Maryland’s Best program is kicking off the 2024 Maryland’s Best Ice Cream Trail with new additions to the trail, new prizes for participants, and of course ice cream! Now in its twelfth year, the Ice Cream Trail is designed to promote the state’s dairy industry and has become increasingly popular. It’s a great way to spend time with family and friends – how many locations can you make it to this summer?
WIN PRIZES
Check in online on Instagram or Facebook at any creamery, post a picture, tag Maryland’s Best, @mdsbest (IG) or @mdsbestag (FB), and be entered to win an ice cream cone squishy each week! One check-in per location per family.
NEW!! In partnership with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and AllTrails, check out a hiking trail near each location!
Use AllTrails to navigate your hike and easily share your adventure on social! AllTrails helps people discover and navigate trails in their neighborhoods and around the world while staying prepared, informed, and ready for the trails.
For an additional entry to win each week, take a photo of your hike, and tag @mdsbest/@mdsbestag, and @MarylandDNR to enter. Anyone who visits all 11 trailheads and submits photos to our email, icecream.trail1@maryland.gov, will be entered to win a free annual State Park Pass or a one-year free subscription to AllTrails+!
WIN THE ULTIMATE PRIZE
Do you have what it takes to be Maryland’s Best Ice Cream Trailblazer Champion?? Visit every location on the trail, and take a photo at each stop. When you have visited all 11 (Moo Cow Creamery is a bonus location!), email the photos to icecream.trail1@maryland.gov by September 10. You will be entered to win a $50 gift card to a creamery of your choice. The winner will also receive a copy of the children’s book “Tales of the Dairy Godmother: Chuck’s Ice Cream Wish,” and the 2024 Maryland’s Best Ice Cream Champion Trailblazer trophy. One lucky winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to the on-farm creamery of their choice, a copy of the children’s book “Tales of the Dairy Godmother: Chuck’s Ice Cream Wish,” and the 2024 Maryland’s Best Ice Cream Champion Trailblazer trophy.
MARYLAND ICE CREAM TRAIL STOPS
Broom’s Bloom Dairy
Broom’s Bloom Dairy
1700 S. Fountain Green Road (MD 543) Bel Air, MD 21015
Phone: 410-399-COWS (2697)
Chesapeake Bay Farms Inc.
Chesapeake Bay Farms
8905 Logtown Road, Berlin, MD 21811
supportlocalcows.com; Phone: 410-629-1997
or
4111 Whitesburg Road Pocomoke, MD 21851
Phone: 443-373-8487
Deliteful Dairy
Deliteful Dairy
16320 Long Delite Lane, Williamsport, MD 21795
delitefuldairy.com; Phone: 301-223-0032
Happy Cow Creamery
Happy Cow Creamery
8728 Dollyhyde Rd, Union Bridge, MD 21791
creameryathappycow.wixsite.com/happycowcreamerygran; Phone: 301-829-9996
Keyes Creamery
Keyes Creamery
349 Hopewell Road, Churchville, MD 21028
keyescreamery.com ; Phone: 443-619-4975
Lockbriar Farms
Lockbriar Farms
10051 Woorton Rd, Chestertown, MD 21620
www.lockbriarfarms.com; Phone: 410-778-9112
Misty Meadows Farm Creamery
Misty Meadows Creamery
14325 Misty Meadow Road, Smithsburg, MD 21783
mistymeadowsfarmcreamery.com ; Phone: 301-824-2112
Moo Cow Creamery @ Walnut Ridge Farm
3935 Bussard Road, Middleton, MD 21769
www.moocowcreameryllc.com; Phone: 240-549-9183
Prigel Family Creamery
Prigel Family Creamery
4852 Long Green Road, Glen Arm, MD 21057
prigelfamilycreamery.com ; Phone: 410-510-7488
Rocky Point Creamery
Rocky Point Creamery
4323 Tuscarora Road, Tuscarora, MD 21790
rockypointcreamery.com; Phone: 301-874-5810
South Mountain Creamery
South Mountain Creamery
8305 Bolivar Road, Middletown, MD 21769
southmountaincreamery.com; Phone: 301-371-8565
or
South Mountain Ice Cream Shop
50 Citizen’s Way, Suite 101, Frederick, MD 21701
Phone: 301-383-8790
Woodbourne Dairy at Rock Hill Orchard
Woodbourne Creamery at Rockhill Orchard
28600 Ridge Road, Mt. Airy, MD, 21771
rockhillorchard.com; Phone: 301-831-7427
BEYOND THE CONE
Maryland dairy farms offer a wide variety of products in addition to ice cream. For example, In 2022, Maryland’s dairy industry produced more than 876 million pounds of milk and generated over $157 million in sales (USDA NASS, 2023). You can also find plenty of cheeses from cows to goats and also yogurts! Below is a list of farms and products that sell direct to consumers. Check them out and for more information visit marylandsbest.net.
