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Rolling fescue-covered dunes and greens at Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club, with Lake Michigan beyond and fall color in the trees.

Golf · Public · Arcadia

Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club

Two nationally ranked 18-hole courses and a 12-hole course on the Lake Michigan shore south of Arcadia, with lodge rooms and cottages on site.

Photo: Benscripps, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Arcadia Bluffs sits on high ground above Lake Michigan along M-22 south of Arcadia. The original Bluffs Course, routed by Warren Henderson on 240 acres of former orchards and woods, was built between 1997 and 1999. It plays as a links-style layout with wind-blown native grasses, wide fairways, large greens and lake views throughout the round, and it is open to the public seven days a week in season.

The South Course, about a mile south on a 311-acre parcel, was designed by Dana Fry and Jason Straka as a nod to the early American classic style, with few trees, big squared-off greens and bold bunkering laid out in two nine-hole loops. The Dozen, added in 2025 on a separate 160-acre site, is a walkable 12-hole course of par threes and par fours. Both 18-hole courses have full practice ranges, and guests can stay in rooms at the clubhouse lodge or in cottages, including four cottages at The Dozen, with a shuttle linking the properties.

The courses

  • Bluffs Course

    18 holes · Designed by Warren Henderson

  • South Course

    18 holes · Designed by Dana Fry and Jason Straka

  • The Dozen

    12 holes

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Stay at the course

Resort · Upscale

Arcadia Bluffs

On the Lake Michigan bluffs along M-22 south of Arcadia

A golf resort high on the Lake Michigan bluffs near Arcadia, with lodge rooms in the clubhouse, a second lodge and cottages.

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Places to stay near Arcadia

Hotels and inns

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    Arcadia Bluffs

    Listed by Pure Michigan, the state travel bureau

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    A Manistee-based short-term rental manager with beach homes, condos and cottages around Manistee, Onekama, Bear Lake and Arcadia.

  • Visit Up North Vacation Rentals · visitupnorth.com

    A Traverse City rental company with homes, cottages and condos across Leelanau, Glen Arbor, the Benzie area and nearby Arcadia and Bear Lake.

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Location

Map of Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club

4 places on an OpenStreetMap map

Map of Arcadia Bluffs Golf Club. The same places are listed on this page.

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