Freedom Park
Burley, Idaho
| Address: | Freedom Park, Burley, ID |
| GPS: |
42°32'30.5"N 113°45'56.1"W Maps | Directions |
| State: | Idaho |
| Disc Golf Holes: | 9 |
| Disc Golf Tee Type: | Natural |
| Disc Golf Target Type: | Basket |
Disc Golf
Freedom Park is Burley's disc golf course, a friendly nine-hole layout in the Magic Valley of south-central Idaho, and it does exactly what a good small-town course should: it's free, it's easy, and it welcomes anyone who wants to give the sport a try. Burley isn't a big disc golf town, so this course carries the whole scene on its shoulders, and it earns a solid 4.0 out of 5 across more than 260 community reviews, which is a genuinely good mark.
The course plays nine holes rated easy, covering roughly seven-tenths of a mile of walking and taking well under an hour. That combination makes it ideal for beginners, kids, and anyone with a lunch break and a couple of discs in the car. It's the sort of layout where you can teach someone the game in a single round without them ever losing a disc or their patience.
It's free to play with no check-in, no tee times and no fuss. You show up, you throw. Burley sits along the Snake River in a farming region between Twin Falls and Pocatello, and the course serves as the local hub, with the wider region holding a surprising number of courses for anyone travelling through and looking to string a few together.
As a public park course, it shares its space with other users, walkers, families and kids, so a look downrange before releasing a drive is basic courtesy on the more open holes. The Magic Valley is high desert farm country, which means the course is open, sunny and frequently windy, and that wind is its own kind of challenge; learning to throw into a south Idaho breeze will do more for your game than most practice.
Spring through fall is the natural season, with summer days hot but manageable and winter shutting things down under snow. Mornings and evenings are the pleasant windows in July and August.
Bring water, sun protection, and a putter and midrange more than a full distance bag, since this is a control course rather than a power one. For anyone in Burley, Rupert or Heyburn wanting a free, quick, genuinely beginner-friendly round, or a traveller breaking up the drive across southern Idaho on I-84, Freedom Park is a welcome and well-liked little course.
More Information
Freedom Park DGA - Burley, Idaho | UDisc Disc Golf Course Directory
Parking on airport Way across the street from the US Air Force fighter jet.
https://udisc.com/courses/freedom-park-dga-WjZG
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- Travel & camp on durable surfaces
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- Leave what you find
- Minimize campfire impacts
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Directions
From Burley, Idaho
- Head west on E 14th St toward Overland Ave (128 ft)
- Turn right at the 1st cross street onto Overland Ave (0.2 mi)
- Turn right at the 2nd cross street onto US-30 E/E Main StContinue to follow US-30 E(1.7 mi)
- Turn left (151 ft)
- Turn left (420 ft)
I-84; exit 211. Go south on ID-24 for 2.6 miles to a right into the park (just over the bridge).Courtesy of DiscGolfUnited.com
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