Crystal City Underground

You HAVE to put this course on your bucket list. It is the most "unique" disc golf experience you'll probably ever have... This is an old Silica Sand mine that they used to make glass. The mine was closed in 1986. Day or night, whether the weather ;-) outside is 110º or -30º snowing, raining, it's always a fairly humid 55º inside. There are 2 courses: NORTH easier and no water hazards, SOUTH: water on about 8 holes and longer. You will get a pretty good leg workout walking in the loose ...
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You HAVE to put this course on your bucket list. It is the most "unique" disc golf experience you'll probably ever have...
This is an old Silica Sand mine that they used to make glass. The mine was closed in 1986.
Day or night, whether the weather ;-) outside is 110º or -30º snowing, raining, it's always a fairly humid 55º inside.

There are 2 courses:
NORTH easier and no water hazards,
SOUTH: water on about 8 holes and longer. You will get a pretty good leg workout walking in the loose sand for 18, 36 or more holes.

>>>>My biggest complaint and the reason I am dinging the rating is the navigation.
There were no maps for the North course which made it tough to even find the first hole, and, had to search for quite a few holes after that.
>>>>Mark the baskets and tee barrels with numbers to aid navigation...
there are lights but you'll still need glow plastic or lighted discs for some of the darker sections. >>>>Bring a GOOD flashlight for navigation and finding your discs. a couple times we had discs bury in the sand floor enough to hide the light and would not have found them without a flashlight.
The cave walls, ceiling and pillars are sandstone and will EAT your discs.
I just used some older Champion plastic discs and they held up pretty well. A DX disc would most likely be toast after a round if you don't keep it off of the walls.

There is also a 30 min. Barge ride (Pontoon Boat) on the 150 acre underground lake through the flooded parts of the mine which is also where the "South" course is located.
Inside the cave there is also:
A Bar
They have Bands
They show movies
Sand Volleyball
Laser Tag
Paintball
Golf Simulator

A really cool way to get some use out of this old mine
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