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

2026 Maple Sugar Tours at Hudson Highlands

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

Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Muser Dr, Cornwall, NY 12518, United States

*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.

Location:

Outdoor Discovery Center
Muser Drive across from 174 Angola Road
Cornwall, NY, 12518
United States

Phone:

845-534-5506
Contact name: 
Michelle Mindicino
Email address: 
Dates: 
03/14/2026
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