Maple Sunday (Weekend) 2013

As part of the Vermont Maple Open House weekend the Bennington County Sugarmakers will be hosting our annual “Maple Sunday (Weekend)” on March 23-24, 2013. Saphouses will be open to the public offering tours, activities, and free samples of syrup. The sugarmakers are found in ten towns throughout the county so there’s bound to be one or two close to your place.

So put on your boots and spend the day enjoying Vermont during this unique season. Visit one or all of the participating sugarhouses as they partake in the springtime ritual of transforming sap into maple syrup. Start the weekend off at the Bennington Catamount Rotary club's annual Pancake Breakfast fundraiser. Click here for more information.

Participating Sugarmakers:

Armstrong Farm
Keith Armstrong
614 US 7, Bennington, VT 05201
802-442-6715
Hours:  11:00 AM to 5 PM Saturday and Sunday
Activities: refreshments, trivia contest and a door prize
Directions: on US 7 3 ½ miles south of
 VT 9 & US 7 intersection.
**Accessibility** ¼ mile walk form parking.

Dutton's Farm Stand
RT. 11 & 30
Manchester Center, VT 05255
802-362-3083
Hours : 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM  Saturday and Sunday
Directions;  on 11 & 30 East of Manchester Center
www.duttonberryfarm.com
Products: Maple Syrup and all kinds of great stuff!

Paul Ennis
2546 Sunderland Hill Rd.
Arlington, VT 05250
802-375-6003
Hours: 10am to 4pm on Saturday and Sunday
Activities: samples & boiling, door prizes & sample pancakes
Directions; East off Rt.7A at “ Battenkill Canoe” on Hill Farm Rd.
½ Mile, right at “ T”, 4th house on left.

KOBIK FAMILY
Maple Hill Maple
207 Maple Hill Road
Shaftsbury, VT  05262
802-375-2251
Hours: 10 AM to 4 PM Saturday and Sunday
Activities: Maple treats, sap house tour.
Directions: RT. 7A , to Old Depot Road, ( 0.3 miles North of Chocolate Barn.), Old Depot Road, 0.6 miles to Maple Hill Road, Right fork UPHILL 0.2 miles, left at top of hill.

Mance’s Tree Farm
217 Holiday Drive
Shaftsbury, VT  05262
802-442-5263
Hours: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Saturday and Sunday
Activities: sugar on snow, syrup samples and syrup for sale
Reverse Osmosis demonstrations.
Directions: North on 7A from Bennington to South Shaftsbury
Left onto Cleveland Ave, next left onto Holliday Drive, we
are all the way at end of road.

Merck Forest & Farmland Center
3270 Route 315
Rupert, VT  05768
802-394-7836
www.merckforest.org
Hours: 9 AM to 1 PM (Saturday & Sunday)
Activities: Boiling, canning, tapping demonstrations, maple syrup tasting, pancake breakfast from 9 AM to 1 PM with our own pork sausage, self-guided farm tours, maple syrup sales and other farm products available at the visitor's center.
Accessibility: 1/4 mile walk or wagon ride from parking area to sugar house.
Directions; Rt. 30 to 315 west, turn into driveway at top of the hill,
drive 1/2 mile to visitor center and parking.

Mountain Valley Maple Farm
Michael Lourie and Family
1498 St. Hwy 153
West Rupert, VT  05776
802-394-2928
Hours: 10 am to 6 pm Saturday and Sunday
Activities:  See syrup being made, free samples
Syrup & candy for sale.
Directions: ¼ mile north of Sherman’s’ store on RT 153

Peacock's Pure Maple Syrup
133 Lake Paran Road
Shaftsbury, VT 05262
802-442-8063

Open House Weekend Days: Saturday, Sunday
Activities: We boil with wood, samples, products for sale, walk of sap line, open 10-4 Sat & Sun of maple weekend
Directions: Coming from North - Rte 7A South to 67 west, in 1 mile take Left onto Lake Paran Road in Shaftsbury. 2nd drive on Left. Coming from South - Rte 7A North to 67 West, in 1mile take Left onto Laker Paran Road in Shaftsbury. 2nd drive on Left. Coming from West - Rte 67 East turn right onto Lake Paran Road in Shaftsbury. 2nd drive on Left

Williamsons State Line Farm Sugar House
1289 White Creek Road
North Bennington, VT 05257
802-442-5353
Hours: 9am to 5 pm (Saturday & Sunday)
Activities; Syrup, honey and Sweet Sorghum samples.
Directions: Off Rt. 76 west in North Bennington, take White Creek Road North 1.3 Miles , Sugarhouse is on left.

Doug Zecher Family
Havoc Hill Sugarhouse.
190 Havoc Hill
East Dorset, VT  05253
802-362-4136

Hours: 9 am to 5 pm (Saturday and Sunday)
Activities: Syrup Samples & boiling (we ship syrup)
Directions: from Rt. 7 in East Dorset, turn east onto Mad Tom Road 1.6 Miles to Havoc Hill Rd, turn left, straight up to sugarhouse on right.