Northstar is on the north side of the Northstar ski slopes off I-80 at the CA 267 exit a few miles to the south.

The layout has two contrasting nines in a setting surrounded by the Sierras. The front is more open and links-like journeying through a valley meadow with lakes and wetlands while the backside is carved through the pine tree forests over rolling, tumbling terrain. There's four sets of tees, the tips play to 6,897 yards, 72.4/137, course/slope ratings, designed by Robert Muir Graves.