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Discover the magic of maple sugaring with a Maple Lanes tour at the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum. Photo courtesy of the museum
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1/21/24 - By Katherine Dhurandhar

Maple sugaring is a popular winter activity in Westchester and the Hudson Valley. 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, maple sugaring events are rounded out with a pancake breakfast, maple syrup on snow, or other family-friendly fun.

We've rounded up 2024 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, and even a cooking class for kids to learn what to do with the tasty syrup after it's made.

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. Fun fact: It takes more than 40 gallons of sap to make just a single gallon of pure maple syrup.

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

Maple Sugaring Events in Westchester in 2024

Family Tapping Experience

Cross River
Saturday, January 27, 2024
The Trailside Nature Museum at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation offers private maple sugaring demonstrations for families.  READ MORE

Muscoot Farm's Sugar Shack Chats

Katonah
Saturday & Sunday, February 24 & February 25, 2024
Muscoot Farm invites visitors to stop by its Sugar House to learn how maple sap is made into maple sugar.  READ MORE

Maple Sugaring Days at Teatown

Ossining
Weekends, February 24-March 10, 2024
From tapping to collecting, boiling to bottling, Teatown Lake Reservation’s naturalists will be in Warren’s Sugarhouse sharing facts and folklore about this sweet time of year. READ MORE

Maple Sugaring at Westmoreland

Mt Kisco
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Join Westmoreland Sanctuary to learn about the regional history and culture surrounding maple sugaring. Then, participate in a demonstration involving colonial tool use, tapping one of the sanctuary's maple trees, and a store-bought vs homemade syrup taste test. READ MORE

Greenburgh Nature Center's Maple Sugaring Party

Scarsdale
Sunday, March 3, 2024
Celebrate the bounty of the northeast at this maple-sugaring celebration that goes well beyond tree-tapping at the Greenburgh Nature Center. Featured events include sap collection and evaporation demonstrations, depictions of Native American and colonial-style sugaring sites, and maple crafts and treats.  READ MORE

Maple Munchies

Katonah
Saturday March 9 and Saturday, March 30, 2024
Who says syrup is just for pancakes? Kids can learn all the different ways to use maple syrup in the kitchen and make some treats for themselves during this cooking class at Muscoot Farm. READ MORE

Maple Saturday at Lenoir Preserve

Yonkers – FREE
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Sweeten your Saturday with this free maple sugaring event at Lenoir Preserve. 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

Pancake Brunch & Maple Celebration at Teatown

Ossining
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Enjoy hotcakes and maple syrup, hot coffee, sausages, and more during this brunch at Teatown Lake Reservation. Then visit Warren’s Sugar House for a sugaring demonstration followed by crafts celebrating the magnificent Sugar Maple tree.  READ MORE

Sugaring Off Party at Trailside Nature Museum

Cross River – FREE
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Celebrate the end of the sugaring season at Trailside Nature Museum at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation with tasting, demonstrations, music, and food. 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 2024

Maple Sugar Tours at HHNM

Cornwall
Weekends from Saturday, February 3-Sunday, March 3, 2024
Learn how to tap a tree, collect sap, and discover the history of harvesting maple syrup at the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum. See if you can tell the difference between pure maple syrup and the artificially flavored variety.  READ MORE

Maple Sugaring at the Nature Place

Chestnut Ridge
Sunday, March 3, 2024
Learn about maple trees and what it takes to turn sap into syrup at The Nature Place in Chestnut Ridge. 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 Weekend Tours at Corey's Sugar Shack

Highland
Weekends from Saturday, March 16-Sunday, March 24, 2024
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 at The Ashokan Center

Olivebridge
Saturday & Sunday, March 9 & 10, 2024
It’s time for Maple Fest at the Ashokan Center! Experts will lead a forest hike to the sugaring shack to tap the trees and boil down the sap to make real maple syrup. Guests will be able to taste it, too, as part of the pancake breakfast. There will also be indoor live music, an instrument petting zoo, and blacksmithing demonstrations. READ MORE

Maple Weekends at Soukup Farms

Dover Plains – FREE
Weekends from Saturday, March 16-Sunday, March 24, 2024
Celebrate maple sugaring season at Soukup 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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