Sugar makers around the state will open their doors this weekend for Maine Maple Sunday. See firsthand how 40 gallons of maple sap is turned into one gallon of syrup. Most sugar houses offer free tasting and live demonstrations of how syrup is produced, from tap to table. Many offer a variety of other treats and activities, including syrup on pancakes or ice cream, sugarbush tours and sleigh or wagon rides. Some will arrange special tours and demonstrations for groups on other days as well. Call them to make arrangements.

These sugar houses are participating in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. For a complete statewide list, go to: www.getrealmaine.com.

Androscoggin County
Harvest Hill Farms, West Poland

Open: 9-3

Tours of sugarhouse, sugarbush, sampling, pancake breakfast, ice cream, hay rides, balloons. Maple candy, maple butter, maple taffy, maple syrup and other maple products for sale.

West Poland. Off Route 11.

Phone: 207-998-5485

Fax: 207-998-3139

E-mail: pkbolduc@megalink.net

Home page: http://www.harvesthillfarms.com

Jillson’s Sugar House, Sabattus

Open: 9-5

Maple breakfast. Sample maple syrup. Sugar on snow. Sugarbush tours. Demonstration of syrup-making process. Sugaring off meal cooked using maple syrup in different ways. Maple ice cream made on the farm.

Take the Sabattus exit off Interstate 95. If coming from the north go right off the ramp, from the south go left off the ramp. Then turn left at the first intersection and go 1.5 miles. Handicapped accessible; restrooms available; can accommodate bus tours.

Phone: 207-375-4486

Fax: 207-375-4486

Washburn-Norlands Living History Center, Livermore

Open: 9:30-3

All-you-can-eat pancakes smothered in Norlands’ own maple syrup. Oxcart rides. See maple syrup made the old-fashioned way. Fun and games.

Route 4 to Route 108 east, left on Norlands Road. Restrooms available.

Phone: 207-897-4366

Fax: 207-897-4963

E-mail: norlands@norlands.org

Home page: http://www.norlands.org

West Minot Sugar House, West Minot

Open: 8-4

Pancake breakfast from 8 to 11 am. All you can eat for $6; $1 for children under 5. Will also have maple syrup, cookies, and candies for sale. Horse-drawn sleigh rides from 8 am to noon for a fee, 1 to 3 p.m. jigs and reels music.

Route 119 next to Village Trading Post.

Phone: 207-966-3643

E-mail: slatbake2001@yahoo.com

Oxford County
A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm, Sumner

Open: 10-4

Demonstrations of syrup making process. Maple coffee and tea served for 50 cents.

Sumner: Rte 219 in Sumner turn onto Greenwoods Road at Litchfield’s General Store. Go approx. 2 miles, turn left onto Black Mountain Road, farm is 1 mile on left. Handicapped-accessible; restroom facilities available.

Phone: 207-388-2979

Fax: 207-388-2979

E-mail: thyme@megalink.net

Cabane A Sucre Bergeron, Hebron

Open: 9-4:30

Syrup making and grading. Free taffy on snow, sap collection and process demonstration. Sleigh rides, conditions permitting.

Between routes 119 and 124. On south end of Merrill Hill, 12 miles from Auburn.

Phone: 207-966-2654

Fax: 207-783-4047

E-mail: jeanberg@megalink.net

High Acres Maple Syrup at Oak Hill Farm, South Hiram

Open: 7:30-1

Pancake breakfast indoors in heated barn Saturday and Sunday.The drive is asphalt, so no mud. Sugarhouse and gift shop open.

14 Husky Haven off Tripptown Road. From Rte 25 in Cornish, follow South Hiram Road 3 miles west to 160 (the Brownfield Road). Turn right on 160 and go north 1 mile to Tripptown Road on right. Follow up the mountain 1.9 miles. Husky Haven is on the left.

Phone: 207-625-7151

E-mail: melanson@oakhillfarm.com

Home page: http://www.oakhillfarm.com

JL Dyke Farm, Canton

Open: 8-3

Pancake breakfast, horse drawn wagon rides and maple syrup demonstrations. Learn about the process. Sugarbush tours; please bring boots.

Just off Route 108, 93 Farrand Hill Road.

Phone: 207-597-3124

E-mail: dykefarms@adelphia.net

Home page: http://www.dykemainemapleproducts.com

Jackson’s Sugar House & Vegetable Stand, Oxford

Open: 8:30-4

Processing of sap and canning of maple syrup, season permitting. Free pancake breakfast 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Free ice cream with sampling of syrup from 12 to 3:30 p.m.

Located in East Oxford, 5 miles from Route 26 and minutes from the elk farm. Please call for further directions. Handicapped-accessible

Phone: 207-539-4613

E-mail: rajackson@gwi.net

Maple Crest Farm, Buckfield

Open: 10-4

Free tasting of maple syrup on ice cream. Sugarbush tours. Demonstration of syrup-making process with new evaporator in operation.

349 Paris Hill Road.

Phone: 207-336-2466

E-mail: cooper@megalink.net

Maple Valley Syrup Co., Porter

Open: 9-3

Boiling down, finishing, and bottling of product. Free samples of ice cream with maple syrup.

Off Route 25, Colcord Pond Road to Old Meetinghouse Road.

Phone: 207-625-8018

McAllister’s Pure Maine Maple Syrup, Waterford

Open: 8-4

Maple syrup on ice cream and other maple goodies. Demonstration on making maple syrup and tapping trees. Sugarbush tours.

Across from Meddy’s Market off Route 35, Five Kezar Road, second house on right. Handicapped accessible.

Phone: 207-583-4903

Smedberg’s Crystal Spring Farm, Oxford

Open: 10-4

Samples of syrup. Demonstration of syrup-making process. Greenhouse open. Samples of syrup. Horse-drawn wagon rides, weather permitting.

Route 26, 3 miles north of Oxford Plains Speedway on the left; 3 miles south of Norway. Handicapped accessible; restrooms available; can accommodate bus tours.

Phone: 207-743-6723

Fax: 207-743-7689

Swift Acres Farm, Hebron

Open: 10-4

Demonstrations on making maple syrup as well as free samples of maple syrup on ice cream.

61 Hebron Center Road. Handicapped accessible; restrooms available.

Phone: 207-966-2010

E-mail: rswift@msad52.org

Thurston Maple Products, Peru

Open: 10-3

A horse-drawn wagon will take you to the sugar house to watch the process and have refreshments.

45 Mineral Springs Road.

Phone: 207-562-7098

E-mail: athurst44@adelphia.net

Home page: http://www.thurston-mapleproducts.com

Weston’s Farm Stand, Fryeburg

Open: 10-4

Sample our syrup served on vanilla ice cream. Sugarbush tours. Demonstration of the syrup-making process. Maple syrup and maple candy for sale.

River Street (Route 113N). Handicapped accessible; can accommodate bus tours.

Phone: 207-935-2567

Fax: 207-935-4555

E-mail: weston@pivot.net

Home page: http://www.westonsfarm.com

Willette’s Maple Syrup, Porter

Open: 8-5

Maple syrup, sugar, candy, and gift baskets for sale. Free samples of syrup. Always have hot coffee. Ice cream with syrup for the kids.

Across First County Road from the Porter Grange Hall. Approximately 300 feet from Route 25. Handicapped accessible.

Phone: 207-625-4098

E-mail: willette@psouth.net

Home page: http://www.geocities.com/willettesmaplesyrup

Franklin County
Bowley Brook Maple Syrup, Weld

Open: 10-3:30

Sample maple syrup on ice cream, and other maple goodies. Wood-fired evaporator.

107 Cushman Road. Can accommodate bus tours.

Phone: 207-491-1660

Hall Farms Maple Products, East Dixfield

Open: 8-3:30; sugarhouse from 10-3:30

Pancake breakfast with sausage, maple syrup and beverage. Maple cotton candy, maple whoopie pies, and more. Open dairy barn with calves. Free hayrides using antique Farmall Tractors.

U.S. Route 2. Restrooms available; can accommodate bus tours.

Phone: 207-645-2862 Toll free: 888-645-4367

Fax: 207-645-4498

E-mail: info@hallfarms.com; rodney@hallfarms.com

Home page: http://www.hallfarms.com

Jackson Mountain Farms, Temple

Open: noon-3

Open house. Ice cream, syrup samples, and snacks. Syrup for sale. Newly published Maine maple cookbook, Maine Maple Beyond Pancakes, also for sale.

Take Route 43 to Temple, turn left on Iisalo Road in center of town and go 1 mile to sugarhouse.

Phone: 207-778-5023

Fax: 207-846-4570

E-mail: jhodgkins5@verizon.net

Maple Valley Farms, Inc., Jay

Open: 9-3

Meals are $5 for adult, $2 for kids. Crepes and bacon, baked beans with maple syrup, hot dogs and coleslaw. Door prize drawings for one quart of maple syrup to four winners.

1304 Franklin Road; 7 miles north of Livermore Falls on Route 133; 1.5 miles south of Beans Corner. Restrooms available; can accommodate bus tours.

Phone: 207-645-2328

Fax: 207-645-4247

E-mail: pti@megalink.net

Randy’s Sugar Shack, Chesterville

Open: 8-4

Pure Maine Maple syrup using a 2- by 8 wood evaporator. Homemade ice cream, beans, doughnuts, and door prizes. Demonstrations of syrup making process.

Route 17 South from Livermore Falls, just beyond Fayette Campground, left on Jackman Mills Road, about mile left on North Road, go about 3 miles. On left before stop sign at the top of Norcross Hill.

Phone: 207-897-6574

River Run Farm Maple Products, Strong

Open: 10-4

Sample maple syrup over ice cream. Demonstration of syrup-making process. Farm tours. See our beef cattle, calves, sheep, and lambs.

968 South Strong Road.

Phone: 207-684-4733

E-mail: rrfarm@tdstelme.net

Sweet Maple Farm, Wilton

Open: 9-3

Maple syrup on ice cream, maple syrup for sale, and antique (1940) Allis Chalmers tractor on display.

Route 156 toward Mt. Blue State Park, about 1 miles from town. Handicapped accessible.

Phone: 207-645-4596

Home page: http://www.sweetmaplefarm.com

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