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Harbor Springs sits at the northern tip of Michigan's Lower Peninsula, where Little Traverse Bay meets a landscape of hardwood ridges, cedar lowlands, and some of the most dramatic elevation changes in Midwest golf. This is Emmet County terrain — forested, hilly, and genuinely beautiful in a way that rewards courses willing to work with the land rather than against it.
Chestnut Valley fits squarely into the northern Michigan golf tradition that has made this corridor, stretching down through Petoskey and Charlevoix toward Traverse City, a legitimate golf destination. The region draws comparisons to the Scottish Highlands not for any manufactured reason but because the rolling wooded topography and the cool Lake Michigan air create conditions that simply feel different from flatland golf. Autumn play here, when the hardwoods turn, is as visually striking as golf gets in the Great Lakes states.
As a par 72 layout in this setting, Chestnut Valley likely demands course management through tree-lined corridors and across shifting elevations. The shoulder seasons — late May and September — tend to offer the best conditions and the quietest rounds.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE · men | 6,146 | 70.2 | 125 | 72 |
| WHITE · men | 5,750 | 68.4 | 117 | 72 |
| WHITE · women | 5,750 | 73.3 | 128 | 72 |
| GOLD · men | 5,171 | 65.7 | 111 | 72 |
| GOLD · women | 5,171 | 70.6 | 119 | 72 |
| RED · men | 4,658 | 63.7 | 103 | 72 |
| RED · women | 4,658 | 67.8 | 115 | 72 |
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