The best golf courses in McHenry, Maryland
Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members have logged 4,024 rounds in Maryland and rate what they played. These are the 7 highest-rated public and private courses within about 25 miles of McHenry, Maryland, ranked by those community scores.

Mystic Rock
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort
Farmington, PA, USAPublicPete Dye
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.5Layout
- 3.3Value
- 3.8Scenery
- 4.4Facilities
Mystic Rock has been billed as a top public course in PA for years and I finally had the chance to see if it lived up to the hype. This track did not disappoint. Pete Dye on a mountain with what feels like unlimited land.
Written by
@Tom Doakito
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Must play

Thousand Acres Lakeside Golf Club
Swanton, MD, USAPublicCraig Schreiner
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Value
- 3.7Scenery
- 3.5Facilities
- Challenging
- Driving range
- Pristine

Shepherd's Rock
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort
Farmington, PA, USAPublicPete Dye
- 4.2Conditions
- 4.6Layout
- 3.5Value
- 4.5Scenery
- 4.3Facilities
Fun, BIG, crazy, occasionally misguided — very Pete Dye. Has some great holes, some head scratchers, but overall positive and worth checking out at least once. Expansive, great views, well-manicured.
Written by
@Cass7206
- Challenging
- Pristine
- Driving range

Alpine Lake Resort
Terra Alta, WV, USAPublic
- 2.5Conditions
- 2.3Layout
- 3.0Value
- 4.2Scenery
- 1.9Facilities
While it may be listed at a resort course this is far from a standard resort track. Located in a small private lake community alpine shockingly has multiple lake front holes. Usually this land is reserved for homes but the stretch of 10,11,12 run right along the shore.
Written by
@Tom Doakito

Lodestone
Wisp Resort
McHenry, MD, USAPublicHale Irwin Signature Design & Todd Schoeder
- 1.0Conditions
- 4.3Layout
- 2.3Value
- 4.3Scenery
- 2.6Facilities
Note: this review is of the course back when I last played in 2023. Currently the course has taken a step back by all accounts. Lodestone is an example of how to properly do a mountain course. Extreme elevation changes, large green sites, and heavily tree lined.
Written by
@Tom Doakito
- Views
- Underrated
- Tourist trap

Preston Country Club
Kingwood, WV, USAPublicEd Ault
- 4.5Conditions
- 3.5Layout
- 4.2Value
- 3.3Scenery
- 2.9Facilities

Fantasy Valley
Wisp Resort
McHenry, MD, USAPublicDominick Palumbo
- 1.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 1.0Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 1.0Facilities
Wisp Resort is great for skiing. As for golf… $100 for 18 here is laughable. Tee boxes, bunkers, and greens conditions are in comical condition. Only a few solid holes.
Written by
@kygaff
- Tourist trap
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How we rank
Course Vaults ranks golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public and private courses. City pages include golf courses within about 25 miles of McHenry, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
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Common questions about course rankings in McHenry, Maryland.
The top golf courses in McHenry, Maryland on Course Vaults are led by Nemacolin Woodlands Resort with a Course Vaults score of 8.3. This page ranks 7 courses, including Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, Thousand Acres Lakeside Golf Club, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort.
Course Vaults ranks golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public and private courses. City pages include golf courses within about 25 miles of McHenry, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
Yes. The McHenry, Maryland list includes golf courses within about 25 miles of McHenry, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort is currently #1 among courses in and around McHenry, Maryland on Course Vaults at 8.3 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Nov 12, 2026, 2:59 AM EST. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
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