The Woods at Beauty Hill is an 18-hole disc golf course established June 2006 by Lisa Prizio and Blaze Konefal. Spread over 40 acres of woods and open fields, it is one of the most beautiful disc golf courses in New England. An early history of Barnstead, NH reports the remarkable views from the heights of Beauty Hill in the 1770's took in, not only the silvery Lake Winnipesaukee and the majestic Mt. Chocorua, but also the whitened sails of vessels resting far to the southeast in Portsmouth Harbor.

In 1992 we left the hustle of Stamford, CT, behind and I never looked back. It was living my dream to raise our family on 85 acres in New Hampshire in a lovely old 18th century farmhouse with an enormous postcard perfect barn complete with cupola. We raised chickens, cut firewood, dried herbs and made our own soap. In 2004 I realized I needed to put my acreage to work for me and I knew if I sold the land it would likely be developed. Then I met Blaze Konefal, an innovative, designer of fun and educational activities. Together we opened a maze and a Frisbee golf course in my hay field. Our local advertising drew a lot of interest from serious disc golfers in the area. I'm sure they were terribly disappointed when they saw our humble offerings, Hula Hoops and large Frisbees! (see Blaze's story) But they were gracious and convinced us this farm would be a great place for a professional disc golf course. As I researched disc golf I found that it dovetailed with my land conservationist philosophy and my desire to share this beautiful place with others. The enthusiastic reception from other disc golfers that first season confirmed what we suspected...this was a perfect fit!

My professional career started at UNH as a Physics major, where I never did learn the secrets of Quantum Mechanics, but I did make it through the first day of FORTRAN, while other students slowly left one by one. Early computer programming was a tedious process of handwriting, double checking your work, and keypunching cards only to repeat it all over again if there were any errors. It took days to get a program working. To reduce stress, I played Frisbee often and loved it. In my last year at college, as a Computer Science major, Ultimate Frisbee came along, but by then there was little time to play. We were able to type a program on a computer screen. No more computer cards. Twenty-five years later, my job as the assistant vice president of a computer department was terminated so I invented a portable maze to take to fairs. (See me at CrazyMaze.biz) It was a success; however, I wanted a place for a permanent maze as well. Lisa, our town librarian, offered her beautiful piece of property. In addition to the maze, I built a nine-hole Frisbee golf course. As a Scoutmaster I had been surprised to see Hula Hoops hanging in trees at camp for what they called a Frisbee golf course. Instead of trees to hold up the hula-hoops, we used ½ inch conduit pipe for our course. Unexpectedly, local advertising drew serious disc golfers to the farm. This was my first introduction to disc golf and I realized we had the opportunity to introduce New Englanders to this fast growing sport.