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Where to Go Maple Sugaring in Westchester and the Hudson Valley

Discover the magic of maple sugaring with a Maple Lanes tour at the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum. Photo courtesy of the museum
Discover the magic of maple sugaring with a Maple Lanes tour at the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum. Photo courtesy of the museum
1/20/23 - By Susan Miele

Maple sugaring is quickly gaining in popularity in Westchester and the Hudson Valley, joining apple picking as one of the area's favorite seasonal pastimes. Maple sugaring events include education about the age-old tradition, which began with Native Americans and evolved to include the use of modern evaporator machinery. Kids love helping collect the sap and getting to taste the sweet rewards after the maple syrup is made. At some venues, the events are rounded out with a pancake breakfast, maple syrup on snow, or other family-friendly fun. 

We've rounded up 2023 maple sugaring events in Westchester and the Hudson Valley, plus one pick over the border in Connecticut. These events include maple tree tapping to collect the sap, sugaring-off parties where it is cooked into syrup, plus a cooking class for kids to learn what to do with the tasty syrup after it's made. 

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Maple sugaring season generally begins in February and runs through late March, when below-freezing nights combined with warmer days result in the stimulation of sap. It takes more than 40 gallons of sap to make just 1 gallon of pure maple syrup.

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Learn how trees are tapped and how the sap is collected at Maple Saturday at Lenoir Preserve. Photo courtesy of the preserve
Learn how trees are tapped and how the sap is collected at Maple Saturday at Lenoir Preserve. Photo courtesy of the preserve

Maple Sugaring Events in Westchester in 2023

Family Tapping Experience - Sold Out

Pound Ridge
Saturdays, January 21 & 28, 2023
The Trailside Nature Museum at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation is offering private demonstrations of maple sugaring for families.  READ MORE

Sugarhouse Chats

Pound Ridge–FREE
Saturdays, February 11, 18, & 25, 2023
Stop by the sugar house and watch the process of transforming sap into delicious maple syrup.  READ MORE

Sugar Shack Chats

Katonah
Saturday, February 25 & Sunday, February 26, 2023
Stop by the farm's Sugar House to learn how maple sap is made into maple sugar.  READ MORE

Sugaring Days

Ossining
Weekends, February 25–March 12, 2023
From tapping to collecting, boiling to bottling, Teatown’s naturalists will be in Warren’s Sugarhouse sharing facts and folklore about this sweet time of year. READ MORE

Adopt a Sugar Maple

Mount Kisco
Saturdays, February 26 & March 11, 2023
This year's Sugarfest is only open to Adopt a Maple Tree members. Families can tap their own tree, keep track of how much sap it is collecting, then attend the maple sugaring party with pancakes, maple syrup, and hot cider.  READ MORE

Maple Sugaring: Past to Present

Pound Ridge–FREE
Saturday, March 4, 2023
Did you know that maple sugaring was discovered by the American Indians? Find out how they developed the maple sugaring process that gives us the sweet syrup we all love today at the Trailside Nature Museum.  READ MORE

Maple Sugaring Party

Scarsdale
Sunday, March 5, 2023
Celebrate the bounty of the northeast at this maple-sugaring celebration that goes well beyond tree-tapping. Featured events include sap collection and evaporation demonstrations, depictions of Native American and Colonial style sugaring sites, and maple crafts and treats.  READ MORE

Sugaring Off at Muscoot

Katonah
Saturday, March 5, 2023
Celebrate the sweet rewards of the sugaring season at Muscoot Farms. Enjoy pancakes, syrup, and music and then head to the Sugar Shack to learn how maple syrup is made.  READ MORE

Sugaring Off Party

Pound Ridge–FREE
Saturday, March 18, 2023
Celebrate the end of the sugaring season at Trailside Nature Museum at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation with tasting, demonstrations, music, and food. READ MORE

Maple Saturday at Lenoir Preserve

Yonkers–FREE
Saturday, March 18, 2023
Sweeten your Saturday with this free maple sugaring event. Throughout the day, naturalists demonstrate traditional and modern methods of making maple syrup. Taste testers are welcome to try samples and attempt to tell the difference between real maple syrup and fake maple syrup. READ MORE
Music and pancakes are on the agenda at Ashokan's Annual Maple Fest.
Music and pancakes are on the agenda at Ashokan's Annual Maple Fest.

Maple Sugaring Events in the Hudson Valley and Beyond in 2023

Maple Sugar Tours at HHNM

Cornwall
Weekends from Saturday, February 18-Sunday, March 19, 2023
Learn how to tap a tree, collect sap, and discover the history of harvesting maple syrup. See if you can tell the difference between pure maple syrup and the artificially flavored variety.  READ MORE

Maple Sugar Fest Sundays

Stamford, Connecticut
Sundays, February 26 and March 5 & 12, 2023
Visit the farmhouse on Heckscher Farm and see how sap is turned into maple syrup. In addition to maple sugar demos and tree tapping, attractions include a visit by Olaf from Frozen, a sock skating rink, farm animal demos, music, food trucks, and a children's game zone.  READ MORE

Maple Sugaring at the Nature Place

Chestnut Rudge
Saturday, March 4, 2023
Learn about maple trees and what it takes to turn sap into syrup, then head outside to tap a tree, taste the sap, watch it boil over a fire, and taste the syrup over crushed ice (with...a dill pickle). Take home a spout for tapping, along with instructions for making maple syrup at home. READ MORE

Maple Celebration and Breakfast

Cold Spring
March 11, 2023
The Taconic Outdoor Education Center located in Fahnestock State Park hosts its 27th annual pancake breakfast. Enjoy fresh maple syrup on fresh pancakes in a woodsy setting. See live demonstrations of sugaring the sap into syrup in both traditional and modern methods. Children and adults will be fascinated by the free nature lectures being offered by experienced staff on site. TOEC’s syrup will be on sale on-site! READ MORE

Maple Weekend Tours at Corey's Sugar Shack

Highland
2023 dates coming soon
Corey's Sugar Shack offers maple-sugaring demonstrations and tastings to the public over four days in March. Learn how the sap from maple trees is converted to syrup. Tours last about 30 minutes. READ MORE

Maple Fest 2023

Olivebridge
Saturday and Sunday, March 18 & 19. 2023
This all-outdoors sugaring event includes a tree-tapping demonstration, a pancake lunch, campfires, live music, self-guided nature walks, and blacksmithing demos.  READ MORE

Maple Weekends at Soukup Farms

Dover Plains–FREE
Weekends, March 18-26, 2023
Celebrate maple sugaring season at Soukup family farm, offering self-guided maple tours, grab-and-go product samples, breakfast takeout menu, sugar on snow, maple and apple cider donuts, and syrup-making demonstrations if the weather permits. READ MORE

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