The Basket Stands Ready
On a weekday morning at Slayter Creek Park, located at 425 W. Rosamond Parkway in Anna, the metal basket at the end of a fairway catches the early September light the way a goalpost does at dusk — patient, purposeful, waiting for someone to take a shot at it. The grass is still holding its color. The course is open. And nobody is standing at a counter asking for your name.
That last detail matters more than it might seem. In a city that has grown fast enough over the past several years to require bond-funded school construction and new residential infrastructure, the question of where a person can simply show up and do something active — no app, no appointment, no fee — has a more complicated answer than it once did. Slayter Creek Park’s disc golf course is one of the cleaner answers Anna currently offers.
What Open Play Actually Means
Disc golf at Slayter Creek Park operates on an open-play basis. There is no registration process, no season pass to purchase, and no time slot to reserve. Residents can arrive whenever the park is accessible and walk the course at their own pace. For those who do not own discs — the specialized flying discs that function as the clubs of this sport, each shaped differently to achieve distance, control, or precision — the city has made equipment available to borrow on-site.
That borrowing provision is not a minor convenience. Disc golf has historically attracted players who already own a bag of discs accumulated over years of play, but the sport has expanded its audience considerably in recent years, drawing in people who are curious but not yet committed. The option to try the course without buying anything first removes the friction that keeps a lot of casual interest from becoming actual participation.
For a community like Anna, where many residents are relatively new to the city and still learning what is available to them, that kind of low-barrier entry can be the difference between a park amenity that gets used and one that gets walked past.
The Park Itself
Slayter Creek Park is not a small slice of maintained lawn. It is one of Anna’s more substantial green spaces, and the disc golf course is integrated into that larger environment rather than tucked into a corner. Players move through the kind of terrain that gives a course its personality — elevation changes, tree lines, open stretches — navigating from tee pad to basket across a layout that rewards familiarity but does not punish newcomers.
The park’s address on W. Rosamond Parkway places it within reasonable reach of Anna’s residential neighborhoods, and the surrounding area reflects the city’s ongoing growth. New subdivisions have continued to fill in around the city’s core, and parks like Slayter Creek serve as shared ground for residents who may not otherwise have much occasion to interact with their neighbors.
Disc golf, perhaps more than many other park activities, tends to generate that kind of sideways socialization. Groups form organically on the course. Strangers offer tips on a particular hole. Someone who came alone leaves having had several conversations. It is a sport that tolerates solitude but rewards company.
A Growing Sport in a Growing City
Disc golf’s national growth over the past decade has been well-documented — courses that once served niche audiences now draw players of all ages and experience levels. In North Texas specifically, the sport has found a particularly receptive audience, with municipal courses across the region seeing increased traffic as the game’s profile has risen.
Anna’s course at Slayter Creek sits within that broader context, but the local dimension is what gives it meaning for residents. Anna is a city that has been building: new school campuses funded by a November 2022 voter-approved bond, new athletic facilities at Anna High School, new library programming at 111 W. 5th Street. The disc golf course at Slayter Creek represents a different kind of civic investment — quieter, less ceremonial, but no less real in what it offers.
For families with children old enough to throw a disc but not yet old enough for organized league play, the course provides structured outdoor activity without the overhead of registration deadlines or practice schedules. For adults who want exercise that does not feel like exercise, walking eighteen holes on a pleasant September morning qualifies. For older residents who find the sport’s pace and low physical impact appealing, the course accommodates that use as readily as it accommodates competitive play.
What to Know Before You Go
The practical information is straightforward. Slayter Creek Park is located at 425 W. Rosamond Parkway in Anna. Disc golf is available on an open-play basis with no registration required. Discs are available to borrow for those who do not bring their own.
The City of Anna’s Parks, Programs, and Events page maintains information about Slayter Creek Park and other recreation offerings across the city. September’s moderate temperatures — at least in the mornings and evenings — make this a reasonable time to get out on the course before the fall schedule fills with school events, sports commitments, and community programming.
The basin of activity in Anna this fall is fuller than it has been in past years. The library has programming running through the season. The Coyotes are competing in UIL Class 5A athletics. Block party registrations for National Night Out are open through September 28. BarnHill Vineyards is running its live music and seasonal shopping series out on County Road 509.
All of that is worth noting. But there is also something to be said for the activity that requires nothing more than a short drive to Rosamond Parkway, a borrowed disc, and a willingness to walk the course and see how close you can land to that waiting basket.
It does not get much simpler than that, and in September 2026, simple has its own particular appeal.
