Mineral Springs Park Disc Golf Course

Mineral Springs Park sits along the south side of Northgate Way in North Seattle, on ground that once held houses and small farms before it became parkland; stone walls, ponds and specimen trees such as redwood, aspen and dogwood are leftovers of that landscaped history, along with a birch grove, a wildflower meadow and Stacy Levy's 'Cloud Stones' sculpture installation. It's one of just two disc golf courses inside Seattle city limits — the other is a seasonal pilot at Jackson Park Golf Course — which makes this small, all-volunteer-run course a fixture for North Seattle players.

The Mineral Springs Disc Golf Club, an all-volunteer nonprofit, maintains the course and serves as the city's point of contact for it, hosting league play, tournaments and other events for a membership that has run into the dozens in recent years. Locally the course is called 'North Park.' A neighborhood write-up describes it as a well-designed starter course that plays as 18 holes off roughly nine baskets using alternate tee positions, packed into a compact, wooded footprint — tight, close-together fairways rather than long open ones. Play is free, with no tee times, during the park's 6 a.m.–10 p.m. hours.