Dakota Creek Golf & Country Club vs North Bellingham Golf Course

12 mi apart · numbers from each course's map geometry

near Blaine, Washington

near Bellingham, Washington

Measure	Dakota Creek Golf & Country Club	North Bellingham Golf Course
Holes	18	18
Par	71	72
Par 3 · 4 · 5	3 · 13 · 2	4 · 10 · 4
Measured length	5,100 yd	6,566 yd
Longest hole	No. 13, 470 yd	No. 11, 534 yd
Bunkers	0	59
Sand	–	2.5 acres
Holes with water	8	11
Water on the property	1 acres	6.1 acres
Total climb	424 ft	191 ft
Elevation	91–348 ft	87–190 ft
Biggest drop to a green	-65 ft	-15 ft
Average green	3,438 sq ft	4,728 sq ft
Average fairway width	53 yd	42 yd
Green to next tee, total	1,780 yd	1,811 yd
Property	89 acres	573 acres
Cart path	3.7 mi	6.5 mi
Driving range	not mapped	not mapped

Hole by hole

Par and measured yards for each hole; rise is tee to green.

Hole	Dakota Creek Golf & Country Club			North Bellingham Golf Course
	Par	Yd	Rise	Par	Yd	Rise
1	5	414	+64	4	355	-3
2	3	83	+20	4	441	+12
3	4	315	-24	4	384	-6
4	4	366	-22	4	380	-12
5	3	190	+13	3	188	-3
6	4	305	-2	5	499	-14
7	4	259	-16	4	353	+10
8	3	140	+20	3	210	+2
9	4	229	-45	5	533	+8
10	4	267	+49	4	357	-4
11	4	208	+85	5	534	-15
12	4	365	+27	4	364	-2
13	5	470	-32	4	401	+2
14	4	292	+34	3	161	+2
15	4	222	-1	4	423	-9
16	4	289	-22	3	185	0
17	4	349	+44	5	447	+9
18	4	337	-65	4	351	+7

Both courses are drawn by OpenStreetMap contributors; a difference in detail (bunker counts especially) can be a difference in how carefully each was mapped. How each number is measured.