Experience Maple Syrup Tour

The maple syrup tour is one "sweet trip"
but is available for a limited time only! It may sound like a typical sales pitch - but this time it's true.

Real maple syrup can only be made one
time each year. And that time is late winter/early spring (usually late February/early March in Northeast Ohio).

This is when the sap begins to rise in the area maple trees and can be tapped for making syrup.

And of course, Northeast Ohio is known for its abundance of maple trees - making the area the maple syrup capital of Ohio.

The early settlers learned from the native American Indians how to turn the watery sap of the maple tree into a delightful and wholesome treat.

The tradition continues to this day as many locals "boil it all down" for you to enjoy in their sugarbush or sugarhouse where the sap is transformed into a dark, rich, thick, sweet, amber syrup.

If you've ever had freshly made, real, maple syrup, you'll never be satisfied with the "artificially flavored stuff" again.

So, treat yourself to a double bonus - watch it being made and then take some home with you.

The fine folks at The Northeast Ohio Maple Producers have detailed a list of all the stops on the maple syrup tour and have created this wonderful map to help you find your way along this road of sweetness!

The 2009 Maple Syrup Tour is only available on Saturday, March 14, Sunday, March 15, Saturday, March 21 and Sunday, March 22 from 10:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m. each day. _________________________________________________________________

The following is a detailed list of the stops on the maple syrup tour. Please remember that the Amish owned sugarhouses are only open for visitors on the Saturdays of the tour. It is requested that no pictures be taken of them or their operations.

Burton Sugar Camp
Burton Chamber of Commerce, south end of Burton Square, a working sugarhouse and maple sales, Burton, Ohio 44021.

Cline Family Sugarhouse
500 buckets, 5069 S Wright Street, south of Rt. 84, Kingsville, Ohio 44048.

Creekside Maple
Bob Welder and Family, 600 taps - easy access, pancake breakfast each Saturday, tours available each Saturday and Sunday, 16767 Swine Creek Road, east of the intersection of SR 608 & SR 528, Middlefield, OH 44062.

Geauga County Maple Festival Sugarhouse
Maple Festival Sugarhouse at south end of Chardon Square, enjoy fresh maple stirs and other tasty maple treats, Chardon, OH 44024.

Geauga Maple Company
12100 Claridon Troy Road, north of SR 322, Chardon, OH 44024.

Grossman Maple Products
A new timber-framed sugarhouse, 500+ taps on tubing with vacuum, 3 x 12 wood fired evaporator, 12147 Claridon-Troy Rd. North of Rt. 322. Chardon, OH 44024.

Hopewell Sugarhouse
Amish owned, Norman Wengerd, 9488 SR 534, north of SR 87, Mesopotamia, OH 44062.

Lucius Maple Syrup
3795 Locust Grove Road, Liberty Township, OH 44820.

Maple Hill Farm
Amish owned, Daniel Byler & family, 1000 taps on buckets, 15658 Burton Windsor Road, Middlefield, OH 44062.

Maple Valley Farm
8701 Hubbard Valley Road, Seville, OH 44273.

Misty Maple Sugarhouse
10644 Middletown Road Salem, OH 44460, Saturday March 14th only.

Messenger Century Farm
Sugarhouse is in building built in 1905, 17098 Messenger Rd Auburn Township, OH 44023.

Misty Mountain Estate
32600 Christman Ridge Road, Malaga Township, OH 43754.

Richards Maple Products
Maple syrup gift shop with samples, maple candy demonstrations and operating sugarhouse, 150 taps, 545 Water Street, SR 6, Chardon, Ohio 44024.

Roy Nichols
A simple, easy to understand backyard operation, wood fired, open pans, 300 taps, 14988 Linda Avenue, off SR 87, corner of Linda and Sperry, Middlefield, OH 44062.

Sugarbush Creek Farm
A high-tech maple operation with 2200 taps, new maple tasting room, horse-drawn wagon ride to sugarhouse, 13034 SR 528, SR 528 South of SR 322, Middlefield, Ohio 44062.

Sugar Valley Maple
Amish owned, James Miller, 1800-tap pipeline, 15771 Chipmunk Lane, south of SR 87 between White Road & Lake Street, Middlefield, OH 44062.

Swine Creek Reservation
Geauga Park District, 800 taps, learn about the history of maple syrup making, hands on activities, 16004 Hayes Road, 1.5 Miles South of SR 87, Middlefield, OH 44062.

Valley View Sugarhouse
Amish owned, Billy Yoder, 400 taps, tubing on vacuum 3.5 x 13 wood fired with pre-heater, 15920 Burton Windsor Rd. Middlefield, OH 44062.

Ziegler Farms
240 S Township Road 171, Eden Township, OH 44818.

A special thanks to The Northeast Ohio Maple Producers. For more information check out their site at ohiosweetmaple.com. And enjoy this special Maple Syrup Tour! _________________________________________________________________

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