Dover Township adds community disc golf course at Eagle View Park
Eagle View Park will add a disc golf course aimed at families and newer players, widening Dover Township’s park options as the site’s phased buildout continues.
Dover Township is adding a disc golf course at Eagle View Park, giving residents another low-cost way to use the township’s newest park and opening a public playing option built around the site’s open space and natural contours. The township said the layout is being designed for individuals, families, youth groups and experienced disc golfers alike, a sign that this will be a course meant to welcome beginners without leaving more seasoned players bored.
The course is only the latest layer in a long buildout at Eagle View Park, which sits on the former Mid-Atlantic Golf Course property directly behind the Dover Township Building at 2480 W. Canal Road in Dover, Pennsylvania. The township bought the land in 2011, held a public meeting on the master plan in February 2018, and has described the park as its newest recreation property, developed in phases rather than all at once.
That phased approach has been tied closely to public funding and infrastructure work. Dover Township said it received a $1,497,792 Pennsylvania DEP Growing Greener grant in 2019 for the Fox Run Stream Restoration Project, and township materials say that work also allowed grading of the old golf course property for future park features. The township also said it contributed about $202,000 per year to the York County Stormwater Consortium between 2019 and 2023 and sought reimbursement of $605,000 for moving a sewer interceptor through the property. First park improvements went in during 2022 with a $250,000 DCNR grant and a $200,000 Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Greenways, Trails, Recreation and Parks Program grant.
The disc golf addition fits the same recreation strategy now driving Phase 2 of Eagle View Park, which includes a baseball field, access road from Municipal Road, main parking area and connecting trails. The township’s 2025 recreation update said Phase 2 went out to bid at the end of 2025, contracts were awarded, and completion is expected by September 2026. That makes the disc golf course part of a larger park system taking shape around walking, field sports and trail access rather than a standalone attraction.
It also reflects where disc golf is finding traction nationally. ICMA says roughly 90% of U.S. disc golf courses are on public land, a pattern that favors towns with room to route fairways through existing terrain. ICMA also cites a course designer saying about 10 acres are needed for a nine-hole course and about twice that for 18 holes, numbers that help explain why former golf property can be such a natural fit. Dover Township has seen that appeal before: a 2021 regional blog post said a disc golf club approached the township and was rewarded with an 18-hole, par-three amateur course. At Eagle View Park, the township is again betting that disc golf can turn open land into a steady draw for everyday recreation.
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