Blue Lake Disc Golf Course — Local services in Fairview

It's difficult to rate this with an overall star rating because I both loved and loathed this course. The park itself is lovely, with myriad big and beautiful oaks, big leaf maples, and cottonwoods, lots of little natural nooks, frogs, rabbits, and other wildlife carousing about. We also only saw a single other person disc golfing while playing, which I enjoy as an extreme introvert. It's a super pleasant place to be, but.....

... the course is absurdly punishing. Unless you're a pro player, and even then, prepare for pain. Every hole is literally lined with narrow OBs, and the OBs themselves are either impenetrable rose and blackberry thickets or steep embankments down into ponds or creeks. I think Westside Discs must pay the groundskeepers here to maintain the walls of thorns and the tangled thickets to make players intentionally lose discs, thus bringing themselves more business.

I had fun playing here, enjoyed the autumnal atmosphere and smell of balsam and decaying leaves, but I don't think I'll ever play this course again. I managed par on a few of the holes, which made me feel accomplished, but the repeated trips into the Himalayan hellscape and the inability to actually throw a disc without fear were too annoying to ever...

The good: Nice cement pads at each tee Restrooms and trash cans located throughout the course Has the feel of an actual golf course

The bad: $5 parking Pets not allowed Long narrow challenging holes are frustrating unless you’re a great player Blackberry bushes, trees, creeks, tall grass will swallow your discs. I got pretty cut up retrieving my discs and saw several abandoned discs in the process Not a great amount of shade in the fairways Some tees are in odd locations and they’re not marked - glad I snapped a photo of the course map.

With that said I appreciate having options such as this to be able to play, but there are several more easy and fun courses I’ll be...

A beautiful course with a full eighteen! Well cared for, too. Great spot to throw some discs around!

Lots of clear area should make for fewer lost discs. We’re a little rusty so we still managed to go diving in the brambles a good five or six times, and that’s really the only thing to note— hot dang are there brambles here. I don’t think mother nature grew a single plant outside the grass and trees that doesn’t have thorns in this vicinity. Ow!

A little muddy and slippery this time of year as well, so bring good footwear, stick to the fairway and you’ll...