Disc Golf Courses in San Antonio

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Whether you are looking to rip a 400-foot drive across open fairways or navigate tight limestone tree lines, San Antonio offers one of the most dynamic disc golf scenes in South Texas.

From expansive municipal grounds to private Hill Country gems, the Alamo City is packed with public parks catering to complete beginners and seasoned pros alike.

Grab your bag, fire up your favorite throwing plastic, and explore the top disc golf San Antonio offers.

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Top Disc Golf San Antonio Courses in North & Northeast SA

Bryan McClain Park

Bryan McClain Park is the course to put on your list if you like having more than one way to attack a hole. 

The layout has an unusual number of left-to-right shots, which gives forehand throwers and lefties plenty of opportunities to show off. If you rely on a right-handed backhand, you’ll have to work a little harder to find your line. 

The mix of wooded, open, and hybrid holes also keeps you switching up your game. Holes 5 and 6 are the memorable stretch: one climbs a steep hill, and the next drops into a ravine if you miss your line. 

After the first five holes, the course gets less obvious to navigate, so have UDisc ready. You don’t want to spend your round wandering around wondering where the next tee went.

McClain also has an active local disc golf community, with night golf happening almost every night and monthly course cleanups. 

Just note, there are no restrooms or water on site, and heavy rain can leave the course muddy enough to cake your shoes and discs. Bring your own water and check conditions before heading out.

Live Oak Main City Park — Hillside & Lakeside

Disc golf San Antonio - Live Oak Main City Park — Hillside & Lakeside

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Live Oak Main City Park is where you go when one round just isn’t enough. The park has two courses: the Joe W. Painter Hillside DGC and the Lakeside layout. The best part is that you can play both in one day.

Hillside is the tougher of the two. Designed by John Houck, it uses the park’s hills and rocky terrain to create a demanding round with two par 5s and several par 4s. The rough is classic Texas brush, thorny, stubborn, and very good at making you wish you’d stayed on the fairway. 

On the other hand, Lakeside has 23 holes, with six water carries. The front nine gives you open fairways and room to throw, while the back nine moves into wooded tunnel shots where you’ll need more control. 

Both layouts host PDGA tournaments; however, navigation can be tricky on your first visit. Download a course map before you go, especially for Hillside. Additionally, bring water, a few extra discs, and a little patience for the rough.

Nani Falcone Community Park

Nani Falcone Community Park is a 21-hole course that gives you a full round without taking up your entire day. The 2020 redesign brought the layout to its current shape, mixing wooded holes with open drives and offering blue and red tees on every hole. 

You can play the shorter lines with friends who are still learning, or move back to the blue tees when you’re ready to work harder.

Just remember, the course doesn’t ease you in gently, and hole 21 is a known disc-eater. 

The jogging path winds through the layout, too, so expect to share the space with walkers and runners. Weekend mornings can get busy quickly, with groups already waiting at hole 1 by 9 AM.

If you’re playing in summer, bring plenty of water and aim for an earlier round. 

Universal City Park

Universal City Park has been around since 2001, and the course’s best feature is the way it moves between open fairways and dense wooded holes. 

One minute you’re throwing into the open, and the next you’re threading a disc through trees that feel like something out of Blair Witch. It’s a fun change of pace, especially if you like a course that keeps you guessing.

The 18-hole layout covers about two miles across the 32-acre park, with rolling terrain and creekside hazards adding to the challenge. Walking paths cross between holes, so keep an eye out for other park users as you play. Restrooms are available on site, too, which is always a nice bonus.

If you’d like to meet other players, the ACDC League runs weekly singles and doubles events on Sundays. 

Premier Disc Golf San Antonio Venues in South & West SA

Pearsall Park

Pearsall Park is not the course to pick when you’re hoping for a stroll between throws. 

Built on a reclaimed landfill, its artificial hills give the 18-hole layout some of the biggest elevation changes you’ll find in San Antonio, and you’ll feel them in your legs. The walk from hole 8 to 9 is particularly notorious. 

Add strong winds at the top of those hills, and suddenly choosing the right disc matters just as much as choosing the right line.

The open hillside holes give you plenty of room to air one out, while tighter, tree-lined holes make the back section more technical. Steep downhill shots reward a little restraint. Get too aggressive, and your disc can disappear well off your intended line. 

Take note of hole 12, which has its own special hazard: cactus along the right side. If your disc ends up in there, good luck, and maybe bring tweezers.

There’s very little shade, so water is essential, especially during a summer round. 

Northwest Vista College Disc Golf Course

Disc golf San Antonio - Northwest Vista College Disc Golf Course

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Don’t bring your biggest driver to Northwest Vista College expecting to put it to work. Here, what matters more is whether you can thread a disc through a gap than how far you can throw it. 

The course was built to introduce more people to disc golf, but the tight lines make it surprisingly demanding. Dense oak trees line the fairways, and the short holes require you to focus on accuracy, touch, and approach shots. 

There is one unusual obstacle to keep in mind: the final hole crosses an active campus driveway. During school hours, you’ll need to wait for traffic before throwing. This is a college campus, too, so the no-smoking and no-alcohol rules are enforced by campus police. 

If you’re looking for disc golf courses in San Antonio that reward accuracy over brute force, Northwest Vista is worth the trip to the city’s west side.

Suburban & Metro Area Disc Golf Courses

The Zip Disc Golf Course

The Zip is not your typical city-park round. For starters, you’re playing on the grounds of Helotes Hill Country Zip Lines, with limestone terrain, a creek running through the property, and enough elevation to make you feel like you got more than just a disc golf workout. 

Watch out for hole 3. This monster is a 915-foot par 4 that sends you downhill from an elevated ridge toward a basket near the creek. Other holes tighten up under the trees, with low ceilings, mandatories, and OB lines waiting to punish a throw that gets a little too ambitious. So, you can bomb a few drives, then immediately have to dial things back and actually think about your next shot.

You’ll cover about two miles over a two- to three-hour round, with the mix of open and wooded holes keeping the walk from feeling repetitive. Weekend players can check in at the snack shop, but on weekdays, call ahead first. 

Starcke Park Disc Golf Course

Disc golf San Antonio - Starcke Park Disc Golf Course

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Starcke Park’s biggest obstacle is also its best feature: the trees. The course sits in a former pecan orchard along the Guadalupe River, and the mature pecans hang low enough that you can’t just launch your favorite driver and hope for the best. 

You’ll spend plenty of the round figuring out how to get your disc under, around, or through branches that seem personally offended by your shot selection.

Most of the 18 holes are flat, so the walk itself isn’t much of a battle. But holes 8 through 10 change things up with some elevation, including hole 9, the longest hole on the course, which climbs uphill through the trees. 

You also get the practical stuff that makes a round easier: restrooms, drinking water, and a course map near hole 1. If you like disc golf courses where the trees do most of the trash-talking, Starcke Park is worth the trip to Seguin.

Graytown Park Disc Golf Course

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Graytown Park is the kind of course that can make you wonder why you don’t come out this way more often. Designed by John Houck, the same designer behind Live Oak’s Hillside course, this par 57 layout follows the San Antonio River.

The front nine gives you longer, more open holes, with more than 70 planted trees starting to mature into serious obstacles. Then the back nine gets hillier, tighter, and much less forgiving. 

Short and long tees throughout let you decide how much trouble you’re willing to get yourself into.

Graytown is also pleasantly quiet. It’s common to have only a group or two around, which is a nice change if you’re used to waiting behind a crowd at busier San Antonio courses. 

The rough, naturally, remains very Texas. There are fire ants, stickers, and the occasional snake lurking where you’re least interested in looking for your disc. 

For outdoor recreation in the San Antonio area, Graytown gives you something a little different: a well-kept course, plenty of room to breathe, and enough variety that the drive out to East Bexar feels worthwhile.

Schlather Park

Schlather Park looks friendly enough when you first arrive. It’s open, mostly flat, and doesn’t have a wall of trees waiting to slap your disc into the rough. Then the wind picks up, the marsh starts looking a little too close to your landing zone, and you remember that an open course can still make you work.

This free 18-hole course in Cibolo is a good place to work on your midrange game and shot placement. Most holes give you room to shape your throws, while marshy areas and creek beds add some teeth around the fairways. 

Holes 5 and 7, in particular, are blind, so your first round may involve a little guesswork, and a healthy amount of trust that you actually picked the right line.

However, maintenance can be hit or miss. Tee signs sometimes disappear and stay gone, while grass can get high enough between mowings that finding your disc becomes part of the round. After rain, some of the low areas can stay wet for days.

There are rattlesnakes in the area, too, so don’t go rummaging through the brush without looking where you’re putting your hands. Check recent UDisc conditions before you go, especially after a storm.

Out of Bounds DGC

Nine holes can sound like a warm-up until you play Out of Bounds. This Cibolo course has holes that average around 300 feet, but the semi-wooded layout is tight enough that a bad angle can turn a perfectly respectable drive into an immediate search party.

Every hole has an alternate tee, so you can play a second loop and get a full 18 without simply repeating the same round. But, the course rewards control and shot shaping more than raw distance, and finding the right lines takes some getting used to. 

The course also has a pro shop run by the Cowan family where you can find thousands of new and used discs. 

Out of Bounds also hosts Friday night golf from the shorter tees, along with regular putting and approach contests with prizes. The course is free, but there’s one catch: you can only play during store hours. Check before you head over, then give yourself time to browse the shop after your round.

  • When: Saturday and Tuesday – Wednesday: 10 am – 3 pm | Thursday: 4 pm – 7 pm | Friday: 10 am – 8 pm
  • Where: 549 Tolle Rd, Cibolo, TX 78108
  • How much: Free

Know Before You Go: Outdoor Recreation in San Antonio

While many of these disc golf courses are situated within San Antonio city limits (such as McClain and Pearsall), several premier tracks sit in surrounding metro suburbs like Live Oak, Universal City, Helotes, and Schertz.

Drivers can reach almost all courses within a 20- to 30-minute commute from downtown San Antonio via I-35, Loop 1604, or I-10.

Texas heat can be intense from late spring through early autumn, so pack plenty of water, sun protection, and insect repellent. Most public courses also operate on a first-come, first-served basis, but private venues like The Zip require advance tee time reservations.

Common Questions about Disc Golf San Antonio

How much does a round of disc golf cost in San Antonio?

The vast majority of public disc golf courses in San Antonio public parks are completely free to play. You only need your own discs. Private courses in the region (such as The Zip in Helotes) charge a small day-use fee, typically around $10 per player.

What is the 35 rule in disc golf?

The “35 Rule” generally refers to guidelines regarding throwing technique or distance adjustments based on wind conditions (or putting within 35 feet of the basket, where step-putting is restricted by PDGA rules).

In general tournament play, any putt within 10 meters (32.8 feet) requires a player to maintain full balance without stepping past the mini marker.

Where are the best disc golf stores in San Antonio, TX to buy discs?

San Antonio has several great local options for gear. Independent outdoor shops, specialty sports retailers like Knight Hands Disc Golf, and major sporting goods stores like Academy Sports + Outdoors carry wide selections of plastic, bags, and targets.

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