Maryland
Deep Creek, Snowshoe & the WV Highlands Golf Courses & Tee Times in Maryland
This is high-country golf on both sides of the Maryland-West Virginia line. Lodestone at Wisp Resort sits about 3,000 feet up above Deep Creek Lake, a Hale Irwin design with Todd Schoeder that stretches to 7,507 yards. Snowshoe's course is a Gary Player design. Down at Stonewall Resort State Park, the Arnold Palmer course was No. 2 on Golf Digest's 2003 America's Best New Courses list and made Golfweek's Top 100 Resort Courses in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Good weekend tee times in Deep Creek, Snowshoe & the WV Highlands go fast, and the ones that come back later (cancellations, groups that shrink) aren't announced. Yoink watches the tee sheets at 5 public courses here, from Rawlings, McHenry and Swanton, and tells you the moment a time you want opens up.
The longest layout here is Lodestone Golf Course at 7,475 yards.
Who runs public golf in Deep Creek, Snowshoe & the WV Highlands
Two of the area's courses are in West Virginia state parks. Canaan Valley near Davis has a Geoffrey Cornish 18 built in 1972, and Stonewall near I-79 has the Palmer course. Canaan Valley is on the 2026 state park season pass with Cacapon, Pipestem and Twin Falls: $709 plus tax for any day, $459 for midweek and $399 for summer only. On the Maryland side, Wisp Resort has Lodestone and Fantasy Valley, and Thousand Acres, a Craig Schreiner and Bob Holcomb design, sits on Deep Creek Lake.
Public courses worth knowing in Deep Creek, Snowshoe & the WV Highlands
- Lodestone Golf Course: Hale Irwin and Todd Schoeder design above Deep Creek Lake; par 72, 7,507 yards.
- The Arnold Palmer Signature Course At Stonewall Resort: State park course; No. 2 on Golf Digest's 2003 America's Best New Courses.
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: Geoffrey Cornish course built in 1972; on the state park season pass.
- Raven Golf Club At Snowshoe Mountain: Gary Player design at the Snowshoe ski resort.
- Thousand Acres Golf Club: Lakeside Deep Creek course designed and shaped by Craig Schreiner and Bob Holcomb.
- Alpine Lake Resort: Six par 3s, six par 4s and six par 5s.
Booking tee times in Deep Creek, Snowshoe & the WV Highlands: the local rules
Lodestone asks every public and resort guest for a credit card when booking a tee time. State park season passes are non-transferable and still depend on tee-time availability.
Yoink
Know the rules. Let Yoink do the waiting.
Booking windows decide who gets first pick. After that, times come back one at a time as plans change. Yoink watches all 5 courses in Deep Creek, Snowshoe & the WV Highlands and tells you when a time that fits comes back, so you're not refreshing the page all week.
5 courses in Deep Creek, Snowshoe & the WV Highlands
Rawlings
Why tee times in Deep Creek, Snowshoe & the WV Highlands are hard to get
The season in Deep Creek, Snowshoe & the WV Highlands is short, running roughly from late spring into fall, so every good weekend in that window is contested. The first warm Saturdays of the year are the hardest tee times to get.
Most public courses open their tee sheet a set number of days ahead, often 7 to 14, and many municipal courses give residents or card holders an earlier window. The best weekend-morning times usually go the day they're released. Leagues and outings take blocks of the sheet before the public ever sees them.
When tee time cancellations happen
A full tee sheet rarely stays full. Many courses let you cancel without a fee up to 24 or 48 hours before your time, so spots tend to reappear in the last couple of days. A bad forecast shakes more loose, and a foursome that drops to three opens a single. None of it is announced. The time just shows up again on the booking page, and whoever looks first gets it.
How to get a tee time in Deep Creek, Snowshoe & the WV Highlands
Yoink
Every course in Deep Creek, Snowshoe & the WV Highlands on one watchlist: all 5 of them
Yoink watches all 5 courses in Deep Creek, Snowshoe & the WV Highlands for you. The open tee times sit in one place instead of a dozen booking pages, and your phone buzzes the moment one fits your day, time window and group, cancellations included.
Doing it by hand? Here's what works.
- Know the booking window. Find out how many days ahead each course releases times, and whether residents get an earlier window. Be ready the morning it opens.
- Look again 24 to 48 hours out. That's when most cancellation deadlines pass and spots come back.
- Be flexible on group size. Singles and twosomes fit into gaps a foursome can't.
- Try twilight and weekday afternoons. They're the last to fill and often cheaper.
- Widen the map. If your first choice is full, check the next town over. Rawlings has 1 courses on Yoink and McHenry has 1.
Read the full guide to getting a tee time when everything's booked
Tee times in Deep Creek, Snowshoe & the WV Highlands: questions
How do I get notified when a tee time opens up in Deep Creek, Snowshoe & the WV Highlands?
Set a watch in Yoink for the courses you want, the days you can play, a time window and the number of players. Yoink checks those tee sheets every few minutes and sends a notification as soon as a matching time appears, cancellations included. You book it directly with the course.
When do tee time cancellations usually show up?
Mostly in the 24 to 48 hours before the tee time, as golfers cancel ahead of the course's cancellation deadline, and whenever the weather forecast changes. They appear without notice and tend to be rebooked quickly.
How far in advance can you book a tee time in Deep Creek, Snowshoe & the WV Highlands?
It depends on the course. Many public courses open bookings 7 to 14 days ahead, and town or county courses often give residents an earlier window. Each course's own booking page has its policy.
When is golf busiest in Deep Creek, Snowshoe & the WV Highlands?
Demand is highest from late spring through early fall. Weekend mornings are always the hardest tee times to get.
Does Yoink book the tee time for me?
No. Yoink tells you when a time opens; you book it with the course on its own booking page, at the course's price, with no extra fee.
More golf in Maryland
- Washington DC & Baltimore · 52 courses
- Delmarva Beaches — OC & Rehoboth · 15 courses
- Philadelphia · 3 courses
Just across the state line
Markets with courses within 25 miles of a course here.
- Deep Creek, Snowshoe & the WV Highlands, WV · 5 courses
Sources
Facts on this page come from these pages, checked 2026-09-28. Rates and booking rules change, so confirm with the course.
- wvstateparks.com · government
- en.wikipedia.org · media
- wvstateparks.com · government
- en.wikipedia.org · media
- wvstateparks.com · government
- en.wikipedia.org · media
- wispresort.com · course
- top100golfcourses.com · media
- deepcreeklake.com · media
- thousandacresgolf.com · course
- alpinelake.com · course
Tee times in Deep Creek, Snowshoe & the WV Highlands, without the refreshing
Watch as many courses as you like. When a time opens that fits your day, window and group, Yoink tells you first.