Photo: Big Creek Golf & Country Club via Google

Arkansas Natural State Trail

A state-tourism trail of 13 mostly municipal/resort courses across the Ozarks and Ouachitas. Big Creek and Mountain Ranch are the anchors; pair with Hot Springs thermal baths. Cheapest quality golf in the country.

7 courses74°F · 85% playability$$LITStart a Trip

Courses

7 courses

Big Creek Golf & Country Club

★ 4.618 holespublic

★100 Greatest Public Courses ...

Thomas Clark / Ault Clark & Associates (2000)

Mountain Ranch Golf Club at Fairfield Bay

★ 4.618 holespublic

★100 Greatest Public Courses ...

Edmund Ault

Tannenbaum Golf Club

★ 4.518 holespublic

★100 Greatest Public Courses ...

John C. Floyd (1999)

Hot Springs Country Club - Arlington Course

★ 4.518 holessemi-private

★100 Greatest Public Courses ...

William Diddel (1927)

Hot Springs Country Club - Park Course

★ 4.518 holessemi-private

★100 Greatest Public Courses ...

Willie Park Jr. (1912), renovated

Bella Vista - Scotsdale

★ 4.718 holessemi-private

★100 Greatest Public Courses ...

Magellan Golf Course (Hot Springs Village)

18 holessemi-private

★100 Greatest Public Courses ...

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4 golfers · 3 rounds

April 2026

~$1,400/person

6 golfers · 4 rounds

March 2026

~$1,850/person

3 golfers · 2 rounds

February 2026

~$980/person

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