Skip to content
Zomma Golf
Menu

Bear Lake Highlands is an 18-hole golf course in Bear Lake, Michigan.

It plays 6,477 yards from the Blue tees, rated 71.1/124 (checked 2026-08-21).

Create a free account to save Bear Lake Highlands to My Game, where every course you save is measured against the rest of its state on the figures it publishes.
18
holes
72
par
6,477
yards (tips)
124
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES465322346416544368214361205134504388187401343522336421152434445564738493103115124133144154165174184PAROUT 3,241 YDSIN 3,236 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

address
11685 Chippewa Highway, Bear Lake, MI
elevation
900 ft derived

44.41172, -86.14124 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

OpenStreetMap has this course's outline but has not traced any of its 18 holes. The shaded area is the property; no hole, green or tee is drawn.

The outline of Bear Lake Highlands as OpenStreetMap holds it, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. No hole, green or tee has been traced inside it.

Use arrow keys to pan, plus and minus to zoom. Tab reaches the map controls.

The outline of Bear Lake Highlands as OpenStreetMap holds it, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. No hole, green or tee has been traced inside it. The map itself needs JavaScript; the outline is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-09-01

The outline is the whole of the traced geometry here, so there is no hole or green to jump to and nothing to measure a yardage against.

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

All 4 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 4 rows.

Blue72647771.112432413236
White72611469.412030553059
Gold72535966.011127852574
Red72511469.912026112503

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 544454343354344544 72
Blue 465322346416544368214361205134504388187401343522336421 6,477
White 454310340376527351177328192125492371156385320516323371 6,114
Gold 440303276368457340138288175119479278134326243402295298 5,359
Red 361303276335426309138288175119408278134326243402295298 5,114

We don't hold a stroke index for this course's holes, so that row is not above. The yardages are every figure we hold hole by hole.

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Bear Lake Highlands hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard, but nobody has traced its holes: the bunkers, water and fairway edges a plan aims around.

It plans 4,579 courses hole by hole today, and it charts your bag anywhere.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

See the courses it plans Open the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn MichiganNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,477 yds=271st of 592=6,245th of 12,025=6,191st of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,363 yds between tees319th of 565=6,338th of 11,523=6,236th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level900 ft derived =201st of 644=4,117th of 12,437=2,859th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress2 of 6 built

2 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 4 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 4 sets of tees.
  • Course map, partly built.The course's outline is drawn, but none of its 18 holes has been traced in OpenStreetMap yet.
  • Per-hole distances, not built yet.The holes aren't traced yet, so there are no measured carries or distances to the green.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.1 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect, the year it opened and whether it is public or private, and 3 more.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own published information and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-21. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

Compare this course →

Or go straight to a comparison: vs Arcadia Bluffs - South Course · vs Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club · vs The Heathlands

Nearby courses

Arcadia Bluffs - South Course

4.0 mi · Arcadia · 18 holes

Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club

5.9 mi · Arcadia · 18 holes

The Heathlands

6.0 mi · Onekama · public · 18 holes

Mountain Ridge

10 mi · Weldon Township · resort · 18 holes

Betsie Valley

10 mi · Weldon Township · resort · 18 holes

High Cliff Public Golf Course

12 mi · Sherwood · 18 holes

Pinecroft Golf Course

15 mi · Benzonia Township · public · 18 holes

Fawn Crest Golf Course

15 mi · Norman Township · semi-private · 9 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

Know something about this course? 14 fields we don't hold — or tell us something here is wrong