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Parker sits at the edge of the Front Range foothills, where the Great Plains give way to the first serious rises of the Rockies. At roughly 5,800 feet of elevation, golf here plays differently than it does at sea level — expect the ball to carry noticeably farther in the thin, dry Colorado air, and plan for afternoon thunderstorms that roll in fast off the mountains from late spring through early fall. It's a landscape defined by ponderosa pines, scrub oak, and sweeping views toward the high peaks.
The name Black Bear Course signals something about the character of the land — this is Colorado golf in the foothills style, where the terrain does most of the design work and wildlife sightings are a genuine possibility. Parker itself has grown into one of the Denver metro's more active suburban golf communities, with a range of public and semi-private options that cater to serious recreational players.
A par 72 layout offers the full strategic canvas: room for risk-reward par 5s, demanding par 3s that likely play across elevation changes, and the kind of mid-length par 4s that reward local knowledge of wind and altitude.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black · men | 7,169 | 73.7 | 148 | 72 |
| Black/Green · men | 7,023 | 72.9 | 145 | 72 |
| Green · men | 6,756 | 71.9 | 142 | 72 |
| Green/White · men | 6,598 | 70.9 | 139 | 72 |
| White · men | 6,297 | 69.1 | 130 | 72 |
| White · women | 6,297 | 75.5 | 154 | 72 |
| Red · men | 5,326 | 64.9 | 110 | 72 |
| Red · women | 5,326 | 69.5 | 135 | 72 |
| Family · men | 3,943 | 60 | 94 | 72 |
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