Best Golf Course Properties to Buy or Rent in North Lake Tahoe and Truckee

The North Lake Tahoe and Truckee area offer 21 unique golf courses from small, quaint, 9 hole courses to signature 18 hole championship courses. Many of these courses have received very high ratings from the major golf magazines. Beautiful sunny days, mild temperatures and clear mountain air make this area a golfer’s paradise. For those looking to own a home on a golf course or in a golfing development in the Tahoe/Truckee area, there are several great options. Old Greenwood, Lahonton, Martis Camp, and Schaffer’s Mill are true Golfing Communities with signature courses, homes on and around the golf course, and private to semi-private membership. There are also several other premier golf courses with condominiums and or luxury homes near by.

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Private and Semi-Private Golf Communities

Martis Camp

Martis Camp, located in Martis Valley, is pure luxury, unlike any other development in the Sierra. This exclusive gated community offers a private 18-hole Tom Fazio Golf Course as well as direct access to the Northstar Ski Resort on the Martis Camp Express chairlift, 2177 acres of pine trees, large rock formations, creeks, and magnificent custom homes on half to three-acre parcels. The golf course is rated by Golf Digest as “one of the finest mountain courses anywhere in the U.S.” The Fazio designed course utilizes spectacular views of the mountains and the valleys as backdrop to challenging holes. Some of the other amenities that Martis Camp property owners enjoy are casual and fine dining in the Camp Lodge; 20+ miles of hiking, biking trails, snowshoeing and cross country skiing trails; swimming, bowling, a soda fountain and movie theater at the Family Barn and a private boat for cruising on Lake Tahoe for up to eight people.

Schaffer’s Mill

Schaffer’s Mill, located in Martis Valley, is one of the premier Truckee four season Lake, Golf & Ski Communities. It is a 475 acre private community development with an 18-hole par 71 Johnny Miller/John Harbottle Championship Golf Course & Lake Club. The property has 188 Mountain Lodges (three and four bedroom luxury town-homes) and 218 custom home-sites (0.25 acre 0.75 acre), all with great views of Northstar and the Carson Range. The Schaffer’s Mill Clubhouse Village includes a spa, sports shop, The Market (restaurant and café), members-only men’s and women’s Locker rooms, Millworks (workout facility), a resort-style pool, Peg’s Poolside (café) and Schaffer’s Square which hosts many community events.

Lahontan

Lahontan, located in Martis Valley, is North Lake Tahoe and Truckee’s first private gated golf community with an 18-hole championship golf course designed by Tom Weiskoph. The homes are custom built on 0.5 acre to 1.5 acre home sites within the 906 total acres offer residents the finest that a private golf community can offer. The Lahontan Golf Club also has a world class spa and fitness center, a member-only restaurant and lounge, and a family recreation area.

Old Greenwood Golf Course

Located to the east of Truckee The Old Greenwood development is situated on 600 acres of forest and meadowland surrounded by the Sierra Nevada Mountains with the only 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course. The development offers many options from fractional ownership in two and three-bedroom townhomes or three and four-bedroom luxury cabins, to whole ownership of custom craftsman style single family homes. The property also has a tennis, fitness and swimming club as well as a Restaurant. Old Greenwood is a part of Tahoe Mountain Resorts

Great Golf Courses with condos, vacation rentals, family homes, and luxury properties close by

Northstar Golf Course

Northstar has so much to offer with several Luxury housing developments, condos, and the Ritz Carlton, as well as an 18-hole, 72-par Championship Golf Course designed by Robert Muir Graves. Any of the developments and condominiums are close to the golf course but the luxury houses found in the Old Northstar Neighborhood are the only properties located on the course. The Northstar community offers a wide range of mountain living opportunities – from affordable fractional ownerships to the finest of luxury homes, some that are ski in-ski out. In the residential neighborhoods surrounding the village are a mixture of moderately priced single family homes and condominiums as well as some very high priced homes. Amenities include th golf course, a cross country ski center, a downhill ski area, swimming pool, saunas, spa, weight room, tennis courts, equestrian center, conference center, restaurants and shops.

The Resort at Squaw

The Resort at Squaw Creek is a four-star condo hotel with the Robert Trent Jones Jr. 18-hole Championship Golf Course located in Squaw Valley. There are 238 deeded condominium units with one, two and three-bedroom luxury resort condominium suites. The Resort at Squaw Creek offers a full-service spa, fine dining, ice-skating rink, heated pools and water slide, fitness center, convention facilities, and boutique shopping mall. Over the years, the hotel has earned a reputation as the preferred destination resort hotel for the Squaw Valley and North Tahoe area.

The Resort at Squaw Creek is a major convention facility and destination hotel and has one of the highest annual occupancy rates in the entire North Tahoe/Truckee area, so in most cases the rental income that the owners receive usually pays the HOA dues and the property tax.

Gray’s Crossing

Gray’s Crossing is located in northeast Truckee on approximately 700 acres of land with 500 acres being forested open space. The community features The Golf Club at Gray’s Crossing, a Peter Jacobsen/Jim Hardy 18-hole Championship Golf Course with a Club House complete with professional staff, valet service, and dining terrace. The community offers 377 single-family homesites in 5 separate and neighborhoods with the option for custom homes, vacant homesites, townhomes, retail space and hiking and biking trails. It is the ideal community for a family of active outdoor enthusiasts. Gray’s Crossing is also a part of a bigger dynamic four-season resort community; Tahoe Mountain Resorts.

Tahoe Donner Golf Course

Tahoe Donner is a planned community northwest of Truckee with 6000 lots and there 1300 acres of greenbelt interspersed among the homes. The Tahoe Donner Home Owner’s Association manages an incredible selection of amenities, including: the Beach Club Marina at Donner Lake, an equestrian center, an 18-hole PGA rated golf course and driving range, hiking and biking trails, a private campground, a world class cross country ski center, a downhill ski area with a snow play area, 11 tennis courts, the Trout Creek Recreation Center (a state of the art fitness center) which includes 2 swimming pools, jacuzzis, a sauna, a steam room, a workout room, and the very popular The Lodge Restaurant. Any member of Tahoe Donner Home Owner’s Association can play golf on the course, though only a few homes are found on the golf course and they do not come available too often.

Plumas Area Golf Courses

Outside of the Truckee area are several golf communities and stellar courses in Plumas County. The 2006 Golf Digest’s list of the hottest retirement destinations for golfers named Plumas County as #15 in the nation. In south eastern Plumas County the communities of Whitehawk Ranch, Plumas Pines Golf Resort, The Dragon at Nakoma Resort (Gold Mountain) and Graeagle Meadows are newer and offer very nice modern luxury homes built around these excellent golf courses:

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