 275'- 300' interested ( #3, 7 ,10, 16 ), and for the more seasoned players , some bomber holes ( #2 , #6 which is 1084', 11, 17 ) , and technical holes ( #1, #4 , #8 , #15 #18 ) . You will understand when you go to the #1 tee and stare straight ahead to the basket that is 420' in front of you , but the fairway seems about 10' wide and is flanked on both sides with tall thick disc eating looking trees that look like fir trees on steroids with thick leaves instead of needles . Good luck with your par 3 on this one . You graduate right to hole #2 which is a 565' bomber hole with a tree line on the right starting at about 300' , dipping into and up a gully with a creek in play . You get a rest with #3 basically throws across the yard of one of the park's houses to a basket protected by some trees and overhang on the right and a large tree or 2 protecting the left . Remember to follow the next tee sign through the open fencing ( pretty good walk ) to hole #4 , the most insane hole on the course . You must throw downhill towards the lake , stopping safely short of it , to a narrow fairway with unforgiving rough on both sides , This is an almost 800' hole . The next several holes will entertain you off and on . #14 is going to be a good hole when the dirt clods are broken down close to the basket and the grass grows . #15 is a crazy hole where you throw over a gully but into a forest of trees where you think you see an opening , but aren't sure it's there ? #17 is a tough hole that is 615' , starts up a hill and hyzers slightly to the right , leveling off but under a canopy of trees , which will eventually make you hyzer once again to the basket which is set close to the woods on the right . #18 is a 358' hole with seems open , but has water to the right forcing you to throw over part of it to get to the basket which is tucked into the woods , and some woods to the left . overhanging branches add to the toughness of this hole . Many memorable holes . The fun factor is here . My signature hole would be #4 if I was any good . This hole plays so tough . I picked #11 , which is a 515' hole that plays to a narrow opening near a dry creek and bears left around some rough and trees to an open basket with a descending hill behind it . Careful with this hole . From the tee , you can see a flag a long way off and in front of you . That is the basket and flag to #12 . #11 is tucked in to the left after the creek .