Bluff Point Golf Resort

10/19/2026

Wow, a great week for golf!

518.563.3430 ext 0 for Tee Times!

$38 with cart M-Th $33 walking

10/17/2026

250 Years ago this month, you could have witnessed this pivotal battle right from our shoreline!

Have you seen the Philadelphia in the Smithsonian? (Share you photos!)

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America's Oldest Warship Sank in Her Only Battle and Came Back 159 Years Later, Meet the gunboat Philadelphia, a wooden vessel about 54 feet long, built in the summer of 1776. She is the oldest surviving American warship, more than two decades older than USS Constitution.

On October 11, 1776, Benedict Arnold positioned his outgunned fleet behind Valcour Island on Lake Champlain and waited for the British. The Americans fought on until dusk. Near the end of the battle, a 24-pound cannonball struck Philadelphia near her bow.

She sank about an hour after the fighting ended. Her surviving crew abandoned ship and transferred to another American galley. Philadelphia settled into roughly 60 feet of cold water. Not everyone made it out alive. Human remains were later found in the wreck.

She remained underwater for 159 years. In 1935, salvage engineer and World War I veteran Lorenzo Hagglund raised her from the lake. The cold water had preserved the wooden vessel remarkably well, and she was recovered with her guns and more than 700 artifacts.

The remarkable thing is that Philadelphia was part of an American defeat, yet the battle helped change the course of the war. The fighting at Valcour Island delayed the British advance from Canada, giving the Americans valuable time before the victory at Saratoga in 1777.

The gunboat that sank in her only battle became one of the most important surviving pieces of America's Revolutionary War naval history.

Today, Philadelphia is preserved at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. In 2025, divers searching the original wreck site also discovered an unexploded Revolutionary War mortar shell.

Even after 250 years, Lake Champlain still has stories to tell.

10/14/2026

FALL SPECIAL:
Midweek: $33 Walking & $38 Riding
Weekend: $38 Walking & $43 Riding

For Tee Times:
www.bluffpoint.com or 518.563.3420

10/10/2026

Hole In One!!

On Friday October 9th Jack Daly had a hole in one on number 9! The shot was struck with a Pitching wedge from 128 yards.

The ace was witnessed by his brother Tom Daly, Pat McGinn, and Dave Walpole!

Congratulations Jack!

10/09/2026

Hole In One!

Saturday Oct 3rd Quinn Gallagher had his first hole in one! He used a pitching wedge on the 9th hole and the shot was witnessed by Jack Studley and Louie Sweenor.

Congratulations Quinn!

10/03/2026

Wow Beautiful Fall Weather!

Get in one last golf trip!

$94 October Midweek Packages, 1 Night, 2 Rounds Each with cart!

www.bluffpoint.com or 518.563.3420

10/02/2026

Hole In One

On August 14 (we forgot to post) Brian Kirkham had an ace on the 2nd hole with a 9 Iron.

It was witnessed by his group and the one on the next hole: witnesses were Dean Ryan, Troy Purcell, Dan Bowie, Trueman Yuill, Andy Brown, Al Wren, and Doug Lewis.

Congratulations Brian!

10/01/2026

Wow what a day for a round of golf!

It’s October but there is still plenty of great golfing weather left!

Tee Times:
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09/16/2026

Hole - In - One!!

Sunday September 13, Bill James carded an ace on hole 10 from 135 yards with a 9 iron.

Witnesses by Seth & Ann Hendrick

Congratulations Bill!

09/14/2026

Hole In One & Hole In One Debate!

On Saturday September 12, 2026 on the 5th Hole Alexander Stewart hit it a six iron at the stick, but the cup was not visible from the tee.

His group proceeded to look all around the green, in the bunkers, and under the trees behind the green.

After nearly giving up, one of his buddies walked up to the pin and there it was sitting in the bottom of the hole!!

Witnesses were Steven Castleman and Stephen McMillan.

Here is the Debate: Was this his 1st or 2nd Hole in One?

A while back Alexander hit a shot just like this one, they looked and looked, but could not find it. He gave up, dropped a ball and continued the hole. Then when the first person approached the pin, there it was, his ball had been in the hole the whole time.

Some in his group said it didn’t count because he deemed the ball lost and played a new ball.

On the Tour, yes for sure, that’s what the rules say, but what do you think? Does it count or not?