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High desert golf doesn't get much more remote than this. Alturas sits at the northeastern edge of California's Modoc County, closer to Reno and the Oregon border than to Sacramento, and the landscape here is stark, wide-open country — sagebrush flats, juniper-dotted rimrock, and the broad Pit River valley cutting through volcanic high desert at roughly 4,400 feet of elevation. The air is thin and dry, winters are genuinely cold, and the sky feels enormous. Arrowhead Golf Course lives in that world.
At 6,267 yards from the tips with a course rating of 69.1 and a slope of 117, this is a layout that plays more approachable than punishing — a sensible, honest card for a community course serving a region where golf facilities are few and far between. Four sets of tees spanning nearly 900 yards of range mean the course works for players across a wide spectrum, from the weekend casual to the local scratch chasing a decent number.
What makes a round here worth the detour isn't length or difficulty — it's the setting itself. Modoc County is one of the least-populated corners of California, and there's a genuine quietude out here that crowded resort corridors simply can't manufacture. You're playing golf at the edge of the Great Basin, and that's something.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue/White · men | 6,267 | 69.1 | 117 | 72 |
| BLUE/WHITE · women | 6,267 | 73.6 | 122 | 74 |
| Red/Yellow · men | 5,404 | 65 | 106 | 70 |
| RED/YELLOW · women | 5,367 | 70.2 | 118 | 72 |
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