8411 Harrison Bay Road, Harrison, Tennessee 37341, US
(423) 344-6214
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About Harrison Bay State Park

The 1,200-acre Harrison Bay State Park hugs 40 miles of Chickamauga Lake shoreline. It is a haven for campers, golfers, boaters and fishermen. It boasts one of the most complete marina facilities available on the Tennessee Valley Authority lakes. There are 128 RV campsites with water/electrical hookups and also 21 primitive tent-only campsites. The Bear Trace Golf Course at Harrison Bay, a Jack Nicklaus design, an outdoor swimming pool and a bike trail offer more outdoor recreation.

Facts

Price Range$$
Property Class★★★
Acres1200
Year Opened1937
Number of UnitsLess than 100

Amenities & Services

Practice FacilityYes
MarinaYes

Rules

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

Golf courses at Harrison Bay State Park

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Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Issues with Payment

Confusion at the pro shop on what needed to be paid to the course compared to what I had already paid through the gold now app. The golf course insisted that I had to pay for every one of my golfers, 7 total, event hough I had already paid for 2 golfers on the app to hold the tee times. I finally got tired of arguing, paid the amount they thought was correct and tried to enjoy my morning round of golf that I am pretty sure was overcharged.

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
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Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fantastic

Great layout. Course was in great shape. Greens were true and fast. Only complaint is a few of the tee boxes were dirt.

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

Jammer

First time, great course, enjoyed it, will go back this summer when the lake is up and trees in bloom.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Worth the Drive

Recently taken up golf and have been considering a Bear Trace membership. This course was my choice to begin that experience with as well as the year. Staff put us on course to enjoy the cold morning better than most with an explanation of the course as well as what to expect. This experience will definitely weigh on my decision!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Bear Trace TN surprise

Nicklaus designed course. In great shape, green complexes are classic Jack Nicklaus. Bunkers perfect. Lots of roaming deer. Speed of play was very good on a Sunday morning. Happy we played it and would definitely recommend it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 107
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Tennessee Advisor
Top 25 Contributor
Previously Played

Still one of the better public courses in the area

Bear Trace at Harrison Bay continues to be one of the better public courses in the Chattanoiga area. Fairly open and wide fairways with a routing that offers a variety of long and short holes. Greens are fair with some movement and a couple are two-tiered but imminently fair. The recent removl of some trees have opened up a few of the holes like the par 4, 9th that presents you with a fair choice of middle of the fairway or take it toward the left edge and over (or through if your lucky) the trees. Also, enjoy the nature and the deer that frequent the course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 11
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

All around solid value

It had rained a couple days leading up to when we played so the course was soggy. Maybe they could improve drainage, we just kept moving our shots to areas with thicker grass and less moisture.

Overall we enjoy this course, good level of difficulty for high handicappers but challenging enough for low shooters.

Clubhouse staff is great.! Dan, our starter was a great guy.. we will be back.!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Awesome!

For a public course I give it 5 stars! We played in the winter time and the tee boxes, fairways, and greens were still maintained like summer. It was a busy day and the starter did an excellent job of getting everyone going on time. I will definitely be visiting here again!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

BEWARE: Golf Now rate on this course is higher than regular rate price

Be careful using golf now on this course. We were charged more on GN than the courses regular price

They laughed at us in the clubhouse because we used Golf Now. We paid more than the courses regular rate.

We felt like chumps using gn. Yikes

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 12
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beautiful course

Very enjoyable afternoon. Staff could not have been more friendly and helpful. Greens had been aerated, but were playable.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

A little piece of Heaven in the Woods

This was our 1 st time playing this course and even though it was a little damp and some the fairways were soggy the greens were outstanding! Nothing like playing gold and seeing deer that walk within 50 ft of you.

Beautiful place!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Fall Golf

Had a fun round. Challenging course, not too much elevation, but a good layout and great conditions.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fall in Chattanooga

Played an early round in late October, course was in great shape, the bunkers are in phenomenal condition. Course is really inexpensive by my standards, with a sleeve of ProV-1x balls it was still less than sixty dollars!

I walked the course and there’s really only one hole that had a long walk between green and the next tee. There were a ton of leaves on the ground but, it’s the fall. They also have the woods marked as lateral hazards which helps with pace of play. I got around in three and a half hours even though I had to wait on every tee around the back. Play this course, it’s one of the better ones around.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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