Things To Do In Salisbury

Club-swingers at Heritage Shores Club launch aerodynamic orbs over 7,000 yards of greens and fairways, aiming to shoot a par 72. The Arthur Hills–designed course is built to be both challenging and fun, with water flanking many shots, bunkers creeping just out of view, and clowns waiting in the bushes to juggle lost balls. Five varying tees dot the start of each hole, making rounds customizable according to skill level and preference, and building in variation for future visits. Pairs and foursomes follow their mini globes in carts, gliding over the course's undulating fairways and celebrating good shots by steering donuts on well-manicured greens.

From 3,500 feet, you can barely even see the wild horses roaming Chincoteague Island. But when you’re hang gliding alongside an instructor from Virginia Hang Gliding, it doesn’t seem to matter much. What you can see from these towering heights are awe-inspiring views of waves crashing in from both the Atlantic and the Chesapeake Bay while you feel the adrenaline rush of soaring through the air. Clients help maneuver the glider over Virginia’s scenic beaches, far above the other visitors and the hundreds of bottles containing notes about boring islands. The whole time, they rest safe in the knowledge that they’re in the capable hands of one of the experienced pros who ride along.

A block away from the original Lazy Lizard, de Lazy Lizard Brew Pub fills glasses with 20 draft microbrews, including four beers brewed in-house. Guests can pair their pints with gastropub fare such as bangers and mash or paninis as they sup in a separate dining area or at the spacious bar. 11 TV screens scattered throughout the space keep sports fans entertained as they steal sips from a 100-oz. beer tower or lob Old Bay chicken wings at the opposing team.

Lightship Overfalls, a floating-lighthouse ship built in 1938, recently earned designation as a National Historic Landmark. During the last 11 years, the Overfalls Foundation has restored the once-ailing ship, repairing its now-cheerful red hull and completely reworking its electrical system to accommodate an underwater drive-in theater for dolphins. The Overfalls Foundation continues to maintain the ship with the aid of hardworking volunteers and member support. Membership grants holders a 10% discount off select items from the Overfalls Ship's Store, such as clothes, books, and collectibles, as well as exclusive access to email announcements about news, meetings, social gatherings, and other events hosted by the Overfalls Foundation. Trained ship guides lead complimentary tours above and below the decks, allowing guests to discuss the difficulties of life before Dramamine and explore a vessel that played an important role in maritime history. The Overfalls Foundation also welcomes volunteers to assist with ongoing ship maintenance, development, and social projects.

With practice areas for all facets of the game and 18 relatively straightforward, par 3 holes, Midway Par 3 & Driving Range affords novice duffers an ideal haunt for honing burgeoning golf talent. The course’s modest tee-to-green distances range 65–150 yards, making the links surmountable for future aces yet to develop the club-flailing muscle needed to deliver long drives and convincing strongman impressions. Patrons making their divot-tearing debuts will appreciate the course’s exclusion of meddling water hazards and sand traps, as well as the complex’s 30-stall driving range and practice areas reserved for chipping, putting, and celebratory tee-punting. A large basket contains 105 range balls that gladly submit to your orb-obliterating demands, granting greens-loving guests a comprehensive tune-up session before taking to the real course, which typically takes two hours to traverse.

The Rehoboth Beach Museum preserves myriad artifacts exhibiting the beach community's beginnings, growth, and coastal customs. Situated in an icehouse erected in 1925, the museum showcases memorabilia reflective of the sandy region, including vintage postcards, retro bathing suits, and celebrity look-alike jellyfish. The current exhibit, Skimming the Surface, stages life on the Delaware coast with colorful surfboard and skim-board displays and educates visitors about ancient Hawaiian surfing traditions, surfing slang, and why the original pyramid-shaped surfboard did not catch on.