Camping: no
Facilities: yes
Pay to Play: no
Handicap Accessible: no
Private: no
Tee Signs: yes

Course Details

Target Type: DISCatcher
Tee Type: Natural
Elevation: Rolling
Foliage: Scattered
Course Length: 2,758ft
Hole Length: Under 300ft: 5 | 300 - 400ft: 3 | Over 400ft: 1
Course Designer: Explore Disc Golf

Description

In the Orchard Hill area of the UMass Amherst campus, this course offers sweeping views of the mountains surrounding the Pioneer Valley. A mix of wooded and open field holes along with a pond. On the old site of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, it brings to light equestrian relics, experimental test plots and old growth forests.

Directions

From I-91; Route 9 into Amherst Center, left on South Pleasant St. by Amherst College. Go straight through all stop lights to a left on Orchard Hill Dr. Park in back left corner of Lot 49 and walk up hill to the 1st tee next to the observatory. Parking: UMass patrols from 9am to 5pm Mon - Fri. Park at your own risk. Biking and alternate parking (next to tee #6 on East Pleasant St) is encouraged.

Links

Explore Disc Golf Design, Orchard Hill Disc Golf page, UMass Parking

Contact

Email: Brian Giggey #43808
Alt. Phone: 413-355-0410