Hocking Peaks Adventure Park

This is a beautiful course ! Too bad the lay-out is lacking. About 5 really good , well placed holes. When I played it , there were natural tees & they wanted to charge me $9. Floyd-Eye and I looke ... show more ›

This is a beautiful course ! Too bad the lay-out is lacking. About 5 really good , well placed holes. When I played it , there were natural tees & they wanted to charge me $9. Floyd-Eye and I looked at each other, laughed and walked away. Only to be called back to play for free w/ a review. Look , NOTE to designers ; if you design a uphill shot , have a level tee pad !!! Sure "if you're good enough" it won't matter - what-ever . There were I think about 5 uphill blind shots that you needed a run up. You can't run up with such an inclined tee . Has potential but, 7 holes need reworked in my opinion.

I played here on a Very Hot day near the end of May and it was extremely unkept and overgrown. Made for a pretty brutal day! The course has a few really good holes but in general I think for being des ... show more ›

I played here on a Very Hot day near the end of May and it was extremely unkept and overgrown. Made for a pretty brutal day! The course has a few really good holes but in general I think for being designed by an Innova Pro it is is below average for sure! This place is sitting on land that is perfect for a DGC and they've got you pretty much battling up mountains and fighting through CRAP in the woods. When very easily you could be BOMBING downhill beautiful drives and playing through what could easilybe beautiful areas. For a course that wants 9 bucks to play 18 holes it is honestly a joke. If you want my money again try doing a little work! Pure Laziness! And here's one more HUGE beef I have with this place. If you go here and want to throw but aren't familiar with the game but want to try it out they will rent you 3 discs for 15 dollars! You get a DX putter,mid and driver but here is the kicker. If or should I say WHEN you lose one they will charge you 15 dollars, lose 3 you owe them 45 and that is no joke! You couls throw a disc five feet in front of yourself out there in some places and not find it. This place is just bad all around. Go down the doad and play Hocking College you'll be glad you did.

I rate this course 3.5 out of 5 stars. - Plenty of parking - Nice office with plenty of discs to buy. Don’t forget to grab one of their nice scorecards. - Very friendly staff - Nice sign ... show more ›

I rate this course 3.5 out of 5 stars.

- Plenty of parking
- Nice office with plenty of discs to buy. Don’t forget to grab one of their nice scorecards.
- Very friendly staff
- Nice sign at the entrance to the park
- The tees are a little small but they are well taken care of and I love the log boarders on them
- Multiple tees on 7 holes
- Excellent tee signs at every tee
- There are some much needed benches as some in the group may need a rest on this tough hike
- Baskets are in excellent condition and well labeled
- The flow is pretty good. The course plays like two 9 hole courses. Hole #1 is actually behind the office, up a set of stairs and the front 9 ends right near there. To get to the back 9 you cross the road and head up the zig-zagging staircase, be careful, I broke about 30 spider webs going up that staircase LOL. The back 9 ends right near the top of the staircase which is also near the parking lot.
- There is definitely a mix of shots here. Left and Right turns, tons of blind shots over hills. You will need a good deal of skill to play this course well and keep your disc in the thin fairways. The constant elevation changes that is the trademark of the entire Hocking area add a great challenge to the course and provide you with a chance to test your stamina.
- You really get the chance to rip a few drives out over some valleys and the views from the top of the hill, #13-15ish, are just fantastic
- The scenery is pretty with the rolling hills and thick forest
- The distance of the course is short overall but there are 4 holes over 400’
- Not much traffic at all on the course. I had to wait a few times to let zip liners fly by so I could throw under the zip lines but other than that I was totally alone out on the course.
- No vandalism and the course had pretty good upkeep on the fairways and there was some trimming done in the woods.

Cons
- No course map
- Next tee signs are needed
- The fairways are uncomfortably thin leaving you with little room for error due to the fact that the rough on either is all tall weedy grass full of thorns that can swallow a disc right up. I Highly recommend you do NOT play this course alone like I did. You will need a spotter to watch where your disc lands even around the areas that are not blind corners. My suggestion to the park is to mow all that down and plant a few trees in strategic areas. If that can’t be done then maybe at bushhogging the area (which is mowing with a device hooked to a tractor that could eat up that rough but leave you with an area that is clearly not the fairway)
- A few more benches would be a great addition due to the fact that this can be a grueling hike in the hot and humid summers.
- Hole #7 needs a more direct defined path to the basket

Other Thoughts
- I found the course to be a fun visit but I may not play the course again. I did not like the rough around much of the open holes. Just too small of an area for my meager skills to hit. I spent far too much time hunting discs in the weeds and thorns. Having said that, if the rough gets taken care of, I would love to try it again with a group of friends to help as spotters.
- Keep an eye out for snakes when in the rough
- I found the course to be very challenging. You definitely need to consider your shots carefully because of the risk of losing a disc.
- The most challenging hole is #12. Blind shot up and over a hill, then plan your approach to try to get through the small path to another open area where the basket is.
- Hole #6 was my favorite. Tough shot from the long tee. You have to get through a small opening which then opens up into a valley that you have to cross. The basket is on the far side of the valley at the top of the hill. And all of this is under the zip lines so keep an eye out for zippers :)
- Hole #15 was my second favorite. Just a beautiful downhill shot with a slightly turning fairway
- I found the course to be decent. I will go back to the course to try my hand at OGO ball, paint ball and the zip lines but I have no plans to play the disc golf course again at this time. It’s only $5 to play but I think that with upgraded rough and concrete tees, then charging $10 would be well worth it.