North Park Golf Course

The rolling Pennsylvania hills northeast of Pittsburgh create natural amphitheaters for golf, and this public track maximizes every contour with fairways that tumble through mature hardwoods and across babbling creeks. The par-4 7th hole exemplifies the routing genius—a dogleg right that demands local knowledge to find the hidden landing area beyond the towering oaks. Municipal golf rarely gets the respect it deserves, but when design meets topography this seamlessly, even the most jaded members will grudgingly nod approval.