North Park (Mineral Springs)
Please login in order to update or add a course.
Rating:
(3 votes)
Location:
Extra Location(s):
First Tee: (47.705,-122.336)
Course Details:
# Holes: 18
Target Type: Mach3
Tee Type: Concrete
Elevation: 50/50 Flat/Hills
Foliage: Woodsy
Course Length: 4885
Alternate Length: 0
Hole Length:
Under 300ft: 16
300 – 400ft: 2
Over 400ft: 0
Contact:
Link(s):
Bookmark:
Course Description:
Very technical in a small area. Weaves through and around trees on 4 acres in old arboretum. Well maintained. Manicured pathways. 14 baskets and a combination of dual tees make 18.
Course Established: 1987
Additional Course Information:
Additional Course Information for North Park (Mineral Springs):
Directions:
I-5 to Northgate Way (exit 173), west to a left on Meridian, to a right on 105th St., to Wallingford.
Reviews:
Proud Sponsors
Fun and challenging course. Lots of trees, which can be frustrating but fun in a challenging way. There are 18 holes, but you pretty much replay the front nine from different tees and sometimes a different basket (that's the only reason I don't give this a 5).
Tight and technical. Way too overcrowded. If I was just evaluating the course, and not the experience of playing the course, I'd easily give this three stars, but...
Only nine holes, which you replay from an alternate tee, or possibly shoot for a different basket, which isn't necessarily bad, but the fact that this course is in the middle of North Seattle means that there are just too many people to functionally repeat the back nine. And it's way too easy to have discs flying at you from four different holes at once.
I played this course a lot when I was first starting, because it was close, but I always went in the middle of a weekday, and at this point, I'll probably never go back. Don't try it for the first time on a sunny Saturday, and avoid it like the plague on 04/20, unless you can throw while wearing a football helmet.
*g
Playing on this course is appropriately called, "chuck and duck". It's barely enough space to host 9 holes, much less 18 and discs are flying everywhere all the time. This park is a former arboretum and hosts a nice variety of trees, plants and flowers. There are some fun and challenging holes (especially with the local mandos and OBs) but the layout is confusing and it is too crowded. Fun to play once you've learned the layout and only on uncrowded days (fairly rare).