Golf in Mars Hill

Mars Hill is an Aroostook County community near the New Brunswick border in the upper reaches of the St. John Valley, not far from Presque Isle and the Aroostook County seat at Houlton. Mars Hill Mountain — a compact ridge rising distinctly above the surrounding potato-farming plain — gives the community its name and serves as a local landmark visible for considerable distances across the agricultural flatlands. A small ski area operates on the mountain in winter, giving Mars Hill a modest dual-season recreation identity unusual for a community its size. Mars Hill Country Club provides recreational golf in a landscape defined by Aroostook's agricultural character: wide fields, long horizons, and the striking clarity of the high northern Maine sky.