Orleans Country Club

The Connecticut River Valley's rolling terrain creates natural amphitheaters for golf, and this Vermont track maximizes every undulation with fairways that sweep through meadowland before climbing into wooded corridors. The par-3 16th plays downhill through a chute of maples to a green guarded by the kind of granite outcropping that makes New England golf distinctive. What elevates this public course above typical mountain layouts is the routing's rhythm—holes breathe in the open valley floor, then tighten dramatically in the forested sections, demanding both power and precision.