Split Rock Golf Course

Few municipal courses in America carry the geographic drama that Split Rock does. Sitting within Pelham Bay Park — New York City's largest public park, spanning more than 2,700 acres in the northeastern Bronx — the course occupies terrain that feels genuinely removed from the surrounding urban fabric. Pelham Bay's rocky, wooded landscape gives the layout a character you simply don't expect from a city-owned facility, and the park's salt marshes, forest, and coastal geology lend the round a sense of place that goes well beyond the ordinary.

Split Rock is 1 of 2 18-hole courses operating inside Pelham Bay Park, alongside its neighbor Split Rock's sister layout, Pelham/Split Rock being a paired operation under NYC Parks. The par-70 configuration signals a design that rewards precision and course management over raw power, with shorter holes demanding accuracy rather than distance.

For New York City golfers, it represents a genuine public-access escape — the kind of round where the Bronx surprises you, and the park does most of the talking.