Green Mountain National Golf Course

Gene Bates and Steve Durkee opened Green Mountain National in 1996 on town-owned land in Killington, Vermont. The 6,589-yard par-71 layout was carved from rugged Green Mountain terrain, gently sloping fairways, elevation changes on essentially every hole, and undulating greens framed by glacial rock formations on a 234-acre property. Golf Digest has had it inside Vermont's top 5 every year since 2011, a remarkable consistency for a town-owned course in a state with limited destination golf. Mountain golf without resort overhead keeps pricing in the $-to-$$ band. For Vermont groups doing a Killington / Stowe trip in summer, this is the headline round; in shoulder season it pairs naturally with foliage drives and brewery stops. Walking-friendly routing is part of the appeal.