Tee off on two award-winning 18-hole golf courses at Captains Golf Course, Cape Cod’s premier public golf course facility. Also available are two practice greens, a driving range, electric and pull carts and full restaurant amenities. If one or all in the group are newbies, the course’s PGA-certified teaching professionals can help. Lessons include both individual and group sessions.

Captain’s Golf Course

Get the cooler and fishing gear ready for a day at sea with the guys. You’ll be going after striped and black sea bass, bluefish, tuna and, of course, cod. Boat rentals are plentiful throughout Orleans or you can join a charter.

Nauset Marine Boat Rentals

Candlepin bowling with a side of savory barbecue is on tap at the The Alley, which by the way has local brews on tap at a full bar.

A complete entertainment spot, the center also features arcade games, big-screen TVs and mouthwatering barbecue specialties from the onsite Big Dogs Barbecue, served lane side or in a dining area featuring high-top tables.

One good sport deserves another, and in Orleans, summer days end at Eldredge Park, watching the Orleans Firebirds take on other members of the Cape Cod Baseball League, a collegiate summer baseball league that has launched the careers of scores of MLB stars. Carlton Fisk, Steven Wright and Nomar Garciaparra are all former Firebirds.

The Alley