1125, 24 Office Drive, Crossville, Tennessee 38555, US
(931) 484-6138
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About Cumberland Mountain State Park

The 1,720-acre Cumberland Mountain State Park sits on the Cumberland Plateau around Byrd Lake, a man-made lake created by the impoundment of Byrd Creek in the 1930s. The park provides endless recreational activities, including hiking, swimming, picnicking and interpretive programs. The park also features a popular area restaurant and separate recreation hall that can accommodate up to 250 people. Those looking for an overnight stay can rent fully furnished cabins or more than 140 campsites for tents and RVs. The Bear Trace at Cumberland Mountain Golf Course is one of the more popular courses among the Jack Nicklaus-designed Bear Trace courses in Tennessee.

Facts

Price Range$$
Property Class★★★
Acres1720
Year Opened1938
Number of UnitsLess than 100

Amenities & Services

RestaurantsCasual
Practice FacilityYes
Banquet SpaceYes

Rules

Is the resort pet friendly?Yes
Is resort stay required for a tee time?No

Golf courses at Cumberland Mountain State Park

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3.9
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Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course conditions were not as good as I had seen in past. Lots of rough spots and bare spots in fairways. Greens were ok at best.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 13
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Amazing Layout, Tough Conditions

The course is in rough shape right now due to dry weather. Seems like they're letting things settle until more rain comes our way; I do not blame them. This dry spree is tough to keep up with.

We got a discount for course conditions, which was great. Staff was super awesome. The course was in rough shape, but not bad enough to where I was upset with the price paid with the discount.

The course is a must play for any golfer. The design is unique and challenging. The back and front 9 play like two different courses, so that is really fun to see. Get out here when you can, I've seen it when conditions are better and it's definitely worth a trip!

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
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First Time Playing

Not worth the money

Patchy and dead fairways. Dead patches in greens. Bunkers have lost so much sand you can see underlayment sticking out. The areas that did have grass completely full of mud. If this course was in shape it would be beautiful and I’d drive from Nashville to play it but, don’t waste your time

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
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Reviews 13
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Third time

Enjoy playing the course, staff has always been great.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Just playing!

Met a relative there for a good round, very relaxing time.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

1st time

Moved to the area a year ago and have played other local courses. Enjoyed my first round at this course and will certainly be back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course in poor condition

Course was in poor condition. Many fairways had bare spots & weeds. Greens were hard & difficult to get the ball to stay on the green. Was told by staff would be cart path only for a little while as the fairways were being sprayed. Still cart path only after 4 hours. Many areas of the course needed to be mowed.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Travel Break

Wife and I played here on our way to Nashville, good decision. We enjoyed it.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Jack, you can do better

Layout was nice, other than that, wasn't impressed at all. Fairways were patchy, sand in the bunkers was thin (could easily see the fabric under the sand in MULTIPLE bunkers), tee boxes were rock hard at times, and greens were fair as far as conditions.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good course. Little expensive

The course was a decent course but it was a little expensive for what it was. Greens were recently aerated so they were being worked on. The staff was very friendly

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful course in a State Park

Nice course with fun holes. Course was in good but not great shape. Very friendly staff. We were about the only players on the course so great pace of play.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Windy weather
Used cart

Needs upkeep

The fairways weren't cut very short, and the rough was pretty thick. Worse of all, the greens had been aerated, and had not filled in. Looked like a Chinese checker board. Every putt bounced like a tiny basketball.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Bad shape

This course has been around for a long time I know the greens have been punched and had to heal back but the fairways were downright disappointing and the tee boxes that's the worship I've ever seen the course in my life

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
2.0
First Time Playing

Course is in bad shape

Visited the golf course on 10-24-2022 and was not impressed.

Here are the 3 things this course has issues.

1. Fairways were a mess with the disease from over watering.

2. Greens were ate up with a disease. Black patches all over.

3. Rocks were all over in the sand traps. Not a few, but a lot.

Drove from Nashville to play this course and it wasn’t worth it.

Should be charging 40 instead of 80. Course is in to bad of shower to be charging full price. Didn’t expect a “Bear Trace” course to look like this!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow Day at the course

Very Very slow day, 5 hour and 15 minute round not fun. Take a shot wait, take a shot wait…. But we survived and the weather was great.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
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