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

Jillson’s Sugar House, Sabattus

Open: 9-5

Sample maple syrup. Sugarbush tours. Demonstration of syrup-making process. Meals cooked using maple syrup in a variety of 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

Megquier Hill Farm, Poland

Open: 10-4

Tours of sugarhouse, sugarbush, sampling, pancakes, ice cream, wagon rides. Maple candy, maple butter, maple syrup and other maple products for sale.

On Megquier Hill in Poland, look for signs on Route 11

Phone: 207-998-5485

Fax: 207-998-3139

E-mail: [email protected]

Webster Farm, Wales

Open: 10-5

Samples of syrup on vanilla ice cream. Demonstration of syrup-making process.

Wales, off Route 132

Phone: 207-375-8094

West Minot Sugar House, West Minot

Open: 8-4

Pancake breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. 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 a.m. 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: [email protected]

Oxford County

A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm, Sumner

Open: 10-4

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

Route 219 in Sumner, turn onto Greenwoods Road at Litchfield’s General Store; go about 2 miles, turn left onto Black Mountain Road, farm is 1 mile on left. Handicapped accessible; restrooms available

Phone: 207-388-2979

Fax: 207-388-2979

E-mail: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

Cooper’s Syrup House, Buckfield

Open: 10-4

Free ice cream with maple syrup. New evaporator demonstrations. Walking tours of pipeline and buckets. Maple-sugared walnuts, maple syrups and goodies available for sale.

349 Paris Hill Road. Take right after Tilton’s Market, bear immediate left, follow road, take left onto Paris Hill Road. Farm is 2½ miles on the right. Can accommodate bus tours.

Phone: 336-2097

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. Ted the Talking Husky.

14 Husky Haven off Tripptown Road. From Route 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: [email protected]

Home page: www.oakhillfarm.com

JL Dyke Farm, Canton

Open: 9-4

Pancake breakfast. Sample maple syrup, baked beans, maple cotton candy and maple butter. Learn about the process. Sugarbush tours, please bring boots.

Just off Route 108 onto Farrand Hill Road

Phone: 207-597-3124

E-mail: [email protected]

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 noon to 4 p.m.

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

Fax: 207-539-8410

E-mail: [email protected]

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, 2nd house on right. Handicapped accessible

Phone: 207-583-4903

Smedberg’s Crystal Spring Farm, Oxford

Open: 10-3

Samples of syrup. Demonstration of syrup-making process. Greenhouse open. Samples of many items including sausage, cheese, ice cream. Horse-drawn wagon rides offered for a fee.

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

Phone: 207-743-6723

Fax: 207-743-7689

Swift Acres Farm, Hebron

Open: 9-5

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

61 Hebron Center Road; restrooms available

Phone: 207-966-2010

E-mail: [email protected]

Weston’s Farm Stand, Fryeburg

Open: 9-4

Sample our syrup served on vanilla ice cream. Sugarbush tours. Demonstration of the syrup-making process. You can feed the horses! 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: [email protected]

Home page: www.westonsfarm.com

Franklin County

Bowley Brook Maple Syrup, Weld

Open: 10-3:30

Sample maple syrup on ice cream and other maple goodies. Wood-fired evaporator. Can accommodate bus tours.

107 Cushman Road

Phone: 207-491-1660

Hall Farms Maple Products, East Dixfield

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

Maple syrup making demonstrations. Pancake breakfast 8 to 3:30. Maple syrup, candy, whoopie pies, and more. Free ice cream with maple syrup. Open dairy barn with calves. Free hayrides with our collection of antique Farmall Tractors. Restrooms available; can accommodate bus tours

U.S. Route 2

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

Fax: 207-645-4498

E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Home page: www.hallfarms.com

Hoon’s Maple Syrup, Farmington Falls

Open: 9-3

Sample syrup and maple goodies. Baked beans, homemade ice cream and doughnuts. Maple sugaring demonstrations. Can accommodate bus tours; handicapped accessible.

13 Cross St., off Route 41

Phone: 778-4879

Fax: 207-778-5587

E-mail: [email protected]

Maple Hill Farm, Farmington

Open: 10-4

Sample maple syrup and see how it is made. Sugarbush tours, maple ice cream sundaes, coffee, doughnuts, baked beans made with maple syrup and maple cookies.

Titcomb Hill Road

Phone: 207-778-4506

Fax: 207-778-4506

E-mail: [email protected]

Maple Valley Farms Inc., Jay

Open: 9-3

Meals are $5 for adults; $2 for kids. Crepes and bacon, baked beans with maple syrup, hot dogs and cole slaw. 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: [email protected]

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: [email protected]

Sweet Maple Farm, Wilton

Open: 9-3

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

Route 156 toward Mt. Blue State Park, about 1½ miles from town.

Phone: 207-645-4596

Home page: www.sweetmaplefarm.com