Maple Syrup Weekends in New England, the Midwest and Quebec

You’re standing in a log-cabin sugarhouse next to a steaming vat of boiling sap. A farmer ladles some into a cup, you taste it, and then step outside to sprinkle maple taffy on a snowdrift—this is the essence of a maple weekend. Across New England, the Midwest and Quebec, producers open sugarhouses so visitors can watch syrup being made, tour tapped forests and learn the craft’s history.

Events pair tastings and products—maple cream, cotton candy, popcorn, barbecue sauce, even beer and liqueur—with activities such as pancake meals, sleigh rides, snowshoeing and tree-to-table dining. States and provinces put their own spins on the season. Vermont, which produces half of U.S.

syrup, hosts Maple Open House weekend and a Vermont Maple Festival; New Hampshire and Maine stage March weekends with farms like Atkins Family Sugarhouse and Greene Maple Farm offering hot syrup, specialty foods and demonstrations.

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