Looking for local maple syrup orchards and sugarworks in Baltimore area of Maryland?
There are also listings for every other state, tours, festivals, syrup making
demonstrations, history, facts, related events and fun!" Scroll down this page and you will see the
aall of thoses in Baltimore area of Maryland, sorted by county.
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to confirm the info, they don't always report changes to me!
And if you know of one I missed and want to add it or correct the
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Updates for December 2023
December
- The new sapping season starts in late winter; typically from mid-March to mid-April in most maple-syrup producing areas, when temperatures are below freezing at night and above freezing during the day. Tours
usually begin in early Spring! That's a great time to visit a maple sugar orchard or sugarworks and see a sugaring demonstration; watch them make maple syrup!
Where are Maple Syrup farms/orchards/sugarworks, etc.? Well, they're not in Hawaii or Florida, for sure. They are concentrated in the northeast and upper midwest in the US and the eastern half of Canada, even though maple trees do grow in the northwest.
That's why the areas below (in states outside of the Northeast and Midwest) have no listings! Although, there is research to develop trees that can produce
sap/syrup in warmed climates.
Maple Syrup listings, by county
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Anne Arundel County
Baltimore County
Calvert County
Carroll County
Charles County
Frederick County
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Cunningham Falls State Park Maple Syrup Festival -
maple syrup festival and mapel syrup making demonstration
Houck Lake Area, Cunningham Falls State Park, Thurmont, MD.
Email:
info@cunninghamgambrill.org. Open: The Annual Maple Syrup
Festival is held on the second and third weekends of March from
9:30 am to 2 pm; Saturday and Sunday, for example, that is March
11-12 and 18-19 in 2017,Syrup-making demonstrations start every
hour. Maple syrup demonstrations. Every February, rangers hang
buckets on 19 maple trees in the park for sugaring time. Food
will be for sale, including pancakes and sausage. Maple products
will also be for sale. Pancakes, served with real maple syrup,
and other food will be for sale. The festival takes place at the
Houck Lake Area of Cunningham Falls State Park, from 9 to 2.
Food will be served including pancakes, sausage, sausage
sandwiches, hot dogs and other items. Maple syrup products will
be sold including maple syrup, maple cream and maple candy. A
maple syrup making demonstration will start every hour and
continue throughout each day. Live music will be provided by
local blue grass bands. A donation of $3 per person is requested
in lieu of the park entry fee. Youth group members are $2 and
children in safety seats are free. All money collected goes to
the Friends of Cunningham Falls State Park and Gambrill State
Park. The "Friends" is a non-profit organization which has
supported Cunningham Falls and Gambrill State Parks since 1996.
Previous "Friends" donations to the parks include Polaris
vehicles, skid loader, rescue boat and motor, handicapped beach
wheelchair, AEDs, power tools and other items. Directions: US
Route 15 North from Frederick Maryland. Exit at Maryland Route
77 and continue west on 77. Turn left on Catoctin Hollow Road
(just past the Catoctin Mountain Park Visitor Center). Follow
the signs for the Falls parking and turn right into the Houck
Lake Area. The park rangers make maple syrup the old-fashioned
way, boiling it in a kettle over a roaring fire. You will learn
how you can do this at home and facts, like an average tapped
maple will produce 10 to 20 gallons of sap, enough for a pint or
two of syrup. It takes 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of
syrup.
Harford County
Howard County
Montgomery County
Prince George's County
St. Mary's County