Maple Sugaring Tour at Bissell Maple Farm
Enjoy a free pancake breakfast the first three Saturdays of March. Enjoy live entertainment and maple product samples. {Find Out More}
When: March 2, 9 & 16, 2019; 10am-3pm
Where: 82 W. Ashtabula St., Jefferson, OH 44047

Cuyahoga County Maple Syrup Festivals

FREE History of Maple Sugaring at Cleveland Metroparks
On weekends from March 2 through March 17, walk through time along the Sugarbush Trail to see the sap-collecting methods and syrup-making processes used by the First People, settlers, and modern sugar farmers. You’ll end at the sugarhouse to watch sap boiled into delicious maple syrup. {Find Out More}
When: Saturdays & Sundays, March 2-17, 2019; 11am-4pm
Where: Rocky River Nature Center, Maple Grove Picnic Area, 24000 Valley Pkwy., North Olmsted, OH 44070
Cost: FREE

FREE Nature Baby: Maple Sugaring at Cleveland Metroparks
Nature is awaiting you so let’s get baby out to explore. We will hike the trail at our working sugar bush and experience the story of maple sugaring. This program is for children ages 3 and under with an adult companion. {Find Out More}
When: Friday, March 8, 2019; 10am-11am
Where: Rocky River Nature Center, Maple Grove Picnic Area, 24000 Valley Pkwy., North Olmsted, OH 44070
Cost: FREE

FREE Maple Sugaring Tour at Green Gate Farm
Located in an old barn, this is an example of backyard operation. Enjoy demonstrations during the day. {Find Out More}
When: TBA
Where: 9195 Highland Dr., Brecksville, OH 44141
Cost: FREE

Geauga County Maple Syrup Festivals

FREE Tree Tapping Ceremony at Burton Chamber Log Cabin
The first 100 visitors will have the opportunity to get tapping equipment to tap a tree and a sap pail to hang. The tapper’s name will be put on the tree and, during the maple season, the tapper can keep track of how much sap comes from the tree. After tapping a tree, visit the Log Cabin for refreshments and warm up by the blazing fire. Sit in a rocker and watch maple candy being made. Maple products will be available for purchase. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, February 9, 2019; 10am-4pm
Where: 14590 E. Park St., Burton, OH 44021
Cost: FREE

FREE Maple 101 Workshop at The West Woods
Beginners and experienced producers wishing to hone sugaring skills will learn everything they need to know including tree biology and identification, why sap flows, tapping, collecting methods, sugar bush management, producing the finished product, canning and packaging. Some local sugaring history will also be included. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, February 23, 2019; 9am-12pm
Where: 9465 Kindsman Rd. (Route 87), Russell, OH 44072
Cost: FREE

FREE Sweet Maple: How to Make Maple Confections at The West Woods
Join two local maple producers, James Miller of Sugar Valley Maple and Tom Salo of Salo Maple, as they demonstrate sweet ways to use Geauga County maple syrup. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, February 23, 2019; 1pm-2:30pm
Where: 9465 Kindsman Rd. (Route 87), Russell, OH 44072
Cost: FREE

FREE Maple Town Tune Traders at The West Woods
Format features short performances and sharing of songs and tunes in the round. All musical genres, instruments and musicianship levels welcome. Come to play, sing or simply enjoy as audience. {Find Out More}
When: Thursday, February 28, 2019; 7pm-10pm
Where: 9465 Kindsman Rd. (Route 87), Russell, OH 44072
Cost: FREE

FREE Maple Sugaring Tour at Pleasant Valley View Farm
Pleasant Valley View Farms is a 750-tap operation with an oil-fired evaporator. Bucket and tubing operation with reverse osmosis. Shop a variety of maple syrup in decorative glass bottles as well as traditional jugs. Plenty of syrup to be sold at their roadside stand. {Find Out More}
When: March 2-3, 2019; 10am-5pm
Where: 8810 Madison Rd., Montville, OH 44064
Cost: FREE

FREE Maple Madness Tour at White House Chocolates
Premium chocolates are manufactured on site. White House Chocolates offers maple and maple walnut fudge and maple creams coated in milk and dark chocolate. During the Maple Tour, they will also have maple cordial cherries. {Find Out More}
When: Saturdays, March 2-9, 2019; 10am-6pm
Where: 14609 Kinsman Rd., Burton, OH 44021
Cost: FREE

FREE Maple Sugaring Tour at Burton Chamber Log Cabin
Cabin & Sugar Bush has been producing maple syrup and other maple products while providing educational opportunities to preserve our maple heritage. {Find Out More}
When: Saturdays & Sundays, March 2-10, 2019; 10am-4:30pm
Where: 14590 E. Park St., Burton, OH 44021
Cost: FREE

FREE Grossman Brothers Maple Products Open House
Family owned and operated sugarbush. Heavy timber frame sugarhouse has a traditional wood-fired evaporator in conjunction with state-of-the-art maple sap collection and processing techniques to produce more than 1500 gallons of maple syrup annually. The sugarhouse is easily accessible with abundant parking. {Find Out More}
When: Saturdays & Sundays, March 2-10, 2019; 10am-5pm
Where: 12147 Claridon-Troy Rd., Chardon, OH 44024
Cost: FREE

FREE Maple Madness Tour at Sugarbush Creek Farm
Take a wagon ride to Geauga County’s most picturesque sugar house. Then enjoy a guided tour to see how the most modern technology has advanced the “Art of Maple Syrup Production.” Relax by the fire in their timber-framed tasting lodge and sample Geauga’s finest maple syrup. {Find Out More}
When: Saturdays & Sundays, March 2-10, 2019; 10am-5pm
Where: 13034 Madison Rd., Middlefield, OH 44062
Cost: FREE

FREE Maple Madness Tour at Sugar Valley Maple
The farm features a 3,250-tap tubing and 150-bucket operation with a new easy access sugar house and a cozy fireplace. Depending on the weather, they will be making sugar, cream, candy, and maple-coated nuts. The farm sells syrup in gallons, half gallons, quarts, and pints, as well as maple cream and maple candy. Tour bus friendly. {Find Out More}
When: Saturdays, March 2-9, 2019; 10am-5pm
Where: 15771 Chipmunk Ln., Middlefield, OH 44062
Cost: FREE

FREE Maple Madness Tour at IQ Maple Syrup
Handcrafted Maple Syrup made in Geauga County Ohio for 100 years! The farm features a 675 bucket operation. Even the arch used in the newer sugarhouse was repurposed from the sugarhouse and dates back to the 1950's. Stop in to enjoy the smell and taste of maple! {Find Out More}
When: Saturdays & Sundays, March 2-10, 2019; 10am-5pm
Where: 18266 Thorpe Rd., Chagrin Falls, OH 44023
Cost: FREE

FREE Maple Madness Tour at Maple Valley Sugarbush
Possible 2,200-tap operation on vacuum tubing. Reverse Osmosis/wood-fired arch with open pans to boil sap. Demonstration of sawmill for extra value of wood products in the forest management plan of the sugarbush.​ {Find Out More}
When: Saturdays & Sundays, March 2-10, 2019; 10am-5pm
Where: 13262 Chardon Windsor Rd., Chardon, OH 44024
Cost: FREE

FREE Maple Madness Tour at K-C Maple Syrup
This backyard operation uses a wood-fired evaporator, offers easy access to the sugarhouse, and is handicapped accessible. Take a walk through the woods and see how the sap is transferred from the pump house to the sugarhouse. {Find Out More}
When: Saturdays & Sundays, March 2-10, 2018; 10am-5pm
Where: 16350 Hard Rd., Montville, OH 44064
Cost: FREE

FREE Maple Madness Tour at Salo Maple Products
Salo Maple Products is an 800-tap operation on tubing with vacuum, and boils on a 2’ x 8’ Leader Max pan with a reverse osmosis unit. Shop for maple candy and coated peanuts. Samples available. {Find Out More}
When: Saturdays & Sundays, March 2-10, 2019; 10am-5pm
Where: 16434 Leggett Rd., Montville, OH 44064
Cost: FREE

FREE Maple Madness Tour at Messenger Century Farm
Hear the story and see pictures how Messenger Century Farm went from buckets and horses to a 900-tap operation on tubing with vacuum, reverse osmosis, wood-fire arch, and modern technology in a 1910 sugarhouse on a conserved farm. Enjoy the free “Tastes of Maple” samples so you can see how maple syrup is used in many dessert, meat, vegetable, salad, and beverage recipes. By reservation only, enjoy a pancake breakfast with a flip of history in the farm’s century home. (Space is limited so call early to reserve your spot.) Handicap accessible. {Find Out More}
When: Saturdays & Sundays, March 2-10, 2019; 10am-5pm
Where: 17098 Messenger Rd., Auburn, OH 44021
Cost: FREE

FREE Maple Madness Tour at Richards Sugarhouse Maple
Visit the sugar house and enjoy maple sap hot dogs. Try maple mustards, maple BBQ sauces, and maple garlic hot sauce. Kids can try their hand at tapping. The store will offer many maple samples. Easy access.​ {Find Out More}
When: Saturdays & Sundays, March 2-10, 2019; 10am-5pm
Where: 545 Water St., Chardon, OH 44024
Cost: FREE

FREE Ma & Pa’s Gather Sap with the Horses Maple Tour
Pa hitches up the horses again and takes you deep into the woods through the sugarbush to collect the sweet stuff and brings it back to the sugar shack to demonstrate how it is all done. Then sample some Maple Coffee and Maple Candy and various other maple treats in the log cabin. There is no charge for the tour and small buckets are provided for the children. {Find Out More}
When: Saturdays & Sundays, March 2-10, 2019
– Saturdays: Horses go out throughout the day, from 11am-2pm
– Sundays: Horses go out at 2pm only
Where: 15161 Main Market Rd. (Rt 422), Burton, OH 44021
Cost: FREE

FREE All-You-Can-Eat Maple Madness Brunch at the Snö-Chalet at Punderson
It’s time to switch to WAFFLES! Join the Snö-Chalet for a waffle brunch featuring authentic Belgian Liege waffles with real Geauga maple syrup and other yummy toppings. {Find Out More}
When: Saturdays & Sundays, March 3-24, 2019; 10am-4pm
Where: 11755 Kinsman Rd., Solon, OH 44139
Cost: FREE admission. Wristbands and individual ticket sales are available every day.

FREE Sap's-a-Risin' at Geauga Park District
Visit Geauga Park District's sugar house, sugarbush, and lodge for a sweet taste of how maple sugaring methods have evolved from the Native American tradition to modern methods! Help gather sap in the sugarbush with a horse-drawn sap sled, experience the tapping, gathering and boiling methods used throughout history, see sap boiling in the sugar house and taste some maple syrup, then warm up with live music by Mr. Haney String Band and maple treats in the lodge. {Find Out More}
When: Sundays, March 3-17, 2019; 12pm-4pm
Where: Swine Creek Reservation, 16004 Hayes Rd., Middlefield, OH 44062
Cost: FREE

FREE Timbertots: Maple Sugar Time! at the Geauga Park District
Explore outdoors and enjoy hands-on activities to discover where and how we get real maple syrup! {Find Out More}
When:
Tuesday, March 5, 2019; 10am-11am & 1pm-2pm
Saturday, March 9, 2019; 10am-11am
Where: Swine Creek Reservation, 16004 Hayes Rd., Middlefield, OH 44062
Cost: FREE

FREE Tappin' Sunday at Geauga County Maple Festival Sugarhouse
The celebration of Maple Syrup begins on Tappin' Sunday which usually occurs on the 1st or 2nd Sunday in March. This year it is March 6th! This includes the tapping of all the maple trees on Chardon Square to have syrup for the festival. The sap collected from Tappin' Sunday is then taken to the Chardon Square Sugar house where it is turned into Maple syrup stirs for customers to enjoy. {Find Out More}
When: Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Where: Historic Chardon Square, Chardon, OH 44024
Cost: FREE

FREE Tree Tapper's Ball at Geauga Park District
Celebrate the maple season with an old-fashioned square dance. Novices needn't feel like saps; all dances are taught in fun fashion. The Swine Creek Sapsuckers will provide rip-snortin', old-time string band music for roof-raisin' entertainment. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, March 9, 2019; 7:30pm-10:30pm
Where: Parkman Community House, 16295 Main Market (Rt. 422), Parkman, OH 44080
Cost: FREE

“Pancakes Town USA” Pancakes & Omelets Breakfast
The Burton Log Cabin is a working sugar house producing maple syrup every spring and making maple candy year round. It is owned and operated by the Burton Chamber of Commerce and also serves as the information resource center for Burton and surrounding areas. The Burton Log Cabin will be making maple syrup and maple candy, a tradition in the area which dates back for centuries. {Find Out More}
When: TBA
Where: 14590 E. Park St., Burton, OH 44021
Additional locations
Century Village Museum (TBA)
Atwood-Mauck American Legion Post 459 (TBA)
Berkshire High School (TBA)
Burton Fire Station (TBA)

Lake County Maple Syrup Festivals

Maple Sugaring Weekends at Lake Metro Parks Farmpark
Discover through hands-on demonstrations and crafts as you tap into the fun of Maple Sugaring Weekends. The journey begins with a wagon ride into the maple woods to the Woodland Center. There, you can take part in the maple sugaring process. Kids learn how to tap a tree with hands-on guidance from Farmpark staff. The whole family gets involved collecting sap contained in collection buckets hung on the maple trees. Move indoors to watch the water-like substance you helped collect boiled and processed into pure maple syrup and other naturally-sweet products. {Find Out More}
When: Saturdays & Sundays, March 2-10, 2019; 9am-5pm
Where: 8800 Euclid Chardon Rd., Kirtland, OH 44094
Cost: Regular Farmpark admission/membership applies.

FREE History of Maple Sugaring at Cleveland Metroparks' Rocky River Reservation
Walk through time along the Sugarbush Trail to see the sap-collecting methods and syrup-making processes used by the First People, settlers, and modern sugar farmers. You’ll end at the sugarhouse to watch sap boiled into delicious maple syrup. {Find Out More}
When: Saturdays & Sundays, March 2-17, 2019; 11am-4pm
Where: 24000 Valley Pkwy., North Olmsted, OH 44070
Cost: FREE

Lorain County Maple Syrup Festivals

FREE Maple Sugaring Weekend at the Lorain County Metro Parks' Carlisle Reservation
Learn about Maple Sugaring with an indoor lecture, hike to the Sugar Bush to tap a tree and collect sap, and of course visiting the Sugar Shack. Little Green Choo rides will also be available, weather permitting. {Find Out More}
When: March 2-3, 2019; 11:30am-3:30pm
Where: Carlisle Visitor Center, 12882 Diagonal Rd., LaGrange, OH 44050
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Mahoning County Maple Syrup Festivals

FREE Maple Syrup Saunter
Join Naturalist Nick Parish on a hike that will include a stop at the maple syrup making demonstration put on by the Rocky Ridge Neighborhood Association. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, March 2, 2019; 1pm-2:30pm
Where: Wick Recreation Area, Belle Vista Ave., Youngstown, OH 44509 (Meet at Par 3 Parking Lot)
Cost: FREE

FREE Sugar Shack Shindig
Come out to the Rocky Ridge Neighborhood Association's Sugar Shack to see what it takes to make your favorite sugary breakfast treat. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, March 2, 2019; 1pm-3pm
Where: Sugar Shack near Morley Pavilion, 1861 McCollum Rd., Youngstown, OH 44509
Cost: FREE

Medina County Maple Syrup Festivals

Fulton Farm Maple Syrup Tour & Pancake Breakfast
Take a wagon tour of the Fulton family’s Maple Valley Farm sugar woods, owned and operated by five generations of the Fulton family. See the entire syrup-making process from gathering the sap to boiling and bottling in the sugar house. Tours will begin and end at Buffalo Creek Retreat where you can enjoy your pancake breakfast and warm beverages! Registration ends March 12, 2019. {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, March 23, 2019; Tour times: 9am, 9:45am, 10:30am, 11:15am, 12pm
Where: Buffalo Creek Retreat, 8708 Hubbard Valley Rd., Seville, OH 44273
Phone: (330) 722-9364 (Registration is required.)
Cost: $6 per person

Portage County Maple Syrup Festivals

Goodell Family Farm Pancake Breakfast
You’ll enjoy plenty of pancakes and sausage topped with Goodell Family Farm's very own pure maple syrup. All of this in a great community atmosphere. {Find Out More}
When: TBA
Where: 9090 OH 44, Ravenna, OH 44266
Cost: TBA

Richland County Maple Syrup Festivals

FREE Maple Madness Tour at Dolce's Tree Service
Guests are invited to experience the rich heritage of making maple syrup in Ohio during this drive-it-yourself tour. {Find Out More}
When: Saturdays & Sundays, March 2-10, 2019; 10am-5pm
Where: 2550 Crider Rd., Mansfield, OH 44903
Cost: FREE

FREE Maple Syrup Festival at Malabar Farm State Park
Experience sugar camp with live historical demonstrations, horse drawn wagon rides, and food and maple products for sale. {Find Out More}
When: Saturdays & Sundays, March 2-10, 2019; 12pm-4pm
Where: 4050 Bromfield Rd., Lucas, OH 44840
Cost: FREE (Donations to the Draft Horse group appreciated. Bringing cash is recommended.)

FREE Maple Syrup Open House at Pleasant Hill Outdoor Camp
Enjoy a look at how Pleasant Hill Outdoor Camp makes their maple syrup, take a wagon ride around the camp, and enjoy free sausage and pancakes served with fresh maple syrup from noon until 3pm. {Find Out More}
When: Sunday, March 10, 2019; Tour: 10am-4pm, Pancakes Served: 12pm-3pm
Where: 4654 Pleasant Hill Rd., Perrysville, OH 44864
Cost: FREE

We visited the Maple Sugar Festival at Malabar Farm State Park before. Read about and see pictures from our trip.

Summit County Maple Syrup Festivals

Maple Sugar Festival & Pancake Breakfast at Hale Farm & Village
Enjoy a hearty pancake breakfast and then head out into the Sugaring Camp to learn about tree tapping, the maple sugar process and experience oxen demonstrations. View period arts and crafts such as glassblowing, blacksmithing, pottery, and spinning and weaving. {Find Out More}
When: Saturdays & Sundays, March 9-17, 2019; 10am-4pm (Breakfast served: 10am-3pm)
Where: 2686 Oak Hill Rd., Bath, OH 44210 (For GPS directions use 2686 Oak Hill Rd. Peninsula, Ohio.)
Cost: Admission for adults is $15 (includes breakfast), Children 3-12 years $10(includes breakfast), Members $5, Breakfast only $5 (reservations not necessary.)

Tuscarawas County Maple Syrup Festivals

Tuscazoar Maple Days at Camp Tuscazor
All are welcome for a delicious pancake “breakfeast” featuring old-fashioned maple syrup. Plus, learn how maple syrup is produced at camp! {Find Out More}
When: March 9-10, 2019; 8am-1pm
Where: Historic Camp Tuscazor, 6066 Boy Scout Rd. NE, Zoarville, OH 44656
Cost: $8 for adults, $4 for children ages 10 & under

Wayne County Maple Syrup Festival

FREE Maple Madness Tour at Elm Run Farms
Enjoy hayrides, hot drinks, kid's games, maple-inspired appetizers and desserts, and 100% grass-fed beef burgers. One day only 10% discount on all individual products! {Find Out More}
When: Saturday, March 2, 2019; 10am-5pm
Where: 16808 Burkhart Rd., Orrville, OH 44667
Cost: FREE

Have you ever been to a Maple Syrup Festival? What did you enjoy most?