The Best Ice Cream in New England By State

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Ice cream is a delicious treat that will keep you cool during the summer months and it tastes great any time of the year. Explore our list of the best ice cream spots in New England. Let us know some of your favorite places in the comments or on social media.

Massachusetts

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Crescent Ridge Dairy – 355 Bay Road, Sharon

Flayvors of Cook Farm  – 129 South Maple Street, Hadley

McCray’s Farm – 55 Alvord Street, South Hadley

Great Brook Farm – 247 North Road, Carlisle

Four Seas Ice Cream – 360 South Main Street, Centerville

Cabot’s Ice Cream & Restaurant  – 743 Washington Street, Newton

Shaw Farm Dairy – 204 New Boston Road, Dracut

Baker Farm – 289 Locust Street, Swansea

Cherry Farm Creamery – 210 Conant Street, Danvers

White Farms Ice Cream –326 High Street, Ipswich

Kimball Farm Ice Cream – Locations in:

  • Westford
  • Carlisle
  • Lancaster

Bedford Farms – Locations in:

  • Bedford
  • Burlington
  • Concord

Richardson’s Ice Cream – Locations in:

  • Middleton
  • Reading

Cape Cod Creamery – Locations in:

  • Hyannis
  • South Yarmouth
  • Dennis

Somerset Creamery – Locations in:

  • Somerset – Route 6 (G.A.R Hwy)
  • Somerset – Country Street
  • Cataument

JP Licks – Locations in:

  • Boston
  • Brookline
  • Cambridge
  • Somerville
  • Newton
  • Wellesey
  • Andover
  • Lynnfield
  • Dedham

New Hampshire

UNH Dairy Bar – 3 Depot Road, Durham

Hayward’s Homemade Ice Cream – 7 Daniel Webster Hwy, Nashua

Hatchland Farms – 3095 Dartmouth College Hwy, North Haverhill

Connolly Brothers Dairy Farm – 140 Webster Hwy, Temple

Ilsley’s Ice Cream – 33 South Sugar Hill Road, Weare

Beech Hill Farm and Ice Cream Barn – 107 Beech Hill Road, Hopkinton

Sanctuary Dairy Farm Ice Cream – 209 Route 103, Sunapee

The Puritan Backroom – 245 Hooksett Road, Manchester

Arnie’s – 164 Loudon Road, Concord

Moo’s Place Homemade Ice Cream – Locations in:

  • Derry
  • Salem

Granite State Candy Shoppe – Locations in:

  • Manchester
  • Concord

Golick’s Dairy Bar – Locations in:

  • Barrington
  • Rochester

Vermont

The Creemee Stand – 716 Route 100, Wilmington

Mountain Creamery  – 4374 West Woodstock Road, Rte. 4, West Woodstock

Carmen’s Ice Cream – 1000 Broad Street, Lyndonville

Lu Lu’s Ice Cream – 185 Main Street, Vergennes

Ben & Jerrys Factory – 1281 Waterbury-Stowe Road Route 100, Waterbury

Lilac Ridge Farm – 264 Ames Hill Road, Brattleboro

The Village Scoop – 419 Main Street, Colchester

Kingdom Creamery of Vermont – 3411 VT-16, East Hardwick

The Scoop – 4066 Shelburne Road, Shelburne

Rhode Island

The Ice Cream Machine – 4288 Diamond Hill Road, Cumberland

Sunshine Creamery – 305 North Broadway, Rumford

Brickley’s – 921 Boston Neck Road, Narragansett

Powder Hill Creamery – 777 Putnam Pike, Greenville

The Scared Cow Ice Cream Shop – 187 North Brow Street, East Providence

The Wright Scoop – Locations in:

  • North Smithfield
  • Providence
  • Warren

Clementine’s Homemade Ice Cream – Locations in:

  • Middletown
  • East Greenwich
  • Portsmouth

Gray’s Ice Cream – Locations in:

  • Tiverton
  • Bristol

Newport Creamery – Locations in:

  • Barrington
  • Coventry
  • Cranston
  • Greenville
  • Middletown
  • North Kingstown
  • Providence
  • Warwick
  • Newport

Connecticut

Ferris Acres Creamery – 144 Sugar Street, Newtown

Kloter’s Ice Cream Barn – 216 West Road, Ellington

Tulmeadow Farm – 255 Farms Village Road, West Simsbury

Mortensen Dairy Ice Cream – 3145 Berlin Tpke, Newington

Mystic Drawbridge Ice Cream – 2 West Main Street, Mystic

UConn Dairy Bar – 3636 Horsebarn Hill Road Ext, Storrs

Buttonwood Farm – 473 Shetucket Tpke, Griswold

Durham Dari Serve – 13 Main Street, Durham

Tall Man’s Ice Cream – 564 Main Street, Cromwell

Sweet Claude’s – 493 West Main Street, Cheshire

Wentworth Homemade Ice Cream – 3697 Whitney Ave, Hamden

Ekonk Hill Turkey Farm Ice Cream – 227 Ekonk Hill Road, Sterling

Arethusa Farm Dairy – Locations in:

  • Bantam
  • New Haven

Maine

Kettle Cove Creamery and Cafe – 2 Bowery Beach Road, Cape Elizabeth

Red’s Dairy Freeze – 167 Cottage Road, South Portland

Scoop Deck – 6 Eldridge Road, Wells

Smiling Hill Farm – 781 County Road, Westbrook

Toots Ice Cream – 137 Walnut Hill Road, North Yarmouth

Ben and Bill’s Chocolate Emporium – 66 Main Street, Bar Harbor

Stone Fox Farm Creamery – 398 East Main Street, Searsport

Beal’s Ice Cream –  Locations in:

  • Portland
  • Gorham
  • Scarborough
Enjoy your New England ice cream adventures!

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