2026 Maple Sugar Tours at Hudson Highlands | What’s happening in Westchester

2026 Maple Sugar Tours at Hudson Highlands


*The event has already taken place on this date: Sun, 03/15/2026
As winter winds down, it’s maple sugaring time! Learn how to identify and tap sugar maple trees, discover sugaring techniques used by Native Americans, pioneers, & modern-day farmers, and see an evaporator in action! PLus, Delicious local maple syrup from Tree Juice is available for sale to tour attendees (see below for details). Join us for a sweet time!

Please help us keep this calendar up to date! If this activity is sold out, canceled, or otherwise needs alteration, email mindy@kidsoutandabout.com so we can update it immediately. If you have a question about the activity itself, please contact the organization administrator listed below.

Admission:

Prepaid registration is VERy STRONGLY SUGGESTED and is the only way to guarantee your desired tour date/time!!
Walk-ins welcome as space allows

  • HHNC Members: $15 per person ages 5 and up

  • Not-yet-Members: $20 per person ages 5 and up

  • Ages 4 and under are free

Tour Dates & Times:

  • Saturdays and Sundays: February 14, 15, 21, 22, 28 & March 1, 7, 8, 14, 15

  • Scout Tours: 10am - See details below

  • Public Tour Times: Tours go out hourly from 11am-2pm:
    -Sugar Bush Tours: 11am, 1pm & 2pm
    -Maple Lane Tours:
    12pm
    See details below

Two Public Tours offered:

As winter winds down, it’s maple sugaring time! Learn how to identify and tap sugar maple trees, discover sugaring techniques used by Native Americans, pioneers, & modern-day farmers, and see an evaporator in action! PLus, Delicious local maple syrup from Tree Juice is available for sale to tour attendees (see below for details). Join us for a sweet time!

**Sugar Bush Tours
11am, 1pm & 2pm

A one mile moderate hike through field and forest to the Sugar Bush Shack.
 **(terrain and weather conditions dependent- a Maple Lane tour will be given if we are unable to hike to the Sugar Bush)

Maple Lane Tours:
12pm

Great for families with little ones in strollers and/or those with limited mobility, it’s a short distance from the front pavilion to our Maple Lane Sugar Shack after a tour of the sugar maple stand.

Scout Group Tours:

  • 1 session per date listed above. 20 people max per session

  • 10am - 11:30am

  • Sugar Bush Tour **(terrain and weather conditions dependent- a Maple Lane tour will be given if we are unable to hike to the Sugar Bush)

  • $100 non-refundable deposit. Full balance due 2 week prior to tour. $12 per each scout and adult.

  • To Register: contact Michelle at mmindicino@hhnaturecenter.org or call (845) 534-5506

All Tours begin promptly on the hour so Please arrive five minutes early to check-in!

LOcation:

Outdoor Discovery Campus - 120 Muser Drive, Cornwall (off Angola Rd.)

LOCAL MAPLE SYRUP for sale:

Delicious local maple syrup from Tree Juice is available for online pre-sale that be ready to be picked up at your tour!
Maple syrup purchases are for tour attendees only and only available to those attending in-person Maple Sugar Tours.
It must be purchased by 3pm the Friday before your tour
—NO ORDERS WILL BE SHIPPED

  • 2 oz Maple Syrup Bottles - $6

  • 12 oz Maple Syrup Bottles - $18

  • 16 oz Maple Syrup Bottles - $21

  • 32 oz Maple Syrup Bottles - $33

Location: 
Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Muser Dr, Cornwall, NY 12518, United States
See map: Google Maps

*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.
Contact name: 
Michelle Mindicino
Email address: 
The event has already taken place on this date: 
03/15/2026
Time: 
Times vary- Purchase tickets ahead of time
Price: 
Admission: Prepaid registration is required -HHNM Members: $10 per person ages 5 and up -Not-yet-Members: $12 per person ages 5 and up.

Ages

All Ages Adults & kids together Adults without kids