L.A. County's Disc Golf Courses, Ranked. La Mirada's 37 Free Holes Win.

Ranked by number of holes, then by what it costs to play and whether the course posts its hours.

La Mirada Regional Park has the best disc golf in Los Angeles County's parks, and it isn't close. It has two courses with 37 holes between them, and nobody charges you a dime to throw on either one, according to UDisc's listings for the Front and Back courses. Everyone else is playing for second.

It's a short field. The county's own FAQ names two places to play disc golf, Veterans Memorial Community Regional Park in Sylmar and La Mirada Community Regional Park. UDisc, the disc golf app and course directory, adds a third: a 27-hole course inside the county's Whittier Narrows Recreation Area. For details, the county's disc golf page tells players to contact the parks.

The order below goes by holes, then by cost, then by whether the course posts when it's open. UDisc also lists a nine-hole course at Kenneth Hahn, whose state recreation area appears on the county's park list. Its fee and hours couldn't be confirmed, so it sits this one out.

None of the three ranked courses is new. La Mirada dates to 1976, Whittier Narrows to 1978 and Sylmar to 1980. UDisc's Whittier Narrows page says the three co-hosted the first PDGA world championships in 1982. Forty-four years later, they're still the ones to beat.

1. La Mirada Community Regional Park, La Mirada. The Front course has 19 holes looping a lake, most of them 257 to 331 feet. The Back has 18 holes, is rated hard and was No. 93 in the world on UDisc's 2020 list. Its fourth hole runs 644 feet, a par 4 on a layout where 16 of the 18 holes are par 3s. Both courses carry 4.5 stars from more than 5,000 ratings each. Neither listing posts hours, which is the only smudge on the card.

2. Veterans Memorial Community Regional Park, Sylmar. Here's my hot take, and I'll defend it: Sylmar over Whittier Narrows, nine fewer holes and all. It's listed at 18 holes, though the current layout plays 19 because hole 4 has two baskets. It's free. And it's the only one of the three whose listing posts hours for the course itself: 6 a.m. to sunset, every day.

Sylmar isn't the easy pick, either. UDisc's page calls the back nine tough, hilly terrain, treats all concrete as out of bounds and tells players to bring plenty of water because temperatures can hit 100. Players still rate it 4.3 stars to Whittier Narrows' 4.0.

3. Whittier Narrows Recreation Area, South El Monte. It's the biggest single course in the county's parks: 27 holes on flat ground, built for long throws with few trees in the way, per UDisc. Playing is free. Parking isn't, at least on weekends. The lot also closes Mondays and Tuesdays, though the course stays playable. The curb isn't much friendlier: the listing warns against parking on Lexington-Gallatin after 7 p.m. or during Thursday street sweeping.

It's also missing from the county FAQ's list of places to play, which is an odd way to treat 27 holes.

On a Wednesday, Whittier Narrows costs nothing. On a Saturday, those extra nine holes come with a $7 parking lot.

Source: udisc.com, retrieved October 31, 2026. Other sources: udisc.com (2), Los Angeles County, udisc.com (3), Los Angeles County (2), udisc.com (4), udisc.com (5).