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Great Brook Farm State Park is Open dawn-dusk everyday, year-round. Ice Cream Stand is open April-October, 11am-dark. The stand serves up 60 flavors of ice cream, sherbet, frozen yogurt and sorbet (dairy free). There are also hot dogs and chips for sale. There are farm animals to feed for $0.25 (you get a handful of grain). These include Alpacas, sheep, lambs, goats, chickens and pigs. Composted cow manure and screened loam are available year-round call 978 371 7083. Barn tours are free on Saturdays and Sundays at 1, 3 and 5pm and meet at the ice cream stand- see our robots milk the cows, stand on a cow mattress, and meet the calves. The park is 1,000 acres and has over 20 miles of trails for hiking, walking, mountain biking, or trail riding if you bring your own horse.
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Hi Great Brook Farm! Do you know what day in April the ice cream stand will open?
Gorgeous weather, fabulous photo, and great reviews from Sunday's hike at Great Brook Farm State Park with Gregory Leschishin: "The instructor was entertaining and personable. He planned a hike that was sufficiently challenging, but accessible to a wide range of walkers from young to not-so-young. The group that walked was lively and engaged with each other because of the instructor's friendliness."
Do you have RV parking for a couple hours? Thank you.
why were barn tours cancelled today and yesterday?
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Meet Kate! 👋
Dental Assistant Kate is one of the newest members to our NVD team; It will be 1 year in September! Although she is a "newbie" here in the office, she is not new to the industry. She entered the dental field 20 yrs ago after seeing her mom enjoy her career as a dental office manger. Patients of Kate's can expect sincere compassion & pure kindness during their visit! "I will always make sure patients in my care are well informed and have a clear understanding of any procedure's we may be performing."
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"🌸Summer 🌸 is my favorite! I love heading to the beach with my daughters & finding fun adventures to take them on. From random hike's followed by ice cream, to mini escapes up in North Conway or down to Newport."
Check out Kate's favorite local mini adventure spot Great Brook Farm for trail hikes and amazing ice cream! 🌿🍦
Is your ice cream safe for kids with nut allergies? Thanks
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Dairy Month! Great Brook Farm is in Carlisle, MA and an interesting fact....they don’t own a single inch of land; instead, they have a long-term lease with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and who would have thought their farm is in a state park? And that makes for a unique experience. They manage 300 acres of land, have 140 cows, and see over 100,000 visitors at the farm each year. #buylocal #dairy #farmergeorge
Today is World Milk Day! We thank our local dairy farms for their hard work and support of our Essex and Middlesex counties! Here are the local dairy farms in our community: Appleton Farms in Ipswich, MA, Artichoke Dairy in Newbury, MA, Dancing Goats Dairy in Newbury, MA, Dunajski Dairy in Peabody, MA, Great Brook Farm in Carlisle, MA, Herrick Dairy Farm in Rowley, MA, Richardson's Ice Cream in Middleton, MA, Shaw Dairy Farm in Dracut, MA, The Herb Hill Micro-Dairy in Andover, MA, Valley View Farm in Topsfield, MA and Tully Farm in Dunstable, MA. #buylocal #dairy
So, why has the almighty state not allowed the farm to open for ice cream sales? Its a 100% take-out business and most other take-out restaurants are open. Maybe ice cream is not essential to the joyless bureaucrats but it is to many of the rest of us. The park is jammed with people and the farm needs to move the milk and cream the cows are producing. No reason for this travesty to go on except a one size fits all bureaucratic mentality at the state level. Very disappointing.