Goodlettsville’s Mansker Creek disc golf course reopens after storm cleanup

Goodlettsville’s Mansker Creek Disc Golf Course is back in play, restoring an 18-hole layout that had been sidelined when North Creek Park became a temporary staging area for debris from the January winter storm.

The reopening mattered because the storm did more than scatter branches. City officials said fallen trees and limbs damaged the course, forcing repairs before players could return to the fairways that wind through Brooks Park and North Creek Park along Mansker Creek. For a course built as a low-stress introduction to disc golf, the shutdown briefly took one of the city’s most accessible outdoor recreation options offline.

Mansker Creek was designed with beginners and families in mind, not as a punishing championship track. The layout starts at Brooks Park, runs through North Creek Park’s undeveloped green space, and features views of Mansker’s Creek, with a new parking area and nearby playground helping make it an easy stop for school groups, casual players and residents looking for a straightforward round. A GoodWorks disc exchange box near Hole No. 1 adds to that mission by letting newcomers try the sport and allowing players to leave discs for others to use.

The course’s return also highlights how quickly disc golf can take hold in a community once the ground is in place. The project grew from a year-and-a-half-long, volunteer-led effort after local players brought the idea to the board of parks and recreation, and the city later funded it through its capital projects budget. The course was unofficially in use as early as May 2025, then officially dedicated at a ribbon-cutting on Aug. 28, 2025, at 5 p.m. at Brooks Park, 302 Mason Lane.

That sequence matters beyond Goodlettsville. Winter storms can leave parks with fallen timber, blocked access and damaged infrastructure, and disc golf courses are especially vulnerable because they depend on tree lines, open space and walkable paths. Goodlettsville’s response showed the basics of recovery: clear the debris, repair the damage, and get a beginner-friendly course back to service as soon as the site is safe.

The reopening also fits into a broader parks push in this part of town. Brooks Park received a new play space in 2023 through a partnership with KABOOM! and MAPCO, and city parks materials note that Goodlettsville Parks and Recreation manages six parks, with Moss-Wright Park as the largest. With Mansker Creek restored, Goodlettsville has another piece of its recreation network back in place, and one more example of how fast a community can bring play back after severe weather.