The 100 U.S. Disc Golf Courses People Most Want To Play

It's a huge honor to be among the world's best disc golf courses or the top five disc golf courses in a U.S. state based on the ratings of players who've walked a track's fairways and experienced what it has to offer. It's also an accomplishment when your course builds such a great reputation that tons of disc golfers who've never stepped foot there are dreaming of the day that they can. Here we recognize 100 U.S. courses that are doing an amazing job at generating just that sort of hype.

The rankings are based on the number of times U.S. disc golf courses have been added to player wishlists in UDisc, the world's top disc golf app, over the last year.

How Does Wishlisting Disc Golf Courses in UDisc Work?

Every time you view a course on the UDisc app where you have no recorded rounds, you'll see the Add to Wishlist option to the right of the course rating. If you tap it,  the course is then added to your wishlist. When you search for courses, you can filter by wishlist and see where the courses are in the world that have caught your eye.

You can also see a map of every course you've wishlisted when you...

1. Open the UDisc app
2. Tap the More tab
3. Scroll to Discover
4. Tap Courses played / wishlist
5. Tap Wishlist near the top of your screen

If you're going on trips, this is a great way to see if any of your must-plays are anywhere near your destination (or if you end up with clusters in certain areas, a good way to plan your next trip). Once you play a course, your wish has been fulfilled, and it leaves your wishlist.

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How Did You Make the List of the 100 U.S. Disc Golf Courses People Most Want to Play in 2024?

The method behind these rankings is simple: We ranked U.S. courses based on how many disc golfers with UDisc added them to their wishlists over the last year. To keep these rankings fresh and reflective of what courses disc golfers are currently most interested in playing, no wishlist additions prior to a year from when we pulled the stats (early October 2024) were used to create these rankings.

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Which U.S. States Have the Most Disc Golf Courses People Dream of Playing?

Like in 2023, disc golf courses in North Carolina appear far more often in our U.S.-focused wishlist rankings than those in any other state. And – also like in 2023 – five of the courses from the Tar Heel State are in or near Charlotte, North Carolina, which is one of the best places for disc golf in the country and world. 

If you check out the table above, you'll see that means that the Charlotte area alone has more courses in the top wishlist rankings than all but 44 entire U.S. states.

You can learn more about two North Carolina tracks that made the list right here on this blog: Perennial world top 100 course Diavolo and the ever-more-esteemed Neatman Creek, which became the state's top-ranked disc golf course for the first time in 2024.

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Some Things Worth Noticing About This Top 100

• Is the Maple Hill getting easier to climb?
  Spoiler: The hallowed Maple Hill in Massachusetts – current world #4, world #1 from 2021-2023, and host of the annual MVP Open on the Disc Golf Pro Tour – still reigns as the United States' most-wishlisted course. However, it didn't dominate the rankings as much as it did last year. In 2023, the #2 spot had 36.9% fewer wishlists. In 2024, the closest course is just 9% behind, and there were four total courses closer behind Maple Hill than 2023's #2 was.
• McBumps
  Two courses with connections to six-time pro world champion Paul McBeth are in the top 15 of the most wishlisted courses. One is the McBeth-designed New London Tech course, which is 2024's third most-wishlisted in the country likely thanks to getting in front of a lot of disc golfers' eyes as one host of the 2024 Professional Disc Golf World Championships. The other is Olympus Disc Golf Course, the new name of the Gran Canyon course in Florida where the popular Throw Down the Mountain tournament was held for years. The course was always temporary, but the property was going to be lost to disc golf forever before McBeth and Major League Baseball pitcher Dylan Cease decided to buy it and create a more regularly-open pay-to-play there.
• No duds
  The average rating of the courses in this top 100 is 4.7 out of 5. There are only five courses that made the cut that are rated below 4.5, with the lowest-rated of those coming in at 4.2.
• Still no non-contiguous states in the top 100
  Just like last year, neither an Alaskan or Hawaiian course made the top 100 though it feels like they're the sorts of places wishes are made for.

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What to Know Before Reading This Top 100

• Mobile and tablet users can swipe left/right on the table to see all columns.
• You can see photos, reviews, availability, and more of any course in the table by just tapping or clicking its name.
• The U.S. Wish Grade is based on how often a course was wishlisted in the UDisc app as compared to the #1 most wishlisted course in the country. Like a test graded on a curve, the #1 course has a score of 100.0 and the other courses' grades are based on how their wishlist totals measure up to that top mark.
• The Rating is the course's rating out of five stars based on the opinions of disc golfers with UDisc at the time we pulled these stats shortly before the publication date. The current course rating may be different in the directory than it is here.
• The layout difficulty rating symbols mean the following:
  Easy
  
  Moderate 
  
  Challenging 
  
  Very challenging
  
  Click or tap to learn more about the UDisc course difficulty rating system. Courses with no symbols in this column have not created Smart Layouts, which are needed for course difficulty ratings.
• A green dollar sign ($) under "Fee?" means a course is a traditional pay-to-play.
• A gray dollar sign ($) under "Fee?" means donations are encouraged at the course but it is technically free to play.
• A blue dollar sign ($) means that there is a fee associated with playing a course that isn't directly related to disc golf. Examples include parks that charge entry fees no matter what activity park-goers plan to do and parking fees. 
• No dollar sign means a course is free to play as far as we know.

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The 100 U.S. Disc Golf Courses People Most Want to Play in 2024

Rank	Disc Golf Course	State	City	U.S. Wish Grade	Rating (out of 5)	Free or Pay-to-Play?	Layout Difficulties	2023 to 2024 Change
1	Maple Hill	Massachusetts	Leicester	100	4.9	$		Same
2	Championship Course at Eagles Crossing	Missouri	New Truxton	91	4.9	$		▲9
3	New London Tech Disc Golf Course	Virginia	Forest	80	4.8			▲6
4	Faylor Lake DiscGolfPark	Pennsylvania	Beaver Springs	76	4.8			▼2
5	Beaver Ranch Disc Golf Course	Colorado	Conifer	69	4.8	$		▲2
6	The Canyons at Dellwood Park	Illinois	Lockport	59	4.8			▲11
7	Idlewild	Kentucky	Burlington	56	4.8			▼3
8	Blue Ribbon Pines	Minnesota	East Bethel	56	4.8	$		▲2
9	Persimmon Ridge Disc Golf Course	Arkansas	Greenbrier	55	4.9	$		▲37
10	North Cove Disc Golf: Boulders	North Carolina	Marion	54	4.8	$		▼7
11	Flip City Disc Golf Park	Michigan	Shelby	51	4.8	$		▲13
12	Olympus Disc Golf Course (formerly Gran Canyon)	Florida	Brooksville	51	4.8	$		▲22
13	Caliber Disc Golf Course	Idaho	Sandpoint	51	4.9	$		▲17
14	The Diavolo Disc Golf Course at New Hope Park	North Carolina	Cary	50	4.8			▲4
15	Brewster Ridge Disc Golf Course	Vermont	Cambridge	48	4.9	$		▼10
16	Northwood Park - Black	Illinois	Morton	47	4.8			▲4
17	Flying Armadillo Disc Golf Course - Gold Mini	Texas	San Marcos	47	4.8	$		▲11
18	Pier Park	Oregon	Portland	45	4.7			▲3
19	Harmony Bends	Missouri	Columbia	45	4.8			Same
20	Fox Run Meadows	Vermont	Cambridge	45	4.9	$		▼8
21	Milo McIver (east)	Oregon	Estacada	44	4.7	$		▼8
22	Brooktrails	California	Willits	44	4.7	$		▲41
23	Wondervu Disc Golf Course	Colorado	Golden	43	4.7	$		Same
24	Base Camp Adventure	Utah	Moab	43	4.8	$		▲30
25	Sugaree	North Carolina	Newland	41	4.9	$		▲12
26	Fire Mountain Disc Golf Sanctuary	North Carolina	Cherokee	40	4.6			▼4
27	Echo Valley Disc Golf Course	Ohio	Waynesville	40	4.7			▲26
28	Neatman Creek	North Carolina	Germanton	40	4.8	$		▲40
29	The Regulator at Rock Creek	North Carolina	Burlington	40	4.8			▲57
30	Lake Arvesta Farms	Michigan	South Haven	39	4.7	$		▲32
31	Nevin Park	North Carolina	Charlotte	38	4.6			▲11
32	Kensington Toboggan (Warning: Availability brief)	Michigan	Milford Charter Township	37	4.8	$		▼18
33	Sprinkle Valley Disc Golf Course	Texas	Austin	37	4.6	$		New
34	Mile Marker 63	Massachusetts	East Brookfield	37	4.8	$		New
35	Whistler's Bend	Oregon	Roseburg	36	4.7			▼9
36	DeLaveaga Disc Golf Course	California	Santa Cruz	36	4.8	$		▼11
37	Hornets Nest Park	North Carolina	Charlotte	36	4.6			▼21
38	Bear Mountain	Colorado	Bailey	35	4.8	$		▼8
39	Hobb's Farm Disc Golf	Georgia	Carrollton	35	4.8			▲13
40	Winthrop University	South Carolina	Rock Hill	34	4.4			▼3
41	Zephyr Cove Park	Nevada	Glenbrook	33	4.7			▼11
42	The Fort	Utah	Ogden	32	4.7	$		▲3
43	Stafford Woods	New Jersey	Voorhees Township	31	4.8			▲8
44	BuckSnort	Colorado	Pine	31	4.9	$		New
45	Wildcat Bluff	Iowa	Vinton	31	4.8			▲12
46	Silver Creek Park	Wisconsin	Manitowoc	31	4.7			▲51
47	Meadowbrook Orchards	Massachusetts	Sterling	31	4.7	$		▼4
48	Caesar Ford Park - Championship	Ohio	Xenia	30	4.7			▲29
49	Pickard Park	Iowa	Indianola	30	4.7			▼13
50	The Hideaway DGR: Roadrunner	Texas	Terrell	30	4.8	$		New
51	Shelton Springs	Washington	Shelton	30	4.7			▼19
52	Johnny Roberts Disc Golf Course	Colorado	Arvada	30	4.4			▼8
53	Bryant Lake Park	Minnesota	Eden Prairie	30	4.8	$		▲5
54	Fountain Hills Disc Golf Course	Arizona	Fountain Hills	30	4.5			▲26
T55	Deer Lakes Park	Pennsylvania	Tarentum	29	4.7			▲24
T55	Sandy Point Disc Golf Ranch	Wisconsin	Lac du Flambeau	29	4.8	$		▲9
T55	Kayak Point Disc Golf Resort – Red	Washington	Warm Beach	29	4.8	$		New
T58	Renegade's Trail	Michigan	Delhi Charter Township	29	4.7	$		New
T58	The Scrapyard Disc Golf Course	North Carolina	Matthews	29	4.6			▲34
60	The Claytons	Tennessee	Maryville	29	4.6			▼11
61	North Bluff	Michigan	Gladstone	29	4.7			▲24
T62	Harmon Hills	Tennessee	Limestone	29	4.8	$		▲22
T62	Lakeview Disc Golf Course at Moraine State Park	Pennsylvania	West Liberty	29	4.7			▲3
64	Flying Armadillo Disc Golf Course - Big Course	Texas	San Marcos	28	4.7	$		▼3
65	Thunderbird Gardens Disc Golf Course	Utah	Cedar City	28	4.6			▼26
T66	Ghost Town	Colorado	Central City	28	4.5	$		▼33
T66	Roy G. Guerrero Disc Golf Course	Texas	Austin	28	4.6			▲21
T68	Cannon Ridge	Virginia	Fredericksburg	27	4.7			▲2
T68	Wildhorse	Nevada	Henderson	27	4.5	$		▼28
70	Brazos Park East (The BEast)	Texas	Waco	27	4.6			▼35
71	BC3 Disc Golf	Indiana	Nashville	26	4.7	$		▲24
72	Lula O.G.	Georgia	Lula	26	4.7	$		New
73	Rollin Ridge	Wisconsin	Reedsville	26	4.7	$		▲26
74	Oak Grove [Hahamongna Park]	California	La Cañada Flintridge	26	4.4			▼18
75	Muddy Run Disc Golf Course	Pennsylvania	Bethesda	25	4.7			Same
T76	Lucky Mud	Washington	Skamokawa	25	4.8	$		▲20
T76	Rolling Pines	North Carolina	North Wilkesboro	25	4.7			▼2
78	Makoshika State Park- Buccaneer Flats	Montana	Glendive	25	4.7			New
79	Wilcox Memorial Park	New York	Stanfordville	25	4.7			New
T80	Eastway Park	North Carolina	Charlotte	25	4.5			▼3
T80	Milo McIver (west)	Oregon	Estacada	25	4.6	$		▼53
T80	Tjader Acres	Wisconsin	Siren	25	4.7	$		New
83	Standing Rocks	Wisconsin	Stevens Point	24	4.7	$		New
T84	Golden Gate Park	California	San Francisco	24	4.6			▼18
T84	North Cove Disc Golf: Gorge	North Carolina	Marion	24	4.7	$		▼78
86	North Las Vegas Municipal Disc Golf Club	Nevada	North Las Vegas	24	4.2	$		New
87	Oggwood Disc Golf Course	Tennessee	Cedar Hill	24	4.7			New
T88	Little Mulberry Park	Georgia	Dacula	23	4.7			New
T88	North Cove Disc Golf: River Run	North Carolina	Marion	23	4.6	$		▼73
90	Westy Acres	Massachusetts	Greenfield	23	4.7			New
91	Bradford Park	North Carolina	Davidson	23	4.7			New
92	Picnic Island	Florida	Tampa	23	4.5			▼19
T93	Eagle Ridge	Ohio	Coshocton	23	4.7			New
T93	Harry Myers Disc Golf Course	Texas	Rockwall	23	4.7			New
95	Wild Times at Eagles Crossing	Missouri	Hawk Point	23	4.7	$		New
96	Shelly Sharpe Memorial Disc Golf Course	Arizona	Scottsdale	23	4.3			▼25
97	Seven Oaks	Tennessee	Nashville	23	4.5			▼37
98	Broken Chains	Pennsylvania	Lincoln University	22	4.7			New
99	Reedy Creek Disc Golf Course	North Carolina	Charlotte	22	4.5			▼6
100	Arrowhead Disc Golf Course	Kentucky	Louisville	22	4.8			New

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