Maple Syrup Day

Name: Maple Syrup Day
Start: 2025-03-15T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-03-15T16:00:00-04:00
Location: 400 S Badour Rd, Midland, MI, United States, Michigan 48640

Schedule

Sat Mar 15 2025 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

400 S Badour Rd, Midland, MI, United States, Michigan 48640 | Midland, MI

Maple Syrup Day
Saturday, March 15
10 am - 4 pm
FREE/members & all children
$7/non-member adult
The woods and sugarhouse come to life in March as we make maple syrup at Chippewa Nature Center. Celebrate the ‘syruping season’ at CNC’s annual Maple Syrup Day festival with activities for all ages!
Take a wagon ride to the Sugarhouse to see how we boil sap into pure maple syrup. You’ll also find an 1870s sap boiling demonstration and learn how to make syrup at home in small batches. Enjoy a guided tour of the sugarbush, practice tapping a tree or discover some sugarbush treasure with a scavenger hunt in the woods. Completed scavenger hunts will be entered into a prize drawing.
Near the schoolhouse, check out maple syrup story time or the maple puppet play. Head over to the Homestead area for maple games, crafts, woodstove cooking, and a taste of “sugar on snow” as we make maple syrup taffy.
In the Visitor Center, enjoy a delicious pancake meal with REAL maple syrup. Pancake meal tickets are sold separately and advanced purchase online is recommended. Day-of meal tickets are dependent on availability. We’ll also be making free tasting samples of maple cotton and hot drinks will be available from a food truck. You can also stop by CNC’s gift store for maple treats and other nature-based items for purchase.
Venture Out for food and fun at Maple Syrup Day!
Pancake Meal (additional cost)
9 am-2 pm
Timed seating; advanced purchase of meal tickets recommended!
Menu includes:
-Pancakes with real maple syrup
-Sausage
-Applesauce
-Milk
-Coffee
Non-Member Pricing
Buy early and save!
$15 | Ages 13+, meal + festival admission ($17 at the door)
$6.50 | Ages 3-12, festival admission is free
Free | Children under age 2
Member Pricing – Festival admission is free!
$8 | Ages 13+ for meal
$5.20 | Ages 3-12
Free | Children under age 2
https://www.chippewanaturecenter.org/maple-syrup-day