Maple Sugar Tours

Maple Sugar Tours take place at the Outdoor Discovery Center, on Muser Drive, across from 174 Angola Road, Cornwall. It takes 40 gallons of sap to make just one gallon of maple syrup, said Carl Heitmuller. Maple Sugar Tours through the sugar bush run every half-hour beginning at 10:30 a.m. On the tours, visitors will learn that what began as an exchange of ideas and practices between early explorers and Native Americans has become one of New Yorker's best loved treats and an important industry in… Show more the state. Visitors will learn the history, how to tap a maple tree, how to collect the sap, and how the sap boils down in an evaporator to become maple syrup. The walking tour experience lasts approximately 60-minutes and ends at the Museum s farmhouse where maple syrup and gifts can be purchased. Visitors are asked to be sure to dress warmly and wear boots for snow and mud. This is a wonderful family outdoor activity. Trails can not be navigated with strollers. Admission for Tours: $12/Adults, $6/Children ages 3-11. Members: $8/Adults, $4/Children ages 3-11. For more information, call 845-534-5506, ext. 204 or visit www.hhnaturemuseum.org

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