Ready to Skate Outside? SKC’s 2026 Outdoor Ice Rink Directory!

Looking for some outdoor skating this season? Fun! Check out this list of rinks open on the seacoast.

Disclaimer: Listed here are only outdoor rinks, not small, private ponds because 1) Those who know about the small ponds like to keep them a secret, and 2) I’m terrified of anyone falling through some ice. Safety first.

Further down this article, you’ll find a full list of other further outdoor skating rinks in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine, just in case you happen to be taking a road trip and find yourself near one. See you on the ice!

NOTE: Always call ahead before traveling to a rink. Weather is a big factor of open/close times and ice conditions.

Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock Pond, Strawbery Banke Museum
14 Hancock Street, Portsmouth NH
(603) 422-0600
Open 9am-9pm daily with limitations
See here for pricing and rink schedule

Labrie Family Skate at Puddle Dock Pond is a carefully designed ice skating rink with 12,500 square feet of professionally maintained ice surface. Labrie Family Skate offers public skating, pond hockey for children and adults and skating lessons for all ages. Rental skates and sharpening services are available.

Take a skate break with a wide selection of delicious baked goods, sandwiches, hot cocoa and tasty treats at The Figtree Kitchen Café.

Jackson’s Landing Ice Rink
9 Old Piscataqua Road, Durham NH
(603) 868-3907
Adults $9.00, Kids 17 and under $7.00. Skate rental $5.00
See here for public skate schedules

Churchill Rink at Jackson’s Landing in Durham is a regulation sized ice skating rink owned and operated by the Town of Durham, NH. The facility is open to residents of all communities and offers amenities such as changing rooms, snack bar, skate sharpening, skate rentals, and rest rooms.

The rink features a roof with open sides which creates the illusion users are skating outdoors when in fact they are under cover. Jackson’s Landing is a waterfront park featuring a playground, walking trails, boat landing, boat house, and Churchill Rink.

Rochester Common
The Common, South Main Street, Rocester, NH
(603) 332-4120 or (603) 335-6749

The Outdoor Rink is back open for 2025! Please use caution while skating as the surface may be uneven in places. The rink will be closed intermittently due to weather or for ice maintenance-please check signage and online for status. Respect neighbors of the rink: When posted as open, the rink may only be utilized from 6am to 10pm. The outdoor rink is intended to be self-directed. There is no staff present, skate at your own risk. This is a shared space; no one group, or activity may dominate the use of the rink surface. Skate rentals are not available at the outdoor rink. Helmets are strongly recommended for beginner skaters.
Visit www.rochesternh.gov/…/outdoor-rink-at-the-common for rink rules and information.

Lion’s Club Skating Rink
135 West High Street, Somersworth, NH

Each winter we turn our outdoor pond into a ice skating rink. Our team of volunteers work tirelessly to keep the snow removed and the ice resurfaced. Once we deem that the ice is safe, the rink is open to the public on a daily basis from 9am-4:30pm (weather and ice conditions permitting!!). If the rink is CLOSED then we will have the main entrance gate closed (orange snow fence) and a sign to indicate no skating. We will also post on Facebook that the rink is closed. Please, no skating at night time in the dark. It’s just too dangerous.

There is no cost for skating at our rink but donations are greatly appreciated and help us continue on the skating rink legacy of the Somersworth Lions Club. When you’re skating you can simply place cash or check donations through our mail slot on the front door of the white building or you can give a donation online. We thank you for your continued support! Click HERE to Donate! Updates: facebook.com/SomersworthLions

There’s a lot of weather permitting caveats but…

Bring your own skates (Rentals available on Saturday/Sunday. Check our Facebook page for updates on hours)
Skate between 9am-4:30pm
For closures, pay attention to our Facebook page and to the signs on our property.
Questions? Email SomersworthLionsClub@gmail.com

Stratham Hill Park Ice Skating Rink 
270 Portsmouth Ave, Stratham NH
NiceRink® Skating Rink at Stratham Hill Park: strathamnh.gov/

Has been moved indoors this year! The Stratham Hill Park Association has constructed the NiceRink inside the 4H Barn at Stratham Hill Park. The rink will be open during park hours if the conditions permit. If the weather is cold enough the rink will be open to skating. The space is open to the public and accessible by all!

Other Outdoor Ice Skating Rinks in New Hampshire

• Bow Town Pond, next to the Bow Community Center in Bow, NH
• Dorrs Pond, adjacent to Livingston Park in Manchester, NH
• Loon Mountain Rink, Lincoln NH
• Nestlenook Victorian Skating Park, Jackson, NH
• Mount Washington Resort Skating Rink, Bretton Woods, NH
• Occom Pond, Hanover, NH
• Robin Hood Park, Keene NH
• The Tohko Dome Skating Rink at King Pine Purity Spring Resort, New Madison, NH

Outdoor Ice Skating in Massachusetts

• Auburndale Cove Ice Skating, Newton, MA
• Enchanted Ice, at Jordan’s Furniture in Avon, MA
• Jack Kirrane Ice Skating Rink, Brookline, MA
• Frog Pond at Boston Common, Boston, MA
• Kelly Outdoor Skating Rink, Jamaica Plain, MA
• Kendall Square Community Ice Skating, Cambridge, MA
• Patriot Place Winter Skate, Foxboro, MA
• The Rink at MarketStreet Lynnfield, Lynnfield, MA
• Skating Path at Community Field, Holyoke, MA
• Walpole Ponds, Walpole, MA
• Worcester Common Oval, Worcester, MA

Outdoor Ice Skating in Maine

Thompsons Point Rink
Thompsons Pt. Road, Portland, ME
Please note that ice conditions change frequently. For most up-to-date information including weekly schedule changes, closures or cancellations, please visit the Thompson’s Point Rink Instagram page.

Ticket sales begin each week at 5pm on Sundays. Kiddos 4 & under receive free admission, parents just pay for rentals if they are needed.
Ages 5 & up are $12/admission
Skate rentals for all are $6

• The Brunswick Mall Rink, Brunswick, ME
• Coffin Pond Rink, Brunswick, ME
• Lishness Hockey Rink, Brunswick, ME
• Sugarloaf Outdoor Center Ice Skating Rink, Carrabassett Valley, ME
• Town Ice Rink, Eliot ME
• Knowlton Park, Ellsworth, ME
• Lee Twombly Pond, Falmouth, ME
• Jalbert Park Skating Rink, Fort Kent, ME
• Thompsons Point Rink, Portland, ME
• Mill Creek Park Ice Rink, South Portland, ME
• Wells Recreation Center, Wells ME
• Orland H. Blake Skating Pond, Yarmouth, ME

Did we miss any? Leave a comment and help us grow our outdoor ice skating directory!