Successful Models
Of the over 3,000 disc golf courses located throughout the U.S., many are in parks very similar to Leddy. Disc golf is safe for people and forests, can and does exist within parks just like Leddy all over the country, and shares space with walking trails and other recreational activities with no problem.
Here are a few concrete examples.
- In Edora Park (Fort Collins, CO), a 65 acre park (Leddy is 75 acres), an 18-hole disc golf course coexists with a playground, multiple ball fields, a skating rink, tennis courts, walking trails, a swimming pool, etc. And the park is abutted on multiple sides by residential neighborhoods.
- In Sedgley Woods (Fairmount Park, PA), an 18-hole (now 27 holes) disc golf course was installed throughout densely wooded forest in 1978.
- In NAD Park (Bremerton, WA), an 18-hole disc golf course was installed through 20 acres of old growth forest.
- In Pease Park (Austin, TX), a 42 acre park, an 18-hole disc golf course coexists with softball, a swimming pool, volleyball courts, three miles of walking trails, a playground, and a picnic area. This park is also surrounded on multiple sides by houses.
- In Pier Park (Portland, OR), an 87 acre park, a heavily wooded 18-hole disc golf course coexists with baseball, basketball, paved and unpaved walking paths, picnic areas, playground, skatepark, soccer field, softball field, tennis court and wading pool. Pier park is surrounded on three sides by residential neighborhoods.