Regional Park Auburn Disc Golf Course — Attraction in Auburn

A nice disc course although it's a real shame that it plays directly on top of some of the last few Native American Grinding Stones left in the area. For those who don't realize or know, untold generations of California Native Americans harvested acorns from the many variety of Oak trees as a main food source. Once acorns were harvested they were pounded as fine as possible into flour, it was then leached. Acorns contain tannic acid which is very bitter and which is poisonous in large amounts. The leaching process removed the tannic acid from the acorn flour. The leaching was traditionally done by digging a shallow sand pit near a creek. The flour was then carefully spread in the bottom of the pit and water was continuously poured over it until it was sweet. It would take several hours of pouring to leach the flour.All the while singing and telling stories of their traditional and religious beliefs and experiences. From Grandmother on down to Mothers and Grandaughters. For so long in fact, that they hollowed out recesses into the extremely hard granite stone that have now come to be known as Grinding Stones. Now, left unprotected by the Regional Park and unnoticed by Disc Golf players who trample them everyday. I'm sure Native American descendents would consider this place sacred and find this disturbing. I wonder, would it be too difficult to realign the disc course around them? I believe basket #7 sits directly on top of the rock outcropping where the grinding holes are, so people are pretty much forced to walk all over them searching for their disc, albeit- unknowingly. Without even a sign or marker, it should at least be preserved and promoted as a historical site of some significance that others may enjoy today alongside the other attractions of this beautiful park. Who knows, if the Park Service were to clear away the thick overgrown blackberry bushes along the meandering creek, that more would be discovered and enjoyed instead of encouraging homeless dope friends to squat there. I could see something like other popular Grinding Stone parks in California where school kids come to learn about the People that lived here for thousands of years harvesting and hunting in harmony with their surrounding World. I contacted the Parks Service which could not seemed concerned at all nor interested in dialogue. Way to go Auburn Parks and Rec.

Update 6/24: The park has decided to fill the grinding stone holes with dirt instead of realigning hole #7. Proves the Auburn region is still...

Mostly open after hole 4 with minimal trees. The grass is green in all open fairways. Very minimal weeds on the lesser maintained holes. Unfortunately there is a giant pond on the back 9 where many discs enter the water because baskets are foolishly placed next to the water. The water contains poisonous algae blooms and hundreds of water fowl excretion. Don't retrieve your disc if it lands in the water and don't let any pets swim or drink the water. Same with the creek. All water sources are polluted. The park is decently a great place to play. It's crowded in late afternoons. You will double your playing time waiting. Drug use is minimal. Unfortunately there are hidden and visible cameras watching people. Smoke your weed in wooded areas or just away from the road. There are many swine that drive by on the perimeter roads. Overall a good park with mostly Hispanic visitors that don't speak English. Every sport has a field or court in other areas of the park. Don't play basketball because if your ball enters the pond, it's ruined and toxic. There needs to be a fence built to block off the balls from rolling down the hill into the scummy pond....

Only 3 stars for this course even though it should be 3.5. The layout is super weird and without a map it's easy to get lost. It has long holes, short holes and differing terrain and elevation shots. There is some dense foliage in the back few holes and some fun shots with a lot of trees. There are a couple water hazards and some animals that make their way onto some of the fairways. The picnic area in the middle of the course is very inconvenient. The course is maintained pretty well, but there are still some dense areas, and the layout is not clear at all. It has good challenge and the GPS marker is correct for this course. Dogs are allowed, bikes are allowed, I don't know if there is handicapped parking but I assume so, there are public...