Maple Madness
Sugar shacks around the Hudson Valley are offering tours, festivals
and pancake breakfasts to celebrate the 2011 harvest.
Many farm participate in the New York State Maple Producers Assocation's Maple Weekends, holding events on March 19-20 and the 26, 27. Others offer tours all month long or by appointment.
Here's our guide to the sweetest events of the year.
Sharpe Reservation Maple Celebration, A Sugar Maple Celebration, maple sugaring, Sugar Bush Hike, Nature Discovery Room, Planetarium, Woodsmen Field Day. Local crafters' and farmers' market
March 19 & 20
Muscoot Farm
Route 100, Somers, NY.
Maple making demonstration. See the farm animals. Maple Products for sale. Pancake breakfast: adults $7, kids 2-11 $3 under 2 free. Rt 684 to Rt 35 (Katonah Exit).
Niese's
Maple Farm
136 Wiccopee
Road Putnam Valley,
(845) 526-3748.
Tours on making syrup, breakfast, gifts. BBQ rib- maple BBQ
sauce - lunch or take out. Blacksmith country music.
March 26 & 27
Hahn Farm
Salt Point, NY
Farm animals, hayrides, maple making demonstrations, maple products for sale. Pancake breakfast: adults $7, kids 2-11 $3, under 2 free.
Niese's
Maple Farm
136 Wiccopee
Road Putnam Valley,
(845) 526-3748.
Tours on making syrup, breakfast, gifts. BBQ rib- maple BBQ
sauce - lunch or take out. Blacksmith country
music.
Frost Valley YMCA
1920 Frost Valley
Road, Claryville
Visit Frost Valley YMCA environmental
education and conference center to learn the all natural Tree to
table process of producing maple syrup. Tours run every 30 minutes.
Free samples at the end of every tour and the opportunity to buy
our syrup and maple soda.
Local sugar shacks:
Sugarbrook Maple
351 Samsonville Road, Kerhonkson, (845) 626-3466. Call for tours mid-Feb.through March.
591 Cty Rte 2, Accord, (845) 687-2518. Sap house open daily during season, call first
High Point Mountain Maple Syrup
75 Whispell Rd, West Shoka, 845-657-7252, Maple products can be
purchased year round.
Oliverea School House Maple Syrup
609 Oliverea Rd, Oliverea, 845-254-5296. State-of-the-art maple
farm with 3,000 taps in the Catskill Mountains. Tours
available year round.
For more maple weekend events throughout the state, visit the NY Maple Growers site.
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