Nice combination of a parkland layout (holes 1 through the beginning of no. 3) with a more densely-forested section for holes 4 through 8. The transition holes are 3 and 9, where you are either throwing into the woods or out of the woods.

Well-maintained and well-attended without being overrun, at least when I came. It was late in the afternoon when probably most play had already happened that day.

The course is also a good walk without being overwhelming. The holes are sufficiently spaced apart in both woods and parkland, enough to not interfere with one another too much. That though may not be the case during a tournament when there are 72 people playing all at once.

I like that holes 1 and 2 (and 3, for that matter) allow you to air out your drive and warm up your arm. Nothing worse than having to start with technical touchy throws in the woods, which is a formula for failure for many of us.

There are two pads per hole and apparently a few strips for 2 other positions. I played the forward tee pad which is white.

There's good challenge in all the holes without being overwhelming and without being too easy, at least for someone as mediocre as I am.

Maybe the toughest hole is number 17, but I think it is a generous par 4. At least according to the sign for the white tee. I believe there's some ongoing debate about the layout and the pars...shall see next summer what is the end of that discussion.

It is mostly flat with just a little bit of elevation change on the latter holes of the course (say from no. 12 down to 13 and the 15 fairway). Several folks will find the flatness extremely boring, but I think the mature trees all over give the course challenge.

It is a pay-to-play course, but not alot of money for a day fee. And you can play this course multiple times a day without hurting yourself at all to get your money's full worth (whatever you determine that to be). It appears that many wait until the money-takers have left for the day and play for free. That's a neutral observation, not a recommendation!

I am not sure if you can pay at the ranger station (which is just across the way from the disc golf course) rather than at the fire department office (yes?) which is across the street from the park entrance. Both offices were closed when I arrived.

The rest of the park looks like it might be interesting. I didn't have enough time to investigate much but shall next time. Newport News Park is structured in many ways like New Quarter Park in Williamsburg, though (I believe) distinctly smaller. I wonder if they have the same designer. The entire parks, I mean.

Newport News Park DGC was recommended to me by a local player who I encountered at Bayville a few days earlier. I had originally planned to play New Quarter on my way home but decided I would substitute Newport News. I'm glad that I did. Thank you, Bayviller!

If you are on vacation to the Virginia Beach area, you might consider playing Bayville, Munden Point, Newport News, and New Quarter (yes, all of them) while you are in the area. Along with bicycling, disc golf at the beach makes for a nice companion activity to lots of splashing around in the bay and ocean surf!

Open course that allows you to play the throws you want. Well marked tee boxes, easy navigation from hole to hole. Long and short tees. Very well maintained course with parking adjacent to the course. Great for family outings or as an introductory course for new players.

It's not a challenging course by any means, but it's still fun.

I went back this year (2023) for the first time in a while, and you can pay at the ranger station next to the course instead of having to go to the station by the reservoir. This almost was worth a rating change for me.

Usually well maintained. New baskets. Fairly easy to do a quick round

Heard club is involved in bashing women on the internet for not liking the changes. Quality guys.

The park has allowed the local club to run amuck and ruin the course. They are trying to make the course more difficult vs trying to improve it. Harder is not necessarily better. Some changes have been fine but others are hugely detrimental to the enjoyment of the course. About half the holes have changed as of now but apparently many more changes are forthcoming. I believe the park has no clue what is being done and they'd be upset if they did. I know guys in the club. Some are thrilled with changes. Some are not. None were consulted on changes. Seems just a few local pros got to make this choice

Adding pin positions as we did years ago at NQ is perfectly fine. But why get rid of the originals? Add alternate pin positions but allow us to play the original as well. Many of us started at this course and are sad we can't play some of these holes ever again. My wife is sad as her only hole in one is hole 11 and it's gone now. Sad for her.

Easily navigated

New basket positions rob course if it's use. Whoever changed them, be it the city or the club, changed the course for no other purpose but to change. Not a single hole was made better. A few are lateral moves. A few are awful. Pace of play is a problem now as it's our local beginner and family friendly course so now that the course is much harder, it's taking much longer to play. Course is probably 6-7 strokes more difficult than it was. Hole 3 is borderline inaccessible from red tees. 5 same. 11 is a much harder shot from reds, not much change from short. 14 is ludicrous. Requires a skip shot for no reason. 15 is not
Improved. 17 is a way worse hole. 18 has no line from reds except to get lucky through trees.

Whoever made these changes should be kicked off the course. We built Waller mill so we could have a tour level course. New quarter is a classic. NN is our fun easy course. Now it's awful. Why not add additional positions while keeping the originals? Who made this decision? There are thousands of people that play here yearly. Did they all get a say? It's a public course. What's going on?

Someone please stop the changes Add baskets but keep the original layout playable!

Holes 4 through 8 in the woods are very fun especially from the red tees.
Off the tee I use both backhand and forehand about equally as often.
There is a practice basket, though it would be better to have bricks with distances in 5 or 10 foot increments around it.
Nice concrete tees with decent baskets.
Signage is mostly good, though having hole signs next to the red tees too would be better.

The holes outside of the woods (1-3 and 9-18) are too easy to get away with bad shots with. More often than not after a bad tee shot I am able to save par with an approach with nothing in the way. More trees may be able to solve this issue.
The holly bushes are horrific.
I could not find most of the blue or gold tees.
Not much elevation change.

This is a nice city park course, though with the fee I expected a little better than what is currently there in terms of baskets and signage.

Newport News DGC has a good 18 hole layout with converging 9's. Excellent for beginners with no water in play on a very flat plot of land. Most of the fairways are spacious, but do have enough trees and shrubs around to create some need for shot shaping. Holes 4-8 will test your precision with shorter, heavily wooded holes.

Multiple concrete tees at each hole allow for versatility, and tack on extra distance for the more experienced players. The basket positions are well placed to make for interesting approaches and putts, as well as an easy to follow layout.

I liked the wooded portion of the course. Hole 9 is also a cool drive. There is a fence that runs the right side of the fairway almost all the way to the pin. A basket is planted under trees and shrubs as the fence turns to the right, blocking a direct approach. 14 and 15 have a little extra flora to contend with on the back 9, and take a bit more shot placement.

The park does have an entry fee, nothing restrictive but bring a few bucks.

It can be very busy, we played through 2 or 3 groups as many people enjoyed a really nice February afternoon. Some patches were muddy, but overall conditions were good after a bit of rain earlier in the week.

I like a few hazards to contend with ideally. The wooded section is tough, but water and elevation changes are totally absent.

I swung through Newport News DGC on the way back to Virginia Beach after playing Waller Mill. I was happy to get in another course on the first day of my trip, and the two complimented each other nicely. One extreme and challenging and one more casual.

My round of 55 from the white tees was a confidence booster after a humbling score on the first course. The par of 61 is a bit generous, I didn't think any of the holes warranted more than a par 3. Gold tees are said to be out there, I didn't see a lot of them marked but I wasn't seeking them out either.

Mix of woods and open holes; open holes still tend to have various guardian trees to provide a challenge
Two sets of nice concrete tee pads per hole; one basket per hole

Holes 1, 2, and 17 can stay pretty wet if there has been rain. Hole 1 turns into an absolute pond; 2 stays a little soggy and has a few low spots but isn't too bad; 17 has a muddy area you have to cross over (there are stepping stones to cross it); a pond can also form around the base of the hole 15 basket. These aren't really "cons" per se, just something to be aware of ahead of time
Very mixed bag of people at this course: more litter, more people that don't pay attention to groups behind them and start to slow you down, big groups that don't break into smaller groups, etc.

As a slight beginner/terrible player, I LOVE this course. There's some challenges but I still can't throw very far and since it's so short, I've been able to par or birdie every hole (now to work on consistency!) so it's very encouraging. It's also nice to be able to knock out a quick round on this course on a weeknight or as a second round to your day. It's also very flat and there's a lot of shade (all the woods holes and even the open holes have a decent tree covering, at least on all the tee boxes) so playing in summer isn't as brutal as some of the other courses in the area.

January 2023 update***

-Variety of open, wooded, and meadows course. Mostly flat with a few slope holes. A ditch that can have water comes into play on a few holes.

-white a good beginner's course, red can give a good challenge. Pro tee's challenging and fair.

-As of August 2022, brand new baskets bright orange. Some have been moved from original location by a short distance offering more of a challenge. ***Baskets easy to see thru the woods, distance extended on new placements for holes 3, 5, 11, 14-15, and 17-18. More difficult.

-good signage with distance and posted map on forward/white tee box, distance stamped on pole back/red tee box.

-in wooded portion of course, someone is taking the time to sweep off the leaves from the tee pads.

-I've seen a handful of Deer holes 6, 12 thru 16. I'm normally there shortly after sunup.

-good navigation on course figure 8 counter-clockwise F9, clockwise B9, didn't need a map.

-I'm LHBH, and the course is very friendly on my side.

-From the bag on the tee good variety to match variety offered by the course.

-a ton of leaves in the wooded area thru the winter month, some piles a few feet high.

-After a good rain, holes 1-2, 9, and 17 can be soggy. Grass is normally too high on those fairways.

-Pro tees a mix of natural, rubber matt's, carpet, turf, and concrete can be difficult to find. Check my wall post for location.

-I've only spotted two of the forward blue tee's holes 2, and 5.

-It can be a struggle for the parks dept to keep the grass mowed. #2 fairway I've had grass up to my knees a few times.

-I've never have lost a disc on the course, but never a week goes by without somebody posting a lost disc mostly in the woods.

-27 rounds now played, and I still enjoyed the course, and it meets my criteria for favorite course: Scenic, variety, fun, for beginners and gives a challenge for more experience, memorable, and the majority of the holes are unique in some way
. The new baskets are a plus!

- The white tees are a birdie festival for experience players. The red provides a challenge with distance added on, and all are par threes. The Pro tees will stretch you out.

Featured Holes:

-No. 3 238/289 ft. throwing from open tees, thru a 7 ft. gap in a fence with the basket in the woods. Basket is about ***40 feet into the woods, surrounded by trees, the woods make it too dark to see basket from the tees. If you make the gap good chance for an Ace you won't see, fall short of the gap and over a 4 ft. fence, still good chance for a birdie.

-No.5 231/283 ft. is a dog leg right with heavy woods on right, and a small stream on left with moderate trees. The fairway is 12-25 ft. wide and slopes to the stream. The fairway runs about 50 feet from the basket area, which opens up, and hooks right behind trees. Easy recovery hole.

No. 8 Red 211 ft. the stream runs at an angle from right 30 feet to left at 100 ft. Heavy trees directly in front. Another LHBH friendly hole, but the gap is only about 12 ft. wide for 120 ft. For RHBH a sliver of about 6 ft. for 40 ft. I've only made my gap twice, but for righties, eh, I've thrown a few extras to check your side, and have never made it. Make it to other side of stream, not hard to recover.

No. 15. Red 353 ft. There is a line of heavy pine trees both sides of white tee pad about 100 ft. out. The gaps are all small 10-15 feet. ***To reach basket must hit one of the left gaps staying to the left of a bundle of trees in middle of fairway about 250 feet out. About 40 feet from basket another line of trees fronted by a small ridge less than two feet high. Gaps less than 10 feet, basket is open in C1. LHBH and RHFH have best chance to reach basket, right side of fairway to basket would be difficult.

No. 16 Red 239 ft. White is on a separate fairway and that's the fairway the basket is located on. Red fairway runs parallels to white. There is a nasty row of large Christmas type trees, and a few busy other types of trees that separate the fairways. There are two gaps to choose from to get over to white's fairway. The first one is just 60 feet down, requires a hard right to left. Not so bad in the winter, but very difficult with foliage in the summer. The second gap is about 180 ft. down, an extremely difficult gap to hit. But, hit the brakes straight down, and you have a 10 ft. window to the basket for a 50. ft. putt. Red fairway as you get closer to second gap, narrows to about 15 feet. Pick your poison.

-my favorite part of the course for scenery is 12 thru 18. On 12 you're transitioning from lightly wooded to a more meadows/forest, gently sloping type of environment with large pines and bushy trees. This is where I've spotted the Deer. It gives tranquility. I've found on other courses as well.

Signature Hole:

No. 12 From the Reds at 410 ft you're transitioning from a small open area, as you get halfway down the fairway trees start showing on the right, a service road with small wooden fence on its left. As you get closer to the basket a slight dogleg left down a gentle slope, the fairway is green. About a hundred from basket several large base pines, and tall surround the basket. Bigger than what you played thru on the wooded portion of the course. It gives you a feeling you're now walking into a meadow/forest area. Behind the basket were Deer, as seen several times. As I was walking past the white tees, is when I had that feeling of tranquility gazing down the fairway.

Trouble Hole:

- No. 6 from the reds at 345 ft. It's a straight throw from tee to basket. About 150 feet down your flying over the white tees, gap that closes at 30 ft., 250 feet downward to a gully that probably has water after heavy rains, then the last 100 feet up hill to the basket. On the flight path which is very narrow maybe 25-50 ft in some places are heavy trees to the right and left. The gully has those same large pine trees I describe on no. 12 that protect the basket interfering with an approach. With foliage, a much more difficult hole. The hole has a tunnel vision effect.

Two tees with a variety of shots. Most holes are reachable for intermediate and above players from either tee box. The course is easily navigated and is a nice easy walk. A casual round can be done in under an hour here.

It tends to be VERY wet in the winter. No drainage on 2 and 17 especially. Hole 1 can be a pond.

The course is quite busy in the summer now adays. A lot of casual players dont know better and slow people up. The local army base seems to funnel a lot of players here which is great but really can slow down the progress of better players.

There is a local club that maintains the course fairly well. They also tend to think they own the course and have been very rude to me and others who are not members and just want to play a quick round. The etiquette of golf is lost as a group of 9 local pros playing gold tees wont let anyone by.

Bring waterproof shoes in the winter, bug spray in the summer. Only four garbage cans on the course nowadays so littering has picked up. Ridiculous that you have to pay to play and it went up last year. Rangers do come around and hassle about beer ( I dont drink) and checking for passes often. Club does a great job holding events etc but can be a bit sanctimonious about themselves.

I love the variety of this course. It starts out with park-like hole, then a big open-field heave, then it cuts into the woods for a number of short, tight, technical holes, after which it emerges back into a park-like setting for the remainder.
The wide variety of holes allowed me to work every shot in my limited arsenal (I am 53 years old, and have been playing for 2+ years, with my drives maxing out at about 330'). The hole lengths were reasonable enough (we played the red tees) that I could take a chance on a newly-learned shot (like a putter turnover), and still have a chance at par if the shot didn't work out.
We were playing fast, and several groups let us play through without us asking.

Very flat. If you're into elevation changes, this is not your course.
I had one spot where I sunk in the mud, and there has been no significant rain around here in weeks. I think this course could be a real slog if there was a lot of recent rain.

There are only a couple of holes where you can bomb it. If you are one of those players who are only happy when you have multiple opportunities to air it out at 400'+, you won't be happy here. For me, though, it is close to ideal.

Perfect mix of open and tight. Pretty much half and half. Nice park. 2 tee locations.
Generous pars. A decent player can meet or beat red pars.

Can be muddy. Have to stop and pay at office. ($2) Busy on weekends.

None.

The location is great. It is in a state park area so there is plenty to do for the family while you are hitting the chains. So far, everyone I have met that plays there has been very friendly, and there is no stress of playing in or letting people play through. They have tournaments quite regularly to help the disc golf community network. The course has a few challenges, but as a beginner, I find this course to be very fair. It seems like I learn something new every time I play. The routes are mostly clearly marked. Hole 9 is super fun for a long throw through the trees.

On the weekends, the park does get pretty busy. Not only do you have a lot of Disc Golfers (who are never a problem), but there is inevitably a family picnic, family reunion, whatever and parking gets a bit packed at those times.

I have never seen this, but a deer stole a disc from me at 4 the first time I played here. I laugh about it every time I go out there.

If anyone reading this is going out there, and you find a rainbow Innova (I think) out there, my buddy had it stuck in the tree. Tree to the left of basket 16. Email address is written on the bottom. Thanks!

Challenging without being discouraging with a nice mix of open and wooded holes.
Easy to navigate without a map and clear signs
Fee payment is not enforced, there is no honor system drop box

Fee payment after hours is not convienent - you're supposed to go to a campground office which I couldn't find.

Very popular/busy course on a weekday evening. I was playing quickly by myself and passed at least 6 groups. I don't see this as a con as everyone was friendly.

This course has a little of everything - Playing from shorts after getting crushed on a more difficult course is a decent ego boost, and then playing from the longer pads (or the golds even) will put that ego back in check. There are actually four pads per basket, however the very shortest are mostly not marked at this point, and the very longest are missing a few markers too. The white and red pads are very clearly marked with nice concrete pads. Every white/red pad has a bag holder, and the white pads have the tee signs. Almost half of the course is wooded, and the rest plays open. The city will occasionaly mow the grass, however the local club puts most of the time and effort into upkeep at this park.

This course can get a bit crowded with new players who do not understand common courtesy, especially in the late afternoon. The regulars will never play in huge groups, and will always let slower players pass. The same cannot be said for the random people with 1-2 discs and groups of 15, so watch for these groups before you start and if possible start on the other side of the course to avoid it.

The local club puts on a weekly tournament on Tuesday nights, so keep that in mind when you want to play that afternoon and be courteous. There is also a ladies night on Thursday evenings, which also is when random doubles are played. Check the postings on the board by hole 1 red for details on upcoming events.

Great place to go ace hunting. Front nine meanders mostly through the woods, holes are short but 2's aren't guaranteed as the fairways are narrow (or non existent like hole 7) Back nine much more open and birdies are possible on every hole.

If you play on a weekend or during the summer, expect there to be a 4h, boy scout, summer camp, huge family reunion etc with 9 people including three little kids to be playing in the group ahead of you and not letting you by.
The local club has events that can be great, but they often play informal little money rounds with four twosomes in one group playing golds and won't let anyone by. Frustrating

The park has also taken to hiring the local prisoners to do the upkeep on the course. This doesnt have a dangerous feel per se, but the cons have no idea what disc golf is, and routinely will weed wack or mow directly in your way for 15 minutes as you're trying to tee off. it is insanely frustrating. Then when you walk by you are pestered for cigarettes.

If you want a quick round, get here while most people are still at work and have a go. Playing on the weekends and evenings can be a disaster with huge groups.
The local club maintains the course quite well.

The park is very close and accessible by way of I-64 and close enough for regular play for anyone in NN, York County, or Williamsburg.

The course is mostly separate from the rest of the picnic/playground areas in the park which makes for good play away from the rest of the visitors.

There is a decent mix of open/wooded holes. They are pretty well maintained and the fields are mowed regularly.

The wooded holes on the front 9 (4-7) offer a chance to get some good lines, but arent particularly crazy.

Overall the course is solid but a little boring. There are no standout holes, and there is virtually no elevation change to speak of. As a result, many holes run together in my memory (specifically the back 9 which run through sparsely wooded fields).
The back 9 are almost all straightaway shots with a few trees near the basket just to force a little strategy, but nothing challenging.

This was the first course I ever played when I still lived in NN. Despite the cons I've listed above, I do think this course offers a great introduction to disc golf for any beginner. The holes aren't too long nor challenging, which is good for learning the ins and outs of tossing a disc in the woods and in a field.
All in all, Newport News DGC is definitely worth a visit, although not one to go gaga over.

A rating of three is stated as good and that is what this course was for me.

The front nine is a fun layout, letting you air it out on 2 and then requiring from 3-9 some precision shot shaping, and if you play the short tees, it is a fun ace race if you hit your lines. The front nine is very fun to play, if this type of course continued on, i would have given the course a 3.5-4.

Back nine- the back nine becam a little redundant with a lot of straight, or straight-ish shots that were through an array of pine trees, they did the best they had with the land though

This was a fun course to play and would make a njce day of playing if paired up with new quarter park in williamsburg, about a 15 minute drive away. This is a great amateur course and will treat newer players pretty well, as the whole course is short with no true par 4s and little opportunity to lose a disc.

Amenities- the park was your typical multi use park, bathrooms, a message board at the parking lot. Each hole had a tee sign located at the short tee, as well as a bag hanger and the navigation proved to be pretty easy.

The holes can get somewhat redundant on the back nine mostly straight shots through some pines to a relatively open green

Tee signs- the tee signs were good and portrayed an accurate representation of the hole, however, they were located at the short tee. In some cases you couldnt see the basket from the long tees and i found myself walking up to the tee sign more than i wouldve liked

Elevation and hazards- there was no elevation except for on hole 17 which wasnt really elevation, it was more like a gully. There was no water hazards with the exception of one ditch, which didnt seem to hold water. I played this course a few days before a tournament and it seemed like the had walking paths ob. This would make it a little more interesting if you were to do so.

This was a fun Course to stretch your arm out after a day at one of the colonial sites, especially in the winter when new quarter is only open on friday, saturday and sunday.

Two 4'x10' concrete teepads per hole. Signs at each teepad (details only at short), bag holders, some benches. Two nine-hole loops.

Upkeep - dampish areas well mulched, lack of litter, can tell the course is taken care of.

Quite flat. Fairly repetitive. Walking paths through middle of course.

Course is located in a multi-purpose public park, with a main road, not coming into play, forming one edge of the course.

The holes on this course fall into two basic categories - short-n-tight (holes 4-8, in dense collection of small/mid-diameter trees) with quite challenging shape requirements / narrow windows (particularly from the longs), or primarily open, with typically a couple tall, mid-diameter tree trunks to avoid mid/late fairway. On these openish holes, the alternate tees mostly just add length - the basic look to the basket doesn't change much, except for #16.

Holes 3-9 are the holes that require lots of shot shaping, both right, lefts, and S-shapes. Straight, with an appropriate amount of subtle turn or fade, will suffice on the other holes. Average length is ~300'/235' from the long/short tees, so big throwers won't have many bombing opportunities.

A decent course, well-maintained, limited by the available natural resources. An enjoyable play, good for introducing people to the game, minimal chance of disc loss.

This course surprised me. I still don't understand why I liked it so much. It meets none of my typical criteria for a good course. I will attempt to come to grips with my nonsensical joy here. It was easy to get to (right off the exit), easy to walk (flat sandy soils), and easy to navigate (intuitive)...the basics are here bathrooms, signs, 2 concrete tees per hole.
The disc golf had some wonderful variety with only one open long distance bomber hole (#2) the rest of holes required low canopy power and precision, tight woodsy line hitting, and throwing around moderate obstacles in semi-open mowed parkland that seemed removed from other park activities. I ran into more deer than people despite the mowed and manicured feel of this park. I threw a variety of discs, distances, lines and took a smattering of birdies,pars and bogeys. There seemed to be moderate challenge on every hole which induced me to think I could birdy off of every tee. A relatively stress free round with minimal chance for disc loss (sans leaves perhaps)...highlights for me were the thumber line on 16, the array of technical shots from 4-8 the unique dive into the woods on 3, and emptying my bag on 18...it's one of those visually I can park it every time holes...fun. This course probably grew on me for the fun factor of running baskets combined with low stress and the variety the 2 tees provided. I played the longs and then the shorts. I enjoyed both rounds. Probably the perfect amateur course as well as a great place to practice on a daily basis due to the variety and lines demanded here without ever overwhelming a player.

It's flat. Perhaps 1 hole ,#17, that gives the impression of a hill, but lets be honest it's just a gulley. It doesn't have any true par 4s. There is not any remarkable or special hole here that would draw me back to it or make me talk about the course to others. It's just a plain flat disc golf course in a park really. (Which in this case for some reason works)

Even though theres nothing special here there is enough solid golf and variety of foliage and shots required that I was never bored here. I would equate Newport News to that girl that appears plain but you are attracted to her anyway because she's just fun to hang out with and for some reason she grows on you.

Great variety, well maintained, lots of park surrounding course, throwing pads for both white, and red tees are great.

Needs just a few more garbage cans along the way to help keep it clean. Would also be nice to get some signs for the red tees so you can better judge your distance on those holes as well.

This is a really fun course, great location just outside the city, and very close to a military base. I really enjoy this course as it has both the holes that allow you to really see how far you can throw it, but also has some nice skill requiring holes to follow that up. Some great nature trails, and very often some deer walking the park with you. Great fun, challenging course.