Gladstone is on the Little Bay de Noc, which opens onto Green Bay on Lake Michigan

North Bluff DGC resides on a Bluff overlooking the Little Bay de Noc

Course mostly plays on Top, back in around Wooded areas, and adds Four Seasonal Holes out on the Sledding Hill

Massive 'Stone Sign' by Lot
Course Map Koisk, Two practice Baskets, and Hole 1 are found Here

Classic DD Design
Integrating Large Rocks with Teesigns, Benches, and Path markers

Played numerous Dynamic Disc courses before, but not sure if EMac Designed those or not. Nevertheless, if you're at a Dynamic Installation, you're in for a Great round of Discgolf

Superb Design, using the Two Tees Two Baskets model, to offer Four different Layouts. Red to Red and Blue to Blue feel like 2 different courses, even though you're sharing the same Fairways

There's a Ski/Sled Hillside, a Pine and Oak mixed area, a Lightly Wooded Section, and a fantastic Wooded Centerpiece of small undulating Mounds Hills and Valleys... Emac used it all Masterfully to create a Fun, Challenging, and most definitely Replayable DGC

The main central Woods section is mostly Juvenile Poplars. Along with a great mix of Pines, Cedars, Oaks, and other Deciduous Trees.
Moderate undulating Elevation changes, on small Till Mounds of Sand n Stone
The most varying elevation seemed to be in here around Holes 3-15

3 is a standout hole, and the first with elevation really effecting play. Elevated Tees, Red Basket on a Ledge, and the Blue Basket down across the small Valley

Nice Pines guarding 4s Greens

7 8 & 9 use the subtle elevation to great effect, for both Tees and Greens

10 is maybe the best Hole at North Bluff!?! With the 'Pondy' part of the Quarry to the Left, the Blue Tee throws across a sandy Valley to the biggest Ridge mass out there, with the Baskets perched up on top

11 is an interesting 'Double Charlotte' hole. Each Basket position has an Island of Poplars infront and you can choose going around numerous ways

12 Tees from the same Ridge that 10s Baskets reside on. Sweet elevated Tees, with a couple interesting Fairway options... and then the Baskets are on an old Fill Mound, making the Green a challenge, and giving it a rememberable look

13s Red Basket is tucked near a Dropoff at the Quarries Edge, but you have to park that Drive!

16 17 & 18 are out in the Open more. Visually appealing Holes out here, with older growth Trees involved in around Fairways, and even more so around the Greens

21 22 & 23 use some subtle elevation, and have a nice mix of Poplar Oak n Pine

View is pretty great from Hole 24! Similar to Silver Mountain, Avalanche Preserve, Hickory Hills

24 & 25 are top of the world ace run type Holes

Juvenile Poplars create Jail on sooo much of the course, 1-15. A Stick equals a Stroke out here, basically

No Signature Hole or Landscape features to make North Bluff standout as being the best of the best

Disc eating Pond on 26

While the Hill Holes have that great view, the golf is more of a Chore than Fun... especially 27 going back up at the end

Misthrows could land down in that Abandoned Quarry around holes 10 12 13 & 14

Summertime would not be the ideal time to throw here. We played well before the Trees Leafed, and searching out the Lines was challenging still

Par 4 starting Hole lets you know what you're in for at this DGC. Playing the Longs is gonna be a Commitment, a commitment you may want to think twice about

Been here twice during Springtime. Played Dubs Blue/Red a couple years ago. Played Singles Blue/Blue then Dubs Red/Red 2021
Played Blue to Blue, Oct 21

Besides old Hickory Hills, Grayling, Al Quaal, Keyes Peak, and the Tailings... North Bluff is the best Dgc I've played North of Hwy 10 in both the Michigans

Disclaimer: Giving an in depth hole by hole review is especially ambitious with four possible layouts on each hole. This review will give a sense of the course as a whole, but cannot cover everything for each layout. I am also focusing my review on holes #1-#18 as they are the main layout at this time. #19-#27 now in and have signage

-North Bluff dgc boasts two teepads and two permanent baskets on every hole, which is the course's flagship feature. Red-Red is the shortest and easiest layout, but even this short tee to short pin layout is far from pitch and putt. Blue to Blue has enough length for MPO level players. Eric McCabe did a great job designing the course. Each hole feels unique and the four possible layouts makes the course very replayable.

-Practice baskets present to left of hole 1 tee area.

-Good hole variety demands right finishing and left finishing shots. Most of the holes are moderately to heavily wooded with #13 and #16-#18 being the most open.

-Great signage on each tee shows a helpful hole map and distance for each possible layout. Signs mounted on large rocks should be relatively vandalism resistant. Looks nice, too.

-Useful directions to #11 teepads that may be difficult to find otherwise.

-The parcel of land is relatively flat, but the elevation that does exist has been put to good use. #3 red basket sits on a mound while the blue basket sits downhill. #7 plays along a valley with blue tee at top of hill and red tee at the bottom and plays to red basket at the top of the other side and blue over the crest of the hill. #12 features a downhill drive and both pin placements on precarious mounds. #14's red basket sits at the bottom of a short valley that is quite difficult to access from the tee. #15 begins by throwing over yet another short valley.

-#12 and #15 to blue basket function as signature par 4's and stand as the course's most memorable holes.

-#19-#24 has a different feel than the first 18. They are deeper in the woods and see less traffic, but are good holes. #25-#27 are good, too. It's a decent jaunt from #24 to #25

#Next Tee arrows in bottom of baskets are helpful.

-North Bluff still needs breaking in. The course still feels a little raw, which is expected for a new track. Over the course of 2019 the course got much more beat in. The rough is still rough, and more and more traffic will help immensely.

-Could maybe use a few more next tee signs. Course layout is mostly intuitive. Much easier now that signage has been installed. If players are not careful, they may attempt to throw to the wrong blue basket on #3. Pay attention to the tee signs and you'll be fine.

-Hole 11 is the product of redesign and feels like a filler hole. The blue tee provides no intuitive line to either basket. Players can expect to score TONS of 3's from #11 blue tee. Don't expect much in the way of scoring separation on this hole unless playing from reds.

-Hole 5 from red to blue is a tweener hole if there ever was one. Too long and left to ever get a birdie 2 without a throw in. Too short to be a true par 4.

Similarly, the original design included a par 5, which would have been awesome. Probably not fair to judge the course on what could have been rather than what is, but having a par 5 would elevate North Bluff to a true "championship level" course. Even without a par 5, it is still one of the best courses in the UP and is likely on its way to becoming THE best course the UP has to offer.

-Nitpicking, but some of the alternative basket locations do not change the hole's line much if any. The blue baskets generally add 50-100ft of length, with blue tees doing the same.

-Not the most beginner friendly course. Course is very wooded and most holes even on the shortest layout are near 300ft or more. Would be a difficult course to learn on.

-The rough on #16-#18 is very rough and eats discs on errant shots. Tall prairie grass stands between #16 and #17's fairway. Don't throw in there. You won't have a good time.

-Ticks are thick out at North Bluff in the spring and early summer. Once the ticks are gone in July, the sand flies show up. There's also a season of gnats in August. Bugs are annoying.

-Portions of the land used to be a landfill and still show remnants of car parts and other trash objects partially buried. This is improving as the course develops.

Hopefully big things are coming 2020 out at North Bluff!