ENJOY OHIO’S MAPLE SEASON AND EVENTS
Each year in February the Ohio maple industry begins the process of tapping area maple trees for their sap. Tapping a tree consists of drilling a small hole in the trunk of a sugar maple and inserting a spout. Then attaching a bucket or plastic tubing to the spout where the sap is collected.
The weather plays a big part in the type of maple harvest there will be. Cold freezing nights and warm sunny days help the sap in the trees to thaw. As sap pressure builds up in the tree the sap finds its way out. By tapping the tree, the sap has an outlet. The sap is then boiled to remove the excess water. It takes approximately 40 to 50 gallons of sap to produce one gallon of syrup. Depending on the weather, the maple sugaring season lasts from mid-February through the first part of April.
This year why not experience Ohio’s maple season. Spend a day watching the smoke rise from the sugar houses, sample various products made from maple sugar, and eat pancakes smothered in 100% PURE OHIO MAPLE golden goodness.
Below is just a sampling of some of the maple syrup events happening around Ohio.
Before you go My Ohio Fun Maple Road Trip notes:
1. Wear appropriate footwear. Boots work great if you are going to be walking the early spring muddy paths.
2. Dress for the weather.
3. Parking may be limited at some of the farm locations. Carpooling is always a good idea when taking the tour.
4. Take cash. Many of the farms/events do no accept credit cards.
(When sharing our list online, please be courteous and include a link back to our website.)
Ohio Maple Madness Driving Tour
Dates: March 2-3, 9-10, 2024
Time: 10 am – 5 pm
The drive-it-yourself tour features sugarhouses across NE Ohio. Each sugarhouse and operation is unique to the maple producer.
“47 Maple operations will be opening their doors for you across the state of Ohio. Sharing their history and, hopefully, influencing our future maple producers.”
See maple syrup being made throughout Ohio. Nearly 40 sugar houses will open their doors and have demonstrations, stuff to do & samples. Come taste the delicious taste of spring in any number of sugar houses an meet the sugar makers. With unique offerings at each stop, you can’t go wrong.
Make sure you dress for the weather. Boots and outerwear a must!
TO LEARN MORE – click here.
Maple Producers of NE Ohio
“HOW SWEET IT IS” Driving Tour
Dates: 1at and 2nd weekend in March
Time: 10am – 5pm
Location: across Ohio
Admission: Free
Join us in March of 2024 for the drive it yourself sugarbush tour of NE Ohio! Meet the producers, See the process, Learn about Sugarmaking and Taste the products! Click on the producer link below to find out more about their operation and directions! Fun for the whole family!
Open 10-5
For map and additional details CLICK HERE.
More Maple and Pancake Events
ASHLAND COUNTY
Fitch Pharm Farm Maple Days
Dates: March 2-3, 9-10, 2024
Time: 10am-5pm (Sat) 1pm-5pm (Sun)
Location: 1591 Township Rd 1353, Ashland, OH 44805
800.956.2753
website | Facebook event page
Tractor drawn hayrides. Tap your own tree. Tasting table.
ASHTABULA COUNTY
Bissell Maple Farm
Date: March 2 & 9, 2024
Time: 9am-2pm
Location: 82 West Ashtabula Street, Jefferson, OH 44047
440-563-3263 | website
“Please come by and enjoy a free pancake breakfast and tours!”
Local Visitor Bureau
BUTLER COUNTY
ANNUAL MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL
Hueston Woods State Park
Dates: March 2-3, 2024
Time: Noon – 4pm
Location: Hueston Woods State Park
6301 Park Office Rd, College Corner, OH 45003
Questions? 513.523.6347 | ohiodnr.gov
CUYAHOGA COUNTY
History of Maple Sugaring
Dates: March 2-3, 9 -10, 2024
Time: 11am-4pm
Location: Cleveland Metroparks Maple Grove Sugar Bush
Maple Grove Picnic Area is located off Valley Parkway in Rocky River Reservation, between Cedar Point Road and Stafford Road in Brook Park, south of Rocky River Nature Center., North Olmsted, OH 44070
website
FROSTVILLE PANCAKE BREAKFAST
Dates: Sunday March 3rd, 10th and 17th, 2024
Time: 9am to 1 pm.
Location: 24101 Cedar Point Road, North Olmsted Ohio 44070
Pancakes sausage and OJ with free coffee and hot chocolate Still only $8 for adults and $6 for 10 and under. Extras available at nominal cost. This is a fundraiser for the Museum a volunteer nonprofit organization which works to preserve and protect our historic buildings and artifact collections.
Corner of Lewis and Cedar Point Roads in the beautiful Cleveland Metroparks
Due to construction the best access is Butternut to Columbia to Cedar Point or Lewis Road.
GEAUGA COUNTY
BURTON TREE TAPPING CEREMONY
Date: February 10, 2024
Time: 10am – 3pm
Official start of the Maple Syrup Season in Burton. Festivities begin at the Log Cabin on the square.
Learn how to tap a tree and your name will be posted, for the season, on the tree you tap! FREE! Demonstrations, hot chocolate and donuts. Fun for the whole family!
Learn more.
Beginners Backyard Maple Sugaring
Date: February 10, 2024
Time: 10:00 am to 11:30 am
John’s Country Nursery, Inc.
15808 Old State Road, Middlefield, Ohio 44062
johnscountry.net/classes
If you have ever thought about collecting and making Maple syrup yourself, then this is the class you won’t want to miss!
CHARDON SQUARE TAPPIN’ SUNDAY
Date: March 3, 2024
Stirs: Noon – 4pm or until sold out.
Ceremonial tree tapping takes place at 1pm.
Location: Chardon Square, Chardon, OH
Facebook
2024: $2 single stir. $4 double stir.
Century Village Museum – Drive-thru
Dates: Every Sunday in March, except Easter. 2024
Times: 9 am – 2pm
Location: Geauga Historical Society
14653 East Park St., Burton, OH 44021
440.834.1492 | centuryvillagemuseum.org
BERKSHIRE BOOSTERS ALL YOU CAN EAT PANCAKE BREAKFAST
Geauga County NE OH
Dates: March 3, March 10, March 17, March 24 2024
Time: 8:00 AM- 1:00 PM
Location: Berkshire High School 14155 Claridon Troy Road, Burton, Ohio
Admission: $10 Adults $5 Children ages 4-10
Description: Includes All You Can Eat Pancakes with real Maple Syrup, with a side of scrambled eggs, 2 sausage patties and a drink.
Pancakes and Sausage Breakfast
Dates: Every Sunday in March, except Easter, March 31st.
Time: 9am-1pm
Location: Burton Fire Station
13828 Spring St., Burton Village, OH
440.834.4416 | Facebook page.
PUNDERSON STATE PARK
Dates: March 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2024
Time: 8am-Noon
Location: 11755 Kinsman Road, Newbury, OH 44065
https://ohiodnr.gov
SAP’S-a-RISIN’!
Date: February 25, March 3 and 10, 2024
Location: Geauga Park District – Swine Creek Reservation
16004 Hayes Road, Middlefield Township, OH
(440) 286-9516 | Toll Free (800) 536-4006
www.geaugaparkdistrict.org
Visit Geauga Park District’s sugarhouse, 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 alongside 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.
The Geauga County Maple Festival
Date: April 25-28, 2024
Location: Historic Chardon Square, Chardon, OH
maplefestival.com
The Geauga County Maple Festival, the oldest maple festival in the United States, celebrates the production of pure maple syrup in Geauga County and Northeast Ohio. Join us for four days of fun, food and ‘everything maple’. Events include Arts & Crafts, Bathtub Races, Concessions, Continuous Grandstand Entertainment, Golden Old Timers Luncheon, Historical Display, Invitational Lumberjack Competition, Pancakes in the Park, two Grand Parades.
Local Visitor Bureau
GREENE COUNTY
SUGAR MAPLE FESTIVAL
Dates: April 19-21, 2024
Location: Downtown Bellbrook, Ohio
website
LAKE COUNTY
MAPLE SUGAR WEEKENDS at Lake Metroparks Farmpark
Dates: March 2-3, 9-10, 2024
Times: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Location: 8800 Euclid Chardon Rd. (Rt. 6), Kirtland, OH 44094
Farmpark admission applies
lakemetroparks.com
Visitors take a wagon ride to the Woodland Center to witness the maple production process as sap is collected from our network of tubing and 1,000 taps! After collection, watch as the sap is boiled and turned into maple syrup and candy. Discover how trees are tapped and see the tubing that connects the taps. Sample maple syrup, help gather sap and learn how to make maple syrup in your own backyard! Farmpark’s own maple syrup and candy will be for sale.
CROSS BROTHERS’ MAPLE*
Address: 1330 North County Line Road, Geneva, Ohio 44041
Directions to Sugarbush: 2.5 miles north of Rt. 20 on County Line Road, just south of Cashen Road on the west side of the street.
440-413-3949
Facebook: Cross Brothers’ Maple
We are a family run sugarhouse with 600 taps on vacuum tubing and baskets. We will be offering maple syrup samples and maple products for sale. There is a short walk required to sugarhouse.
LOGAN COUNTY
Maple Syrup Festival – Indian Lake
Date: March 16, 2024
Time: 8am-2pm
Location: Indian Lake State Park Campground, 13156 OH-235, Lakeview, OH 43331
Enjoy this annual festival to learn how maple syrup is extracted from trees and watch a demonstration of how sap is transformed into true maple syrup. While here enjoy a pancake and sausage breakfast, visit craft vendors, and purchase pure maple syrup to take home and enjoy.
ohiodnr.gov
LORAIN COUNTY
Maple Sugaring – Lorain County Metroparks
Date: February 24-25, March 2-3, 2024
Sugar Shack Open House: 10am-Non | Naturalist Led Hikes: Noon – 2:30 pm
Location: Carlisle Visitor Center
loraincountymetroparks.com
These programs are free and perfect for all ages. No registration required.
MAHONING COUNTY
BOARDMAN ROTARY PANCAKE BREAKFAST
Dates: April 13-14 and 20-21, 2024
Time: 8am-1pm
Location: Lariccia Community Center
Boardman, OH
2024: $7 per breakfast. Children under 10 are free.
Live music. Hot chocolate bar. Wagon rides. Outdoor fellowship.
Local Visitor Bureau
MEDINA COUNTY
LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP FIREFIGHTERS’ ASSOCIATION PANCAKE BREAKFAST
Date: TBA
Time: 8:30 am – 1pm
Location: Lafayette Township Fire Department
6367 Technology Lane, Medina, OH
Facebook page.
CHATHAM TOWNSHIP FIREMAN’S ASSOCIATION PANCAKE BREAKFAST
Dates: March 2- 24, 2024 (Every Saturday and Sunday)
Time: 9am-3pm (both days)
Location: Chatham Memorial Hall, 6299 Avon Lake Road, Chatham, Ohio
Facebook page.
All you can eat.
Local Visitor Bureau
PORTAGE COUNTY
Kent Lions Club Pancake Festival
Date: March 3, 2024
Time: 8am – 1pm
Location: Stanton Middle School Cafeteria
Tickets are available now from any Kent Lion.
Facebook
Bring your old eye-glasses & hearing aids. FREE Glaucoma Eye Screening.
WINDHAM LIONS CLUB PANCAKE BREAKFAST FUNDRAISER
Portage County NE OH
Date: Sunday, March 3, 2024
Time: 8am-Noon
Location: Windham Brick Chapel
Proceeds support the Windham Marching Band
Cash Farms Pure Maple Syrup
Dates: (Ohio Maple Madness Tour)
Time: 10am – 5pm |
Location: 7057 Virginia Road, Atwater, OH 44201
Facebook page.
Goodell Family Farm
Dates: (Ohio Maple Madness Tour)
Times: Saturday 10am-5pm | Sunday Noon – 5pm
Location: Shalersville Township
9090 OH 44, Ravenna, OH 44266 (corner of OH 44 and OH 303)
website
PANCAKE BREAKFAST – All you can eat.
Christian Luthern Church Youth Group
Date: March 23, 2024
Time: 8am to 1pm
Location: Shalersville Town Hall
9090 OH-44, Ravenna, OH 44266
Facebook event page.
Includes: Pancakes, sausage links and your choice of coffee, milk, or juice.
Local Visitor Bureau
RICHLAND COUNTY
MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL – Malabar Farm
Richland County NE OH
Dates: March 2-3, 9-10, 2024
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: 4050 Bromfield Rd., Lucas, OH 44843
ohiodnr.gov
Experience the sugar camp at Malabar Farm. Free Event and all are welcome.
SUMMIT COUNTY
1ST ANNUAL MAPLE FESTIVAL
Date: March 2, 2024
Time: 10am-4pm
Location: Firestone Park Community Center
Free and open to the public.
Hale Farm and Village
Maple Sugar Festival and Pancake Breakfast
DATES: March 9-10, 16-17, 2024
TIME: 10am-4pm
LOCATION: Hale Farm & Village
2686 Oak Hill Rd., Bath, OH 44264
website
Maple Sugar Festival at Hale Farm & Village provides a unique opportunity for guests to witness how local and national history shaped maple production through three generations of one local family. Explore the science, history, and cultural importance of maple sugar and syrup through interactive activities, ongoing demonstrations, and pop-up talks across our historic grounds and buildings.
Highlights of the event will include tree tapping in our Maple Sugar Bush, ongoing evaporator demonstrations in our Hale Family Sugar House, Native American storytelling of maple traditions, seasonal cooking demonstrations, and sweet tastes along the way–including our annual pancake breakfast.
WAYNE COUNTY
WOOSTER TWP. FIRE AND RESCUE PANCAKE DAY
Date: First Saturday in March
Time: 7am-7pm
Location: Triway High School
Wooster Twp., OH
website
All you can eat pancakes with sides.
Elm Run Farms Annual Farm Tour
Date: March 9, 2024
Time: 10 am – 4pm
Location: 16808 Burkhardt Road, Orrville, OH 44667
Facebook page.
“Visit our farm to watch and learn about the sugaring process, take a hayride to the maple woods, and taste our food (donations accepted). We have 300+ trees and a wood-fired evaporator. There will be kids’ activities, hot drinks, and maple syrup samples.”
Article and photos, unless noted by: D. Rock, MyOhioFun.com
Diane Rock is the owner and editor of MyOhioFun.com. She is an avid baker, gardener, Little Free Library owner, who loves to read and travel. She spends most of her days sharing her love of things to do in Ohio, as well as creating destinations and itineraries for group tours and individual travelers.
Editor’s note: Part of this story ran in 2021 & 2022. The dates and additional events have been updated for the 2023 season. Any use of the above article or images without prior permission, will be in violation of copyright laws.
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