BURTON — The Ohio Maple Producers are holding the 2021 Ohio Maple Madness Driving Tour, March 6, 7, 13 and 14, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., unless otherwise noted. For more information, visit ohiomaple.org. Stops include:
Northwest Ohio
– Maple Moraine Farm, 5343 Sandusky Road, Lima; 419-233-1552 or 419-221-1552; franknaya@aol.com
A 200-tap maple operation all gathered with buckets. They grade and bottle all of the maple syrup right off the evaporator. Taste the sap directly from the tree, then sample the grades of maple syrup fresh off the evaporator.
– Dolce’s Sugar Shack, 2550 Crider Road, Mansfield; 419-589-6285; info@dolcestreeservice.com (March 6 and March 13, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., only)
Enjoy watching horse-drawn sleds carrying sap through the woods. Watch tapping demonstrations each hour. Learn how maple syrup is produced through displays. Enjoy samples and top off your visit with a meal of pancakes and maple syrup.
Central Ohio
– Butcher Family Maple Products, 12360 Butcher Road, Mount Vernon; 740-403-0648; info@butchermaple.com; butchermaple.com (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.)
Enjoy a free guided tour of the production facility. There will be free samples. There will also be a food truck on site for lunch.
Northeast Ohio
– Pleasant Valley View Farm; 8810 Madison Road, Montville; 440-667-7363; chrs64@icloud.com (Tour dates are March 6 and March 7 only.)
A 750-tap operation with an oil fired evaporator. Selling a variety of maple syrup in decorative glass bottles as well as traditional jugs.
– Seldom Seen Farm, 10055 Madison Road, Montville; 440-596-9717; keholy@gmail.com
A first generation 1,000 tap producer of maple products in Montville Township. See the timber frame sugarhouse, take a walk on the gravel trails and learn how maple syrup is produced. It is handicapped accessible.
– KC Maple Syrup, 16350 Hart Road, Montville; 440-283-5217; kcmaplesyrup@gmail.com
A backyard operation using wood fired evaporator with 400 taps. Take a walk through the scenic woods to see how the sap is gathered and transferred from the pump house to the sugarhouse. Handicap accessible.
– Salo Maple Products, 16434 Leggett Road, Montville; 440-759-9945; salomaple@live.com
New this year is a maple orchard with 100 trees and 800 taps on tubing. There is reverse osmosis with a wood fired 2 by 8 evaporator with steam away.
– Goodell Family Farm, 10220 Peck Road, Mantua; 330-322-3725; maple@goodellfamilyfarm.com (Open Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sundays, noon-5 p.m.)
The Goodells have been producing maple syrup since 1825 and continue that tradition today. Visitors can tour the sugarhouse to learn how maple syrup is made. Also, take a walk in the sugarbush to enjoy the beauty of the woods and see the tapped maple trees and maple tubing collection system.
– IQ Maple Syrup, 18266 Thorpe Road, Chagrin Falls; 440-567-7500; wjianiro@gmail.com
Fourth generation producing maple syrup with buckets. There are 750 taps and a wood fired evaporator.
– Butternut Maple Farm, 12911 Butternut Road, Burton; 440-537-6995; butternutmaplefarm@gmail.com, butternutmaplefarm.com
In lieu of the in-person pancake breakfast this year, they will be selling pancake mix in pre-packaged jars along with maple syrup, maple cream, maple sugar, maple candy and maple cotton candy.
– Grossman Brothers Maple Products, 12147 Claridon Troy Road, Chardon; 440-346-7177; cagwfd@hotmail.com; ohiomapleproducts.com
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 over 1,500 gallons of maple syrup annually.
– Burton Log Cabin and Sugar Camp, 14590 E. Park St., Burton; 440-834-4204, burtoncabin@sbcglobal.net, burtonchamberofcommerce.org (Open daily, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.)
Producing maple syrup and maple products since 1931. Visit the log cabin on the square in Burton. Warm yourself by the fire while you make a maple stir, sample grades of syrup and taste maple sugar and cream candies.
– D and S Produce, 16936 Old State Road, Middlefield; 440-548-2676 (March 6 and March 13 only)
Maple sugarhouse with 2,500 taps gathered on tubing with vacuum.
– White House Chocolates, 14609 Kinsman Road, Middlefield; 440-834-3133; dbutler@whitehousechocolates.com
During maple season, maple cordial cherries are made with real maple. Other maple favorites include maple cotton candy, maple fudge, maple nut ice cream and maple creams.
– Sugarbush Creek Farm, 13034 Madison Road, Middlefield; 440-636-5371; docmaple@msn.com; ohiomaplesyrup.com (Open Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sundays, noon-5 p.m.)
Take a wagon ride to the sugarhouse and meet the “mountain man” to hear the early history of maple. Enjoy a guided tour and see how modern technology has advanced the art of maple production. Relax by the fire in the timber framed tasting lodge and sample maple syrup.
– Sugar Valley Maple, 15771 Chipmunk Lane, Middlefield; 440-785-0005; jmjent@yahoo.com (March 6 and March 13 only)
This 3,250-tap operation has been handed down for four generations. There is a new sugarhouse with a cozy fireplace. Check out the high efficient sustainable sawdust brick fired evaporator.
– Carson’s Sugarhouse, 15560 Munn Road, Newbury; 440-552-8568 (March 6 and March 13, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. only)
A new sugarhouse on the old Munn Farm. Maple candy, maple nuts and maple buttermilk cookies available.
– Ma and Pa’s Sugar Shack, 15161 Main Market Road, Burton; 440-548-5521; remington@ohio.net; maandpas.com (Saturdays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Sundays, 2 p.m., only)
Gather sap with the horses the traditional way and also learn about the latest sugaring techniques. Gather sap with horses. Free pancakes all day until they run out.
– Vanac Family Farm, 11971 Heath Road, Chesterland; sales@vanacfamilyfarm.com; vanacfamilyfarm.com (March 13 only)
The Vanac Family Farm currently has 1,000 taps, reverse osmosis and a new wood fired evaporator. Tour and free samples of sap and syrup.
– Richards Maple Products, 545 Water St., Chardon; 440-286-4160; richardsmapleproducts.com; info@richardsmapleproducts.com
More than 100 years in maple products. Enjoy a treat of “sap dogs,” hot dogs cooked in maple sap. Saturdays of the maple tour, there will be maple candy making demos at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
– Cash Farms Pure Maple Syrup, 7057 Virginia Road, Atwater; 330-281-8530; jcash1@neo.rr.com (March 6, March 13 and March 20 only)
Free presentation including a tractor ride into the sugarbush. There is a wood fired evaporator. Sample the different grades of syrup to find your favorite. Presentations at 10 a.m., 1 and 4 p.m.
– Knoble Brothers Maple Products, 9950 Gifford Road, Amherst; 440-320-6804; joeknoble1961@icloud.com
Fourth Generation Maple Syrup producer, using a wood fired evaporator with some modern amenities. Canning is done in the syrup shanty. Old buckets, taps and tubing on display. ADA accessible.
– Elm Run Farms, 16808 Burkhart Road, Orrville; 330-317-7283; sandy@elmrunfarms.com; elmrunfarms.com (March 13, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., only)
Five-generation family farm with 500 trees and a traditional wood-fired evaporator. Maple monster cookies, hot drinks, a bonfire and activities for children.
– Misty Maples Sugar House, 10644 W. Middletown Road, Salem; 330-332-0728; stickygrizz@aol.com (March 6 and March 13, noon-5 p.m.)
Come and see sap boiling into maple syrup. Take a walk in the woods and see the tubing collection system. Enjoy hot maple syrup straight from the evaporator on vanilla ice cream.
– Maple Valley Farm, 5271 Rochester Road, Homeworth; 330-257-4171; bsanor39@yahoo.com
Sixth generation family farm that has been producing maple syrup for over 100 years. Tour the modern sugarhouse that features a Leader reverse oil fired evaporator and reverse osmosis. Taste syrup hot off the evaporator for a sweet treat. Also, tour the 600-tap tubing on high vacuum to see how sap is collected from the woods. Daily activities include: tap a tree at noon and a value-added product demonstration with free samples. Children’s activities: tap a tree, barnyard playground, pet/feed barnyard animals, activity booklet.
– Ravine’s Edge, 4189 Hamilton Road, Medina; 330-969-2686; ravinesedge@yahoo.com (March 6, noon-5 p.m., and March 7, 1-4 p.m.)
Bring you boots, the kids and explore the ravine, sugar camp and walking trail which will lead you to the sugar house. Not a hiker? Take the direct route to see the sugarhouse and enjoy watching the chickens, ducks, chicks and bunnies.
– Mowry Maple Farm, 3736 state Route 13, Lexington; 419-886-4641 or 614-204-9877; mowrymaplefarm@gmail.com; mowrysmaplesyrup.com (March 6, March 7, March 13 and March 14, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.)
– Sugar Harvest Farm, 300 Sharon Woods Road, Wadsworth; 440-915-7719 (All tour/visits by appointment only. You must call and schedule before your show up.)
Mini farm (500) with vacuum tubing, reverse osmosis and wood fired evaporator.
– Hale Farm and Village, 2686 Oak Hill Road, Bath; 330-666-3711; halefarm.org (March 13-15 and March 20-21)
Enjoy a pancake breakfast and then head out into the sugaring camp to learn about tree tapping, and the maple sugar process. View period arts and crafts such as glassblowing, blacksmithing, pottery and spinning and weaving.
– Fitch Pharm Farm, 1591 Township Road 1353, Ashland; 567-203-7602; fpf@bright.net; fitchpharmfarm.net (March 6 and March 13, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and March 7 and March 14, 1-5 p.m.)
Tractor wagon rides. Now producing unpasteurized cider and gristmill products.
Southeast Ohio
– Camp Tuscazoar, 6066 Boy Scout Road, Dover; 330-859-2288; info@tuscazoar.org; tuscazoar.org (March 20 and March 21, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.)
Pancake breakfast during the hours of the tour in a socially distanced manner.
Western Ohio
– Maple Lane Farm, 6199 Township Road 163, West Liberty; 937-465-0705, mercedes_cinderella@yahoo.com (Open all March)
Wood fired and steam evaporator. Tubing with vacuum and buckets. Free samples.
