New Hampshire is characterized by small villages scattered throughout the state along with its vast expanses of mountainous wilderness and the brief border on the Atlantic Ocean. Golf in New Hampshire typifies its geography with an abundance of classic, mountain resorts anchored by the Mount Washington Resort in the White Mountain National Forest framed by the highest peak in the region.

There's a host of parkland golf courses like the Breakfast Hill Club, Bretwood, and Owl's Nest which dot the landscape, and as an alternative, Wentworth By The Sea with several holes on Little Harbor on the Atlantic at Rye. This guide to the best public golf courses in New Hampshire provides the top golf courses from the Atlantic to the top of Mount Washington.