Hart Ranch Golf Club
Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota · Black Hills & Rapid City golf market
- Access
- mixed
- Holes
- 18
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Hart Ranch Golf Club is an 18-hole public course in a valley south of Rapid City along Spring Creek, opened in 1995 on land originally part of the historic Hart Ranch cattle operation. It has been voted South Dakota's #1 Public Golf Course by GolfWeek Magazine every year from 2023 through 2026, and sits roughly 8 miles south of downtown Rapid City just off Highway 16.
The surrounding Hart Ranch property has been developed for decades by Hart Ranch Development Company (founded 1983) into a mixed recreational and residential property: a large membership-based RV/camping resort (Hart Ranch Camping Resort Club, a separate recreational product not modeled as residential real estate here) plus platted residential phases sold under the 'Village on the Green' name (currently in its third phase, Village on the Green III). The golf club's own 14-plus membership categories include one -- the Village on the Green Membership -- explicitly restricted to residents of Village on the Green I, II, or III, making this a genuine, if narrow, case of golf access gated to a specific residential product rather than open to any Hart Ranch-area homeowner.
Golf & Course
The 18-hole championship course opened in 1995 and has repeatedly been named South Dakota's top public course by GolfWeek (2023-2026). No architect credit was confirmed this session. The course plays through the Hart Ranch Valley at the foothills of the Black Hills, with Spring Creek running through the layout.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Hart Ranch offers more than a dozen membership categories (senior, twilight, weekday-only, and others) available to the general public, alongside ordinary public daily-fee play -- most of these categories carry no residency requirement. The one documented exception is the Village on the Green Membership, which is explicitly restricted to residents of the Village on the Green I, II, or III residential phases and includes a private electric cart at no additional charge. This is a real, sourced case of residency-gated golf access, but it applies only to that specific membership category and specific residential phases -- it does not mean homeownership anywhere in the broader Hart Ranch area includes or requires golf membership.
Living in Hart Ranch Golf Club
Village on the Green is Hart Ranch Development Company's ongoing platted residential product within the Hart Ranch Valley, now in its third phase (Village on the Green III), marketed as premier homesites minutes from Rapid City via Highway 16 or 79. It is distinct from the separately operated Hart Ranch Camping Resort Club, a membership-based RV/camping park that is a recreational product, not a for-sale residential community, and is not modeled as a residential community in this batch.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Beyond golf, the broader Hart Ranch property centers on its camping-resort amenities (pool, hot tubs, tennis, pickleball, basketball, shuffleboard, a restaurant, and a weekly summer rodeo), reflecting Hart Ranch's identity as a recreation-and-tourism property as much as a residential one.
Location & Surrounding Area
Hart Ranch sits about 8 miles south of downtown Rapid City off Highway 16, en route toward Mount Rushmore and the southern Black Hills, distinct from the Golf Club at Red Rock's location on Rapid City's western edge.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current Village on the Green lot/home pricing and any HOA fee directly with Hart Ranch Development Company.
- Confirm current Village on the Green Membership pricing/terms directly with the golf club -- no dollar figure was found this session.
- Confirm whether any Hart Ranch homeowner outside Village on the Green I/II/III receives any golf privilege at all -- this session found none.
Notable
- Voted South Dakota's #1 Public Golf Course by GolfWeek Magazine for 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026.
- The Hart Ranch Golf Club opened in 1995 on land tied to 19th-century rancher John Harrison Hart.
- Hart Ranch Development Company, founded 1983, actively sells homesites in its 'Village on the Green' residential phases, now in Phase III.
- A 'Village on the Green Membership' golf category is explicitly restricted to residents of Village on the Green I, II, or III and includes a complimentary private electric cart.
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