Santa Cruz River park is by far the best course to play in Southern Arizona. 18 baskets with short…read moreand longs tees. It was one of the first twenty five disc golf courses ever to be built in 1983. Located directly behind the Arizona school for the deaf and blind, and running next to the Santa Cruz River this course is the place to be!

How to get there: From Speedway, turn north on N. Riverview Blvd. (traffic light). It will bend to…read morethe right and go all the way until you have to dog leg left. Look for the sign that says "Santa Cruz River Park" on the right. You will also see a Disc Golf Course sign above it. I'm surprised that this disc golf course was not listed in Yelp when the Marana course is. Can't believe that I added it to Yelp and that I'm the first to check in and review. Are there really no disc golfin' Yelpers out there? This review is for those who have never disc golfed before as any one who is a disc golfer already knows about this course and the descriptions of the course can be found on the PDGA (yes, disc golf is a professional sport) or the Disc Golf Course Review (dgcoursereview.com) websites. If you are new to the sport, then I recommend that you do an internet search on "disc golf" and you will find many "how to's" and the rules and online stores. There are many, many tutorials on YouTube. Bottom line: disc golf is fun, cheap (waaaaay cheaper than round-ball golf), takes a lot less time to play, no club house membership fees, no tee times, and is a very forgiving sport in that anyone of any skill level can play, have fun, and is totally accepted on the course and even encouraged. Try it! It is free! And equipment costs are very low. ($45 can get you a driver, mid-range, and a putter.) Great to play in groups. This is an excellent course for beginners and can give advanced players a good enough challenge as there are A & B tee boxes (different distances/challenges). (Good for rollers, too!) The A boxes are all concrete, but only one or two B tee boxes are concrete. There are now nice signs at each tee-off showing the possible basket placements. (Occasionally, they change the location of the basket to make things fun.) This course is an 18 basket course, all dirt, no grass. No real water hazards unless you really throw hard and far and slice it hard into the Santa Cruz wash when playing baskets 5 through 9. And even then, there's no water. Trees are hazards, but none are really too high that you will lose a disc and only very, very occasionally will one get stuck. No snakes, only lizards and gophers. Watch your step--don't twist your ankle stepping into a hole! Layout is not bad. Flight paths can be a little problematic and cross traffic on the south side with baskets #12, #18, #14 & #15. Basket #18 ends close to #1 and the parking lot, so it is circular. There are two putting warm up baskets areas. There are three pavilion picnic shelters. Only a port-a-potty for restroom at the parking lot and by basket #5. Very decent water fountain. Bottom line: easiest course to get to in Tucson and a moderate course, not a long one with elevations like Marana. Excellent place to first try this fun sport.

Had A Beautiful Sunday, Outing with My Family. The Other People there,Were kind and Courteous! It's…read morethe first time,I brought my kid's! But i'm no stranger to this park, as my Parent's brought Me,all of the Time. We Loved the Notorious Metal Slide May She RIP!

Attended a workout group at himmel park ! What a vibe …read more The park is huge , plenty of space for all the things . Very peaceful.

Located within Chuck Ford Lakeside Park is the newest 18 hole disc golf course. 18 Prodigy baskets…read morewith concrete tee pads the short to long holes will create a nice challenge with tall mesquite's and some elevation. Mostly dirt course but plenty of shade trees to hide from the sun.

4+ stars, 1/2 star off only because it is a dirt course, no porta potty and no drinking fountain…read more Concrete T-pads now for every basket for A's. Look for bricks for B T-offs. The more I play this course, the more fun it is. The course for A pads runs about 1.8 miles, so a twosome can finish in about an hour and 15 minutes. There will not be many basket position changes, if at all. There are frequent places to catch shade while waiting for your turn. This is a full 18 basket course. When you get to 13, 14, 15, 16, clap your hands or slap to discs together and hear the cool ricochet echo from the metal fencing. There are enough obstacles to make this course interesting and fun, yet I have found it good enough for beginners. The two friends I have started here on the sport in the last couple of months have been undaunted by the course and have had fun enough to become addicted to it. Bring your own water and be sure to have visited Mother Nature before you come. Afternoons in good temps can be very busy and crowded with groups of different sizes. This summer, I have enjoyed starting no later than 7:00 a.m. and finding only a few groups out. Friday mornings tend to be busy. 5* = A top favorite. Mind-blowing good. I will definitely return and I will go out of my way to go here. Worth every dime of my money. 4* = Outstanding. Tucson-top-tier. Some elements not quite as good as it gets, but it still is worthy of my regular business. 3* = Good experience. I might do repeat business if it is convenient, the only option, the only one in its category, or on a whim, but would not be among the first thing to come to mind. Would definitely recommend you trying it to get your own take on it. 2* = Not so good. Would not recommend at all. Waste of money. 1* = How are they still in business? Stay away at all costs!

Lots of hard work has gone in to create this course so a big thanks to the local Tucson club for…read morestepping up and making it happen. 18 baskets with multiple pin positions, concrete tee pads for both A (short) and B (long) with directional signs at every pad. Unfortunately we live in the Hot Desert so other than an abundance of shade trees there's literally no ground cover making the course very dusty. There is a port o potty in the parking lot area but no drinking fountain so make sure to bring water.

Marana Rock DGC has been considered by many in the disc golf community to be the best Tucson area…read morecourses and although I have yet to play any of the other courses, this course is a true treat to play. Especially considering I'm a player from Cali and the desert environment is totally foreign element for me to play in. The course is laid out in a water basin which, on this March visit, was dry except some mud near the middle of the basin. While this course is set in the middle of the desert, there's a lot of non-desert elements including some marsh land including green grass and a few pine trees full of pine needles. I could hear the sounds of frogs in the area as well. But most of the course is set in the desert with plenty of holes involving a dry clay riverbed, a monster 800 plus foot hole played out in massive sand dunes, and rocky bluffs. Unexpectedly there are several elevation changes throughout the course. Finding the course might be a challenge since there's no real address (the address I used is the one given to me by Google Maps for where the course is closest to). There will be a blue pump station on the right hand side of Coachline / Milligan and a driveway leading to a dirt road. Follow the road to the parking area and park. There's a sign right by the driveway saying "Marana Disc Golf Course". Be sure to wear shoes with traction and bring water since it does get warm even on cooler March days like the one I ventured out on (it got into the upper 70s). The course was actually quite hard considering all of the obstacles (trees, bushes, rock mounds, bluffs) you have to deal with. Quite a few long holes with two par 4s mixed into 18 total holes. Tee pads are all nicely put together with cement and very cool numbered tiles to dictate what tee pad goes with what hole. Each hole has a sign and usually there's a marker on what basket position is in play. The course has some really impressive views of Marana's desert landscape including mountain views with cactus lining the mountain ridges. Like any non-urban course, be sure to be aware of where your walking as reports of snakes (including rattlesnakes) and other wildlife have been known to cruise the area. A few of the tee areas have shade and benches, so you can take breaks from the desert sun. I think Marana Rock is still a mostly unknown course since only a handful of people were out on a Sunday afternoon playing. Most people here in So. Cal who know of some of the more popular AZ courses (Fountain Hills, Vista Del Camino) have never heard of this course. It's really a shame this course isn't played by more people since it's really a trip of a course. On the way to Pheonix or coming into Tucson via the 10, Marana Rock is a must stop for any disc golfer looking for a unique experience.

NOTE: This and the other reviews are of the _course_, not the _club_, which maintains the _course_…read moreand sponsors tourneys on the _course_. The name of the course is the MARANA ROCK DISC GOLF COURSE. (I'm working on getting this listing changed. If I fail, I may create an entry for the _course_.) This was my first time here. Definitely go to the club's website and follow the directions on how to get there as it can be difficult to find. This was a fun course. Fun because it had a lot of variety. Some of the baskets were on unique elevations such as on top of an old asphalt pile, on a plateau next to a ravine, on a hill, etc. As a matter of fact, most were on elevations. The others were behind or through trees or brush. The most straight-forward basket was the longest--at 824 feet. The scenery is beautiful as this is in the foothills of Marana on the west side of I-10. Hills, trees, mountains, crags--it's all there. A wonderful backdrop for disc golf. I do not recommend this course when the wind is blowing, though. That was the case for us this Saturday morning. Not a great way to introduce me to this course. It already is a challenging course, and then to add 7 to 15 mph gusts is to make for one frustrating game. On putting some of the elevations, because of the wind, even a couple of four foot putts were missed. Gr-r-r-r-r-r-r. The course is basically at the end of a subdivision. #18 ends right by #1 so it brings you right back to the parking lot. Nice. #18 also ends right by a fairly new neighborhood park, so there is a good drinking fountain. It is a long course, so factor in more time to play a round. It is also a long drive from where I live, about a 25 minute to 30 minute drive from Campus Farms. It is a nice change of pace and a different challenge.

Don't tell anyone, but the best part of the incomparable Loop trail is in Oro Valley, not in…read moreTucson. Pick up the Loop OV spur on Rancho Vistoso blvd just east of the Big Wash (if you hit Innovation Park Dr you've missed it) and ride down the best hill in Tucson to Tangerine. The views of Pusch Ridge at sunrise are incomparable. Then continue for miles of beautiful off-road trail along the CDO wash until you go beneath I10. From there you can go north to Marana, or south to pick up the Rillito or continue south along the Santa Cruz. The OV Loop trails are pretty much all I ride on anymore. You get seriously spoiled not having to worry about getting hit by a car.

The paved path around Tucson is a real gem for cyclists, walkers, jogger and roller bladers. A few…read moreyears ago I decided I was going to walk the Loop in sections. It took me over two years (two falls and winters) to finish it. There are free parking areas every few miles for easy out-and-back walks. My very first section was the section east of the Tucson Mall. I walked it with my GSD Sadie while in the area and turned around at Campbell Avenue. The path was busy with all kinds of recreationalists, but it also had a large population of homeless people under the bridges. I don't have a particular favorite part. Each section is different. The Rillito River Park has several nice parking areas and water stations and lovely art statues. The parks are lighted at night. The Pantano Wash is more quiet. The section just to the east of the Air Force base is secluded. That is were I was followed by javelina. The ugliest section is the industrial section along the Julian Wash. The wash is full of trash and homeless encampments The section along the Santa Cruz wash that gets close to town is nice as there are places to eat nearby, with benches to rest. I walked a short section again yesterday near the Tucson Mall and noticed at least two walking police teams. The Rillito Wash was trashed again, and the section east of the mall had no trash cans, so people just threw their trash along the wash. Tucson maintains the actual path and will post construction or closures on the Loop's Facebook page.

Here is the Google Map Plus Code and Longitude & Latitude to where you should park:…read more 649Q+34X Tucson, Arizona 32.217743, -110.862154 This is the only all (real) grass course in Tucson currently! (There will probably be another one by the end of the year.) Yes, real grass. The whole course. After a frustrating year (or more?) of putting up with the city's (contractor's) messing this park up--and I mean messing up--it is back into shape. All baskets back in place, all baskets fixed. Most tee bricks are in place. Very, very little goats heads any more. There are B pads for you gunners, some of which are pretty challenging, maybe even sadistic. haha Many of the original A pad locations have changed, making it more challenging. I don't know about #11 with such a severe left dogleg shot, though. Kind of ridiculous. But I guess if you play it enough, as in a ton, you will eventually find the line with the right disc. The rest are OK. Many of the new tee placements take away some of the easiness of some of the shots. This course is a great course to take beginners. Not many obstacles. There is, however, The Wall. And The Substation. Those are the worst OBs. The Wall is worse when the mall is open and there are cars parked and also driving on the road. I know the future is going to be good for this park as Trevor, one of the supervisors of this course, told me there are going to be concrete pads put in and the city OK'd multiple pin positions. The permanent tees will be nice as right now, some of the tees are ground indentations in the dirt and you have to tee off to the side to avoid twisting your ankle and at the very least, messing up your shot. The city also took out the old drinking fountain behind the backstop and put in a new one on the other end of the backstop. They also took out a really nice tree behind #1, which I really don't understand. 5* = A top favorite. Mind-blowing good. I will definitely return and I will go out of my way to go here. Worth every dime of my money. 4* = Outstanding. Top-tier. Some elements not quite as good as it gets, but it still is worthy of my regular business. 3* = Good experience. I might do repeat business if it is convenient, the only option, the only one in its category, or on a whim, but would not be among the first thing to come to mind. Would definitely recommend you trying it to get your own take on it. 2* = Not so good. Would not recommend at all. Waste of money. 1* = How are they still in business? Stay away at all costs!

Huge shout out to everyone who stepped up to help pour 18 concrete tee pads today!! We couldn't be…read moremore grateful to our Disc Golf community for helping out with this project.

It's a nice little 9 basket course, there's is a great playground for your kids as well.read more

Having now played there several times, this course has grown on me. What this course really excels…read moreat is a great place for beginners and anyone who wants to work on their long throw. For the latter, the "B" boxes are adequate. For the former, the "A" boxes are mercifully short at times and the whole course really does not have many obstacles. So this makes a great place to try out your different discs and put them through the paces to get used to their flight characteristics. This park is also a great place to watch Big Guns heave their plastic. You can watch and learn and become inspired. I think there are more Big Guns that play here than at the Santa Cruz Disc Golf Course. Some of the players here can really throw l-o-n-g! For you ladies, there are sufficient number of women who play here. Many are good at their art and it would do you good to watch them for some inspiration. Indeed, there are definitely more women that play here than at Santa Cruz, based on just my observations. There are also more large groups (5+ in a group) that play here than at Santa Cruz. You will want to start at a different basket so as not to follow a large group around. Once I played there in a threesome, and we were behind a 10+ group who didn't have the courtesy to let us play through. Honestly, I don't get inconsiderate disc golfers. Most are very friendly and considerate. Another thing to like about this course is it mostly grass. A nice welcome change from Santa Cruz. There is still enough dirt around to where you will have to use your cloth to wipe it clean, but it sure looks better and it is definitely nicer to be walking in the green stuff, you know? As the tip I posted says, there is not a working water fountain at this park. Take your own water.

We went for a walk around this lovely lake this weekend. The park has beautiful views of the…read moremountains, fishing in the lake that is routinely stocked, a playground area, picnic shelters, a disc golf course, decent restrooms, lots of beautiful ducks and birds, plenty of space to enjoy some outdoor time. The only thing I didn't like was there was no way to get all the way around it unless you could crawl up the flood control part, which was too steep for us.

What could be better than fishing and Disc Golf! Beautiful 18 hole Disc Course course in the park…read moreand a great urban lake stocked with some nice trout! Bathrooms, picnic tables, shade trees, soccer fields, it's a great place for all sorts of activities.

Negatives: no floating devices from home allowed, no food or drink or snacks. Lots of rules in…read moregeneral Overall great! Very attentive life guards, shower facilities available, lockers available (bring your own lock),floating devices for the little kids-but if the kids wear them they must have their parent near them. Even in the shallow area. Huge shallow area- super for the littles. Whole area is SHADED! Best part is that it's FREE at Least right now (I think it probably has to do with covid relief and increased community funding ) thank you democrats... at least for that.

Very rude entitled life guards. You cannot even have your child in the pool with a life jacket…read morewithout having to hold their hand or life jacket. They claim that a life vest doesn't always work. I would never go back to this pool.