Quarry/Rail at Great Gorge Country Club

Great Gorge Country Club sits in the hills of northern New Jersey near McAfee, roughly an hour northwest of New York City. The property encompasses two eighteen-hole courses designed by George Fazio in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a larger resort development. The Quarry and Rail courses take their names from the site's industrial past and the topography Fazio encountered in this section of the Appalachian Highlands.

The Quarry course reflects the dramatic terrain left behind by former mining operations, with significant elevation changes and rock outcroppings shaping the routing. Fazio routed holes through wooded corridors and across slopes that require careful club selection and course management. The Rail course occupies somewhat gentler ground but still features the rolling, forested character typical of this region. Both layouts incorporate natural features—streams, wetlands, and mature hardwoods—into their strategic design.

The courses served the resort community through several ownership changes over the decades, hosting regional amateur events and providing daily-fee and member play depending on the era. The facility has undergone periods of renovation and operational shifts as the surrounding resort evolved. The combination of Fazio's routing work and the distinctive northern New Jersey landscape gives both courses a character shaped by geology and history rather than manufactured drama.