Pros:
+ Concrete tees
+ Nice maps showing the holes
+ DISCatcher baskets
+ Easy parking
+ Easy to navigate
+ Fairly diverse holes
+ Facilities
Cons:
+/- Short course, short holes
Other Thoughts:
We are fairly experienced amateurs who just like to get out and throw when we can. We've been throwing together for years now, and we all love this course. It has become our go-to up north course.
Community Park is convenient and easily capable of pragmatically quenching someone's thirst to get out and throw. What I mean by that mumbo jumbo is that it's clean, easy to find, easy to navigate, and overall a very well-appointed course. This course isn't very pretty and doesn't have any bells or whistles, but it also doesn't have insane rough or much potential for frustrating rounds either. I appreciate that. There are more than enough courses in Michigan to cause stress headaches already! I also really appreciate the DG basics that this course has covered: all holes have concrete tees, great highly visible DISCatcher baskets, and easy to follow signs and map. What else can you ask for? It's also extremely quiet and we've only ever run into one or two people playing at the same time. Despite the relatively short hole lengths, it's not to be confused with a throwaway 18-hole ace run. Birdies aren't uncommon, but they're still always satisfying here. You earn them. Sure, 3.5/5 discs might seem generous considering all the other courses I've rated that highly, but consider the location and surroundings. It's worth a visit if you're in the area.
Thank you to the department and whoever put it in and maintains it. We have really appreciated it every time we're up in the area. Although it exists in a sleepy, remote, small town on the fringe of some great northern Michigan cities (Charlevoix, Boyne, Traverse City), the DG park in and of itself has given us more than enough motivation to frequent East Jordan.
Pro tip: Murray's Bar's burger tops my list in Michigan. No joke.