Updates for May 2025, and other timely information:
May 
- 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.
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Find other types of farms:
- Easter egg hunts
- Children's consignment sales
- Farm markets and roadside stands
- Local Honey
- Local Meat, Milk and Eggs
Maple Syrup Info: - Maple syrup nutrition facts
- Maple syrup production methods and history
- Tapping trees and making your own maple syrup from maple sap
- Maple syrup production facts and figures
- Pumpkin pie from a fresh pumpkin with maple syrup! (wonderful!)
- Maple Syrup Ice cream ( with a gel-canister ice cream maker)
- Maple Syrup Ice Cream (with a ice cream maker that uses ice and salt)
Related: - Road trip and camping
- Pumpkin patches and corn mazes
- Christmas Tree Farms and lots
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