You have to hand it to the developers of America's premier golf communities. No matter what happens to the U.S. real estate market at large, there's no slowing these guys down. For them, the sky is always within reach...

... #9. Spanish Peaks Big Sky, Montana

This is perhaps the only golf community whose residents are excused for suddenly acquiring twangy accents and buckskin breeches. Fairway-side residences are available (the course, by Tom Weiskopf, opened in 2007), along with your choice of ski-in, ski-out neighborhoods, surrounded by views that qualify as religious experiences. Stone-and-timber buildings clustered together to form the Settlement contain expected facilities like dining, a golf shop, and locker rooms, but there's also a general store and an outfitter's cabin.

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