A SUMMER OF

Hike the Ice Cream Trail

​The Office of Outdoor Recreation has partnered with Maryland’s Best for a second year to churn up a delicious challenge for families – hiking the Maryland Ice Cream Trail​!

Now in its 13th year, the state’s official Ice Cream Trail features 14 dairies that produce and serve farm-fresh ice cream. To encourage visitors to extend their trip and get outside, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources has identified recommended trails near each creamery. Visitors can win prizes by checking in at the various locations, with the chance to win a grand prize if they hit all of them.

How to Participate

Maryland’s Best is excited to announce a streamlined digital check-in experience! Consumers can download the Let’s Rallie app on Apple or Android phones for free to see all locations available on the trail, each featuring a unique QR code to scan to check in when you visit. ​

CLICK HERE TO GET STARTED AND DOWNLOAD THE APP!

Prizes

Check in using the Let’s Rallie app at each location and be eligible to win a sweet treat! 

Winners must be Maryland residents who are 18 or older. Download the app now and win if you are:

• The first app check-in
• The first person to check in at 5 dairy locations
• The first person to check in at a creamery and the matching hike location
• The first person to check in at 7 hiking locations
• The first person to tag @mdsbest and the creamery on Instagram (remember, you have to be following our account for us to see it)
• The first person to tag @marylanddnr and the park at which you hiked on Instagram (remember, you have to be following our account for us to see it)

Grand Prize

Do you have what it takes to be Maryland’s Best Ice Cream Trailblazer Champion? Check in at every location on the trail, and you will be eligible to win the grand prize! Each person who completes the trail by September 1 will be entered to win a $50 gift card to a creamery of their 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 2025 Maryland’s Best Ice Cream Champion Trailblazer trophy. Additionally, anyone who checks in at all the hiking trails on the Let’s Rallie app by September 1 will be eligible to win a state park pass, good for one year!

Don’t want the app or can’t download the app? You can take photos at each location and email them to icecream.trail1@maryland.gov by September 2. Please send all your photos at once! ​ ​​

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.

​ **To be eligible for the grand prize, you must check in at each trailhead on the Let’s Rallie App or include all your photos in one email to ​icecream.trail1@maryland.gov .

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​​ ​Maryland Ice Cream Trail Stops (by region):

​​An interactive map of creameries and trails can be found at
​​​​​​​https://marylandsbest.maryland.gov/24239-2/

Central

1. Creamery: Bro​om’s Bloom Dairy

   Trail: Palmer State Park, Iron Works Trail (Yellow Blazes), 2.7-mile loop, moderate



Gunpowder Falls State Park ​

2. ​​Creamery: Prigel Family Creamery

   Trail: Gunpowder Falls State Park (Pleasantville Area), Ma & Pa to Pleasantville Loop Trail, 4.7-mile loop, moderate

3. ​​​​Creamery: Keyes Creamery
   
   ​Trail: Trail: Susquehanna State Park, Rock Run and Land Of Promise Trail Loop​, 1.7-mile loop, easy
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Susquehanna State Park


Eastern

4. ​​​​​Creamery: Chesapeake Bay Farms - Berlin OR Chesapeake Bay Farms - Pocomoke

Trails: Assateague Island State Park, Rackliffe House Trail Loop, 1.1-mile loop, easy OR Pocomoke River State Park (Milburn Landing), Pocomoke Ice Cream Bike Loop, 8-mile loop, easy (see hiking option also)​



Rackcliffe​ Trail​




Pocomoke River State Park ​

5. ​​​​Creamery: Lockbriar Farms
   ​​
   Trail: Sassafras Natural Resource Management Area, Tidal Pond Loop, 3.9-mile loop, easy

   ​Ful​l de​sc​ription

Western

6. ​​Creamery: Deliteful Dairy

   Trail: Fort Frederick​ State Park, Beaver Pond Trail​, 1​.​9-mile out-and-back, easy.

7. C​reamery: Misty Meadow Farm Creamery

   ​Trail: Cunningham Falls State Park (William Houck Area), Lower Trail and Cliff Trail Loop, 1.2 miles, easy to moderate

   
   Cunningham Falls State Park​

8. ​Creamery: Glamourview Creamery​

   ​​​Trail: Rivermist Park, Monocacy River Trail, 3.3-mile out-and-back, easy .

9. ​​​​​Creamery: Rocky Point Creamery

   ​​Trail: Monocacy Natural Resource Management Area, Furnace Branch Trail, 2.6 miles out & back, easy.

10. Creamery (2 locations): South Mountain Creamery OR South Mountain Ice Cream Shop

    Trail​: Gambrill State Park, Yellow Poplar Trail​, 6.2-mile out-and-back back, moderate OR Carroll Creek Linear Park Loop​ in Downtown Frederick, 1.8-mile loop, easy ​​

11. Creamery: Brown Cow Creamery

    Trail: ​Patuxent River State Park, Patuxent River Adventure Course, 5-mile loop, moderate

12. Creamery: Happy Cow Crea​mery

    ​​​Trail: Soldier’s Delight Natural Environmental Area, Choate Mine and Red Run Trail, 2-mile loop, easy

13. ​​Creamery: Moo Cow Creamery
    ​ ​
    Trail​: Catoctin Creek Park, Catoct​in Creek Loop​, 1.5-mile loop, easy.

​Southern


14. ​​Creamery: Miller Farms​​
    ​ ​
    Trail​: Cedarville State Forest, White Trail, 3.5-mile loop, easy

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