Highlands Falls Country Club

• Highlands Falls is a private 18-hole club in Highlands.
• The official course page lists approximately 6,300 yards and about 250 feet of vertical movement across the routing.
• The club identifies the par-3 15th at the base of a roughly 100-foot waterfall at the headwaters of the Cullasaja River as a signature part of the course.
• Secondary sources identify Joe Lee as the designer, but that attribution was not located in the accessible official course material and should be confirmed before becoming a locked database fact.
• Official contact: 1 Club Drive, Highlands, NC 28741; 828-526-4118.

• A broad, current independent review sample was not available. Do not promise conditioning, speed of greens or pace.
• The most dependable course-character signal is official: moderate overall yardage, meaningful elevation change and a legitimately distinctive waterfall hole.

Six thousand three hundred yards can look friendly until the ground starts moving underneath it. Add 250 feet of elevation and a par 3 sitting under a waterfall, and Highlands Falls has a better hook than another generic “championship experience” paragraph ever could.

This looks like a mountain round where club selection and lies matter more than flexing from the tips. The limited independent signal keeps us from getting carried away about conditions, but if a member sends the invite, the setting and course shape are enough to justify the drive.

Our Call: PLAY IT IF YOU GET INVITED.

• Member-hosted groups that love mountain golf
• Players who prefer elevation and shotmaking to brute length
• Golfers who want a memorable setting without needing a 7,000-yard card
• The foursome that will absolutely take a picture at No. 15, then try not to rinse one

• Address: 1 Club Drive, Highlands, NC 28741
• Phone: 828-526-4118
• Length: Club reports approximately 6,300 yards
• Elevation change: Club reports approximately 250 vertical feet
• Signature: Par-3 15th near a roughly 100-foot waterfall