Disc Golf Courses Frisbee Golf Chapel Hill Durham Raleigh NC

Local Disc Golf - Frisbee Golf Courses in Chapel Hill, Durham & Raleigh, NC

Chapel Hill - Durham - Raleigh
DISC GOLF / FRISBEE GOLF

Local Disc Golf Courses:

Carolina Adventures Frisbee Disc Golf Course (Course Home Page) (UNC Outdoor Education Center at the former Chapel Hill Country Club) - combination of woods and open spaces for long throws in the open; hills and a pond to navigate. Directions: I-40 to NC 54 to Chapel Hill, straight past the 15-501 overpass, uphill toward UNC Campus, left at 1st light on Country Club Rd., 3rd right into Center, 1st tee at top of hill. (919) 962-4179.

Valley Springs Park, Durham, NC Directions: I-85 west of Durham to Cole Mill Rd. exit, north to a right on Rose of Sharon, then 0.5 miles to a left on Valley Springs Rd., 0.25 mile to park on left. 1st tee by ball fields. (919) 419-4430.

Cornwallis Road Park. Directions: I-85 to 15-501 Bypass, south to Cornwallis Rd., left 0.5 mile to Wade Rd., right to park. Website: www.itsco.com/dbeckwith/discgolf.html (919) 419-4430.

Harris Lake (Buckhorn at Harris Lake County Park) Directions: From Raleigh take US 1 south to the New Hill exit (#89). Turn left on New Hill-Holleman Rd. toward power plant, 2.5 miles south to entrance on right. Course is midway into park with gravel parking lot on the right. Websites: www.wakegov.com/county/parks/default.htm and
www.radl.biz/Courses/BUCKHORN/main.htm
(919) 812-0340.

Kentwood Directions: 440 Beltline to Western Blvd., NCSU Exit, right on Kent then right on Kaplan, course on left. Website: www.radl.biz (919) 303-5328

Cedar Hills Rotary Park Directions: 440 Beltline to Six Forks Rd., north 2.5 miles to right on Millbrook. 1 mile to left on Sweetbriar, dead ends into course parking lot. 1st tee near picnic shelter. Website info. (919) 301-6340.

Disc Golf Links:
Durham and Orange County Recreational Disc Association
Raleigh Area Disc League
www.pdga.com (Professional Disc Golf Association Web site)

Editors' note: Our young kids love to go on frisbee golf / disc golf outings with us. (Before we had kids we loved to play frisbee golf and enjoyed finding courses wherever we travelled in the country. Now when we take our children for an afternoon of frisbee golf, we play a very modified game geared for the kids.) If you have never tried Disc Golf, it is really worth buying a few frisbee golf discs (available at most sports stores) and checking out some of the local frisbee golf courses. It's a really nice outing, usually in beautiful, woodsy settings, and you can get exercise and have fun as well as time to just talk with your frisbee golf companions.

In case you aren't familiar with disc golf, here is a quick description of the game: You basically walk through a wooded, forest disc golf course, which has holes (target baskets) at intervals along the cleared pathways, and starting points for each hole/basket goal. From the starting point, each player takes turns making their first throw. Then you pick up your disc and throw from the spot where it landed (each player throws in turn), until you succeed in throwing the disc into the basket. Players tally how many throws it takes to land their frisbee/discs in the disc golf "hole" (a sort of chain link basket on a pole that catches the frisbee when you hit the target.) Most disc golf courses have either 9 holes (goal baskets) or 18 holes.

We have found that our young children very much enjoy the camraderie of a family walk through the woods as they hone their disc throwing skills. It is always exciting when they land their disc in the baskets!

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These soft, hand-made crocheted flying discs made by a local North Carolina family-owned company are GREAT for indoor playroom play, and they make it much easier for little children to be able to catch and throw a frisbee than with the typical hard plastic flying discs. Available at www.BlueberryForest.com

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