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Maple trees are in abundance in Maine, and we are known for yielding the sweetest sap (that may sound boastful). For many, the running of sap is the kick-off to springtime.

On March 22 & 23, 2025, Aroostook County participates in Maine Maple Weekend, a beloved tradition where Maine maple syrup producers open their doors to the public and provide demonstrations, tours, and of course, lots of tasty samples.

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Did You Know? There are three types of Maple Trees native to Aroostook County – all of them may be used to make maple syrup!

Aroostook County’s landscape is draped in a blanket of white and is the ideal place to check out the variety of sugar shacks, each putting their own flavor notes on the syrup made from the sap of a maple tree. Maine Maple Weekend is a truly magical experience. While collection of sap has modernized over the years through tubing and osmosis evaporation - most sap is still collected the old-fashioned way using buckets hung from trees and boiled down over a large wood fire. It’s easy to imagine generations of families using the exact same methods. It’s this process and years of crafting the perfect recipe, which makes maple syrup from The County stand out among the rest.

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Did You Know? It takes roughly 40-gallons of sap to produce just 1-gallon of Maple syrup!

‍You can look forward to sampling this sweet tradition and learning from onsite demonstrations or sugarbush tours on how to make pure maple syrup from hundreds of maple trees. Get ready for lots of delicious treats and even a few unconventional combinations. Try maple syrup on baked beans, hot dogs steamed in sap, and homemade maple BBQ sauce. For dessert, try a variety of maple syrup lollipops, maple-coated nuts, maple ice cream samples, maple taffy, and maple-infused ground coffee!

Be sure to grab a stack of fluffy pancakes and pile on the syrup! This year we have eight farms formally offering programming for Maine Maple Sunday – and other sugar shacks may be open as well!

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Map out a few sugar bushes to visit sweet season, many sugar shacks are open for the weekends in March, but they might not always be setup to give you the sweetest tour they can - be sure to hit this list of sugar shacks on Maine Maple Weekend because they are open and ready for you! The next time you sit down to breakfast reach for a bottle of Real Maine Maple syrup. You’ll be happy you did!

• The Maple Moose - 28 Bowers Road, Easton, Maine
  • Join us for Maine Maple Sunday on March 22nd & 23rd, 11AM–4 PM! Indulge in homemade corn fritters with fresh Maple Moose Syrup at the Corn Fritter Shack. Enjoy taffy on the snow for all ages and visit the Sugar House to watch the reverse osmosis and evaporator. Take a sugarbush tour. Shop for maple treats in the shop—Maple Syrup, Candy, Hard Candies, Taffy, and Cotton Candy! Weekend hours start March 29th–April 19th (closed Easter Sunday): Saturdays & Sundays, 12 PM–4 PM. Call for school tours.
• Bradbury Maple Farm - 202 Bootfoot Road, Bridgewater, Maine
  • 4,500 tap maple syrup operation in the Central Aroostook. Our maple farm is open for tours and visitors from the middle of March through the middle of April (Including Maine Maple weekend). We invite everyone to come visit and see a modern maple operation with a long tradition convert the sweet sap of the maple trees into great tasting maple syrup and maple treats. Maine Maple Weekend hours will be 10 to 4 pm both Saturday & Sunday, March 22nd& 23rd.
• Spring Break Maple Farm - 3315 US RTE 2, Smyrna Mills, Maine
  • Taking place on Saturday, March 22, and Sunday, March 23, from 10 am to 3 pm each day, this event offers a range of activities including tours, demonstrations, and the chance to savor delicious treats. Whether you are a maple syrup enthusiast or simply looking for a fun outing, this event is great family fun.
• Va Jo Wa Maple - 1 Grant Road, Island Falls, Maine
  • Maine Maple Weekend (22 & 23) is almost upon us🍁. We will.be open both Saturday and Sunday with Free samples, tours and other activities (weather permitting).Also, Sunday morning from 7:45am - 10:00am we will be hosting a Maine Blueberry Pancake and Bacon breakfast at The Slice. Includes Orange Juice & Coffee. Also making their debut VA JO WA Maple Glazed Donuts, $1 a piece! Adults $9, Children under 10 $5! We will have this seasons syrup for sale. Hope to see you for a "sweet time"!
• Goughs Berry Farm - 875 Fort Fairfield Road, Caribou, Maine
  • No description, but traditionally open.
• Johnson's Side Hill Farm - 481 Creasey Road, Mapleton, Maine
  • Join us in Mapleton at Sidehill Farm on Maine Maple weekend, March 22nd & 23rd. Gather around our wood-fired evaporator and breathe some maple steam in our authentic owner-built log sugarhouse. We'll have a good selection of our syrup in glass bottles and plastic jugs. Check out our sweetwoods and learn how 1,500 + trees supply sap to be processed into hundreds of gallons of syrup.‍
• Rural Pride - 181 Sealander Road, Woodland, Maine‍
  • Woodland Historical Society event on Saturday 7-12. Sugar house tours Saturday and Sunday 9:00 to 4:00. Hope to have evaporator in use weather permitting

• North Woods Nectar - 1426 Slybrook Road, Eagle Lake, Maine
  • Our gift shop will open on Monday, March 17 for business. We will have our Maine Maple Weekend Open house on March 22 & 23 from 11 - 4 where we will offer taffy on the snow and tours.

For a full list of participating Maple farms: Maine Maple Producers Association

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