image description — The course has been installed at Kirvin Park.

Disc Golf Course Installed at Pittsfield's Kirvin Park

By Andy McKeeveriBerkshires Staff
03:46AM / Friday, April 22, 2016Print Story | Email Story

Parks and Open Space Manager Jim McGrath updated the Parks Commission on Tuesday about the installation.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The disc golf course at Kirvin Park has been installed.

The nine-hole course is now established and the metal and chain baskets have been set up. In the next week or so a sign with a course map will be installed.

"With the sign, there will be a small trifold brochure box with a pull-out brochure which explains the rules of disc golf. It has a map on it," Parks and Open Space Manager James McGrath told the Parks Commission on Tuesday.

The course will be the first free one in the city and only the second course created. Bousquet Ski Resort has a course currently operating in the county and one is being planned for Windsor Lake in North Adams. Outside of that, an 18-hole course in Wilbraham is likely the closest.

Kirvin Park's course was first conceived in 2013 and received approval from both the Parks Commission and the Conservation Commission. McGrath worked with consultants from Explore Disc Golf to identify and create the site.

The course at Kirvin is laid out in areas of the park which aren't routinely mowed or maintained, so it is unlikely the course will disrupt much at the park and McGrath has previously said the operation will "co-exist" with other activities there.

"I think for a minimal amount of effort and maintenance, we can make this a wonderful destination within the park," McGrath said.

The sport evolved from recreational Frisbee throwing, to a golf game, and, in 1975, the first disc golf course was built. Now, there are thousands of courses all over the world. The sport has exploded with popularity in the last decade or so and from 2000 until 2008 the number of courses nationally doubled.

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Historic Wahconah Park Grandstand Almost Leveled

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
05:35PM / Wednesday, September 16, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — If you want to catch a last glimpse of the remaining Wahconah Park grandstand, you need to hurry.

The historic grandstand is currently being demolished, with only a couple of the major structures remaining. Pittsfield is also working on what comes next for the park, and how baseball will return next year.

Parks, Open Space, and Natural Resources Manager James McGrath said if people want to see the last of the structure, they should head down by the end of this week because "by Thursday or Friday it probably will entirely be down."

"It's moving quickly now that they're into the active demo phase," he told the Parks Commission on Tuesday.

"…Certainly, I think by the end of September we'll see cleanup and, if you will, the big hole where the stadium sat. That all will be filled to grade."

The more than 75-year-old structure was deemed unsafe in 2022, and planners determined that starting from square one is the best option.

On Sept. 3, the Conservation Commission issued 36 orders of conditions for the reconstruction of the ballpark.

Conservation Agent Shannon Poulin pointed out that the application has gone through many revisions; reconstruction cannot begin until a certificate of compliance for the demolition is issued.

The project crew will have an on-site meeting on Friday morning and consider two avenues of revitalization: The funding, last estimated around $15 million, and a financial strategy coming together through the mayor so that Pittsfield can move into an active build next year, or a longer process where the field is utilized before a new grandstand is built.

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