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Black Forest at Wilderness Valley is an 18-hole public golf course in Hayes Township, Michigan.

It plays 6,704 yards from the Back tees, rated 71.5/125 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
70
par
6,704
yards (tips)
125
slope (back)
The shape of the round · Back teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BACK TEES469179438348187514308146484613414381222489193428529362142334445365748394105114124133144153164175184PAROUT 3,073 YDSIN 3,631 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

access
public
address
Shawnee Trail, Hayes Township, MI, 49735
phone
231-585-7090
elevation
1,357 ft derived
opened
2016

44.86586, -84.80413 — 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 Black Forest at Wilderness Valley as OpenStreetMap holds it, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. No hole, green or tee has been traced inside it.

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The outline of Black Forest at Wilderness Valley 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 2022-08-11

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

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 5 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 5 rows.

BackM70670471.512530733631
MiddleF70607874.313027973281
MiddleM70607868.811827973281
FrontF70498268.211521972785
FrontM70498263.810521972785

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

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 434435434544343454 70
Back 469179438348187514308146484613414381222489193428529362 6,704
Middle 434146406324164483296120424546397321195430179393491329 6,078
Front 3628833826312740318397336462368265170382130344403261 4,982
Handicap 515191371117348101221861614

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Black Forest at Wilderness Valley 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

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

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Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Black Forest at Wilderness Valley's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Deer Run Golf at Lakes of the North (4.7 mi) · The Natural at Beaver Creek Resort (7.9 mi) · The Lakes Golf Course (9.5 mi) · The Loon Golf Resort (9.6 mi)

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
Longest6,704 yds178th of 592=4,330th of 12,025=1,099th of 4,105 public courses · =2,067th of 7,004 courses you can book · =4,301st of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 125=255th of 410=5,317th of 8,710=1,303rd of 2,882 public courses · =2,543rd of 4,936 courses you can book · =5,092nd of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 71.5=211th of 371=4,693rd of 7,615=1,183rd of 2,412 public courses · =2,226th of 4,145 courses you can book · =4,633rd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,722 yds between tees182nd of 565=3,968th of 11,523=1,079th of 3,841 public courses · =2,052nd of 6,653 courses you can book · =3,909th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 2016=472nd of 475=9,247th of 9,368=3,255th of 3,277 public courses · =5,468th of 5,526 courses you can book · =6,911th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level1,357 ft derived 9th of 644=1,921st of 12,437=634th of 4,289 public courses · =1,192nd of 7,274 courses you can book · 1,319th 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 5 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 5 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.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect and the grass on the greens.

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Sources

Gathered from the course's own site 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 2026-08-14. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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The Natural at Beaver Creek Resort

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The Lakes Golf Course

9.5 mi · Gaylord · public · 18 holes

The Loon Golf Resort

9.6 mi · Gaylord · public · 18 holes

Michaywe Pines

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Gaylord Country Club

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The Classic

14 mi · Gaylord · public · 18 holes

The Tribute

15 mi · Gaylord · public · 18 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.

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