Orleans, Massachusetts

About Orleans

Set in the southeastern part of Massachusetts, Orleans is a small unincorporated community.

Officially, Orleans is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.32 square miles.

📰 Orleans News Today

• Ex-Officer Held in New Orleans Mass Shooting Plot Is Freed Without Charges The New York Times · Aug 13
• Suspect accused of plotting New Orleans festival mass shooting released after charges refused: report WWLTV.com · Aug 13
• Ex-officer accused in New Orleans mass shooting plot released without charges Washington Examiner · Aug 12
• Orleans Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 24
• Charge dropped against ex-Chapel Hill cop accused of plotting New Orleans mass shooting Raleigh News & Observer · Aug 13

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Orleans Unique

• One of 5 places in the US named Orleans — but the Massachusetts one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern Massachusetts, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Orleans

• Bangkok Thai Cuisine — thai
• Hot Chocolate Sparrow — bakery (café)
• Mahoney’s Bar & Grill — seafood
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• Beacon Room
• Big Dogs — barbecue
• Hole-in-One — donut
• Laurino's Food & Spirits — italian
• Nauset Beach Club — seafood
• Orleans Lobster Pound — fish

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500 · Attraction
• Crosby Mansion · Museum
• French Cable Station Museum · Museum
• Jonathan Young Windmill · Attraction
• Left Bank Gallery · Art gallery
• Tree's Place · Art gallery

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Orleans

• Nickerson State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• 64 Mill Pond Road Cr · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Areys Pond Boat Yard Cr · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Areys Pond Cr · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Austin Smith Sanctuary · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Bakers Pond · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Beals Cr · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Beilby Property · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Bevans Conservation Restriction · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Burke / Trainor Property · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Burke Property · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Cedar Pond · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Orleans

• Nauset Regional Middle
• Orleans Elementary

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Orleans

🏘️ Nearby Communities