Discover Maple Weekend 2018

Maple Weekend 2018 is almost here! What is Maple Weekend you ask? Every spring, maple producers from across New York state welcome families to their farms to experience how maple syrup and other related products are made. Visitors also have the opportunity to enjoy fun-family friendly activities, taste New York's freshest syrup and purchase maple products. So mark your calendars now, Maple Weekend 2018 is on March 17-18 and March 24-25, from 10 AM to 4 PM*. Tours and product samples are offered at most sites FREE of charge. 

Most kids love Maple Syrup, so it would be an amazing learning experience for them to see where it came from and how it's made. The process is fascinating to watch and best of all you can taste it for FREE! Here are some of the participating Maple farms close to Schenectady. Be sure to call ahead of time, and wear appropriate clothing and shoes when visiting.

Riverside Maple Farms| *8 miles 
7152 Amsterdam Rd Glenville New York 12302| 518-214-4014
There will be tours, tastings, and treats. Make plans now to bring the whole family. Hours are 10 am to 6 pm. 

Nightingale's Maple Farms| *14 miles
4888 Jersey Hill Road Amsterdam NY 12010| 518-882-9334
Weather permitting, we will be demonstrating the sap collection system and processing of sap from reverse osmosis through to finished syrup, including filtering & bottling. Taste Testing!

Sugar Oak Farms| *15 miles
50 Atkins Road, Malta NY 12020| 518-288-8653
Come join us in our cozy sugarhouse as we continue the tradition of making maple syrup. All days will feature interactive tours of our sugaring operation, and Sawmill as well as a variety of demonstrations. Maple products for sale and there will be free samples! Visitors will be able to see how maple syrup is made and can learn about the maple syrup grading system. It will be a fun time for the entire family!

Mountain Winds Farm| *18 miles
12 Williamson Road Berne, NY 12023| 518-872-0513
We will demonstrate making maple syrup, maple cream, maple cotton, and maple leaf candy. PANCAKE BREAKFASTS BY NEIGHBORING CHARITIES at their locations. 8:30am-1pm March 17 Boy Scout Troop 79 at Masonic Lodge Helderberg Trail, Berne 518-872-2675 March 18 9am-1pm Girl Scout Troop 1758 at Masonic Lodge Helderberg Trail, Berne 518-872-2675 March 24 8am-1pm Helderberg Lutheran Church 1728 Helderberg Trail, Berne 518-872-0051 March 25 9am-1:30pm Kiwanis at Knox Firehouse 2198 Berne-Altamont Rd, Knox

Two Saps Syrup |*22 miles
303 Cripplebush Road Central Bridge, NY 12035| 518-868-9328 or 518-705-0307
Come smell the welcoming aroma of maple syrup being made over a wood-fired arch. Learn how sap grows up and becomes maple syrup. Our evaporator is open so you can see and experience the entire process in our newly constructed sugar house.Come meet the Two Saps that are willing to work long hard hours to ensure your pleasure.

Maple Hill Farm | *22 miles
107 C Crapser Road Cobleskill, NY 12043 | (518) 234-4858 or (800) 543-5379
Enjoy woodlands and mountain range scenery as you take a free tractor-drawn wagon ride to the sap bush! We make stops to explain the tapping process and use of buckets and pipeline systems. If the sap is running our wood-fired evaporator will be going full steam; see first-hand how maple syrup is produced. Maple Jack Wax (aka Maple Taffy or Sugar on Snow) – a favorite of all ages! made daily. As always, we offer a lecture and tour of the entire maple syrup making operation. Sample delicious treats like maple sugar, cream and glazed nuts! all available for sale in the country store.