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2024 Maple Sugar Tours at Hudson Highlands


*The event has already taken place on this date: Sun, 03/03/2024
As winter winds down, it's maple sugaring time! Learn how to identify and tap sugar maple trees, discover sugaring techniques used by Native Americans, pioneers, and modern-day farmers. See an evaporation in action! Plus, delicious local maple syrup from tree juice in Beacon, NY is available for sale to tour attendees! Join us for a sweet time! Please wear appropriate footwear and dress warmly!

Please help us keep this calendar up to date! If this activity is sold out, canceled, or otherwise needs alteration, email mindy@kidsoutandabout.com so we can update it immediately. If you have a question about the activity itself, please contact the organization administrator listed below.

TOUR DATES & TIMES:

  • Saturdays and Sundays: Saturdays and Sundays, February: 3 & *4, 10 & 11, 17 & 18, 24 & 25, March 2 & 3 
    *(On February 4th the last tour goes out 12pm)

  • Tour Times: Tours go out hourly from 11am-3pm: Sugar Bush Tours 11am, 1pm & 2pm, and Maple Lane Tours at 12pm & 3pm. See details below.

LOCATION:

Outdoor Discovery Campus - 120 Muser Drive, Cornwall (off Angola Rd.)

Prepaid registration is required

  • HHNC Members: $12 per person ages 5 and up

  • Not-yet-Members: $15 per person ages 5 and up

  • Ages 4 and under are free. Requires a free “lap ticket” available in the cart

ADMISSION:

Prepaid registration is required

  • HHNC Members: $10 per person ages 5 and up

  • Not-yet-Members: $12 per person ages 5 and up

  • Ages 4 and under are free

SCOUT GROUP TOURS:

  • 1 session per date listed above. 20 people max per session

  • 10am - 11:30am

  • Sugar Bush Tour **(terrain and weather conditions dependent- a Maple Lane tour will be given if we are unable to hike to the Sugar Bush)

  • $100 non-refundable deposit. Full balance due 2 week prior to tour. $10 per each scout and adult.

  • To schedule your den/pack/troop: Contact Registration Manager Michelle at mmindicino@hhnm.org or (845) 534-5506 ext 204

TOURS OFFERED:

**SUGAR BUSH TOURS
11AM, 1PM & 2PM

A one mile moderate hike through field and forest to the Sugar Bush Shack **(terrain and weather conditions dependent- a Maple Lane tour will be given if we are unable to hike to the Sugar Bush)

MAPLE LANE TOURS:
12PM & 3PM

Perfect for very little ones or those with mobility issues, it’s a short distance from the front pavilion to our Maple Lane Sugar Shack after a tour of the sugar maple stand.

TOURS BEGIN PROMPTLY ON THE HOUR SO PLEASE ARRIVE FIVE MINUTES EARLY TO CHECK-IN!

LOCAL MAPLE SYRUP:

Delicious local maple syrup from Tree Juice in Beacon, NY is available for sale (online only - syrup will not be available for purchase on-site) to be picked up at your tour. Maple syrup purchases are for tour attendees only, and only available to those attending in-person Maple Sugar Tours. Syrup must be purchased by 3pm the Friday before your tour. NO ORDERS WILL BE SHIPPED! 

  • 2 oz Maple Syrup Bottles - $6

  • 12 oz Maple Syrup Bottles - $18

  • 16 oz Maple Syrup Bottles - $21

  • 32 oz Maple Syrup Bottles - $33


*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.

Location:

Outdoor Discovery Center
Muser Drive across from 174 Angola Road
Cornwall, NY, 12518
United States

Phone:

845-534-5506
Contact name: 
Marian Goldin
The event has already taken place on this date: 
03/03/2024
Time: 
Times vary- Purchase tickets ahead of time
Price: 
Admission: Prepaid registration is required -HHNM Members: $10 per person ages 5 and up -Not-yet-Members: $12 per person ages 5 and up.

Ages

All Ages Adults & kids together Adults without kids