Waukewan Golf Club

Lake Winnipesaukee's western shoreline defines one of New Hampshire's most scenic pockets of real estate, and Waukewan Golf Club sits squarely in that landscape. The course takes its name from nearby Lake Waukewan, a quieter neighbor to the famous Winnipesaukee, and plays through the kind of mixed hardwood and pine terrain that defines the Lakes Region — rolling, wooded, and genuinely pretty in a way that rewards walking.

Center Harbor itself is a small, unhurried village at the northern tip of Winnipesaukee, drawing summer visitors more interested in boats and foliage than crowds. The golf here fits that rhythm. An 18-hole layout at par 72 in this part of New Hampshire typically means tree-lined corridors, some elevation change off the granite-studded hillsides, and the kind of course where local knowledge of subtle breaks and shade-altered turf conditions matters.

The Lakes Region has a devoted seasonal golf community, and a club like Waukewan tends to be the kind of place regulars return to summer after summer, as much for the setting as the round itself.