Dalton Ranch Golf Club is in the Animas Valley six miles north of Durango in a scenic setting along the Animas River within a valley surrounded by the tall red cliffs of the San Juan Mountains.

The layout is a mix of links and parkland design elements over rolling terrain along the River and through a resort, residential community. Water is the dominant theme here with the River and multiple ponds, lakes, and wetlands in play in addition to a variety of conventional, pot, and long waste area sand bunkers along the fairways and defending the greens. The course was designed by Ken Dye and can play to 6,934 yards at the back tees, 73.5/133, course/slope ratings with three shorter tees.