Ice Skating (Outdoor)

Outdoor Skating areas on the North Shore - ponds, flooded parking lots, and any other areas used for ice skating outdoors.

Pond on Eastern Avenue

This little pond is perfect for skating in the winter.

Location:

Pond on Eastern Avenue

Eastern Avenue

Gloucester, MA
01930

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Coordinates: 42° 37' 18.6852" N, 70° 38' 40.9092" W

Clark Pond (Manchester)

Location:

Clark Pond (Manchester)

Raymond Street

Manchester , MA
01944

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Coordinates: 42° 34' 38.3628" N, 70° 43' 23.9052" W

Buswell Pond

Location:

Buswell Pond

Western Avenue

Gloucester, MA
01930

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Coordinates: 42° 35' 55.1436" N, 70° 41' 11.2704" W

Chebacco Lake

Location:

Chebacco Lake

Chebacco Road

Essex, MA
01929

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Coordinates: 42° 36' 23.5728" N, 70° 48' 42.0876" W

Fernwood Lake

Location:

Fernwood Lake

Fernwood Lake Ave

West Gloucester, MA
01930

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Coordinates: 42° 36' 42.2208" N, 70° 41' 57.93" W

Mill Pond

Location:

Mill Pond

Washington Street

Gloucester, MA
01930

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Coordinates: 42° 37' 47.928" N, 70° 40' 35.274" W

Niles Pond

Location:

Niles Pond

Niles Pond Road
Eastern Point Road

Gloucester , MA
01930

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Coordinates: 42° 35' 26.4804" N, 70° 39' 19.4184" W

Beautiful Clark Pond provides a summer nesting area for swans, waterfowl and red-winged blackbirds. The pond area also provides a food and freshwater source for deer, possum, foxes and other mammals. when the pond ice freezes, it's the most beautiful place to skate.

Clark Beach is well-known for its spectacular panoramic views of Plum Island and Crane Beach. Summer or winter, a stroll along Clark Beach brings expansive views of sky, water, marsh and sand.

Location:

Clark Pond (Ipswich)

Clark Road
Parking lot at the end of Bowdoin Road, Great Neck

Ipswich, MA
01938

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Coordinates: 42° 42' 12.6792" N, 70° 47' 48.3252" W