Bowl of sugar on snow with a doughnut and pickle on a wooden table.

Greater Burlington Maple Open House Weekend Tour

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Maple Open House Weekend Only Tour

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Distance and Duration

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The Greater Burlington Region

Nicknamed “the Queen City,” Burlington couldn’t have asked for a better throne. With the northern Green Mountains to its back, it sits on a slope overlooking the widest part of magnificent Lake Champlain, with views of the Adirondacks beyond. The twin magnets of Vermont’s biggest city and New England’s biggest lake have long pulled visitors to the state’s northwest corner, whose metropolitan cool is matched by the laid-back welcome of its smaller towns. Clustered on Lake Champlain, along the Winooski River, or in the rising mountains, these places offer cultural and recreational opportunities all their own.

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Orange carton graphic with "Maple Madness 2026" text surrounded by maple leaf designs.
Stop 1

Church Street Marketplace - Burlington

52 Church Street, Burlington, VT 05401        

Saturday ONLY 11am - 4pm        

This year, the Church Street Marketplace and Runamok Maple are bringing back Maple Madness, a one-day maple wonderland in downtown Burlington!

Saturday, March 21st | 11am-4pm | Church Street Marketplace 

We're celebrating Vermont's tradition of sugaring with syrup samples, live music, a photo booth, evaporator demonstrations and live boil, bingo board challenge, fire pits, pancakes, axe throwing, and more. Bring your friends, family, neighbors, and anyone you want to share this sweet experience with. Because nothing brings Vermont together like maple.

Free event, open to all. 

Sponsored by Northfield Savings Bank. Media sponsor Seven Days.

Are you planning to drive downtown to visit the Marketplace? Downtown Burlington offers three types of parking: garages, on-street parking, and off-street surface lots. Rates, directions, and details for parking in Burlington can be found at ParkBurlington.com 

Parking Quick tips:

  • The ParkMobile App makes it easy to pay for parking and extend your stay while on the go. Download the app to your smart device, and you can easily pay or extend your parking from your phone.

  • Garages are gateless and operate solely through ParkMobile. Kiosks are located in all the garages, and they accept credit card and coin payments.

  • Sundays and holidays are FREE at all city-owned parking facilities in the downtown area. This includes all on-street parking, the Marketplace Garage, and the Downtown Garage.

  • Burlington has two garages that are right in our downtown:

  • Downtown Garage (entrances at 41 Cherry St., 60 College St., and Battery St.): The first two hours are FREE, but you must start a parking session on ParkMobile to check in. 

  • Marketplace Garage (entrances at 147 Cherry St. and Bank St.)

  • Handicapped parking is free at all meters and municipal garages for 24 hours with the proper display of a placard or plate.

A row of beer glasses, varying from dark to light, on a tray.
Stop 2

Frost Beer Works - Hinesburg

171 Commerce Street, Hinesburg, VT 05461

Thursday 12-7pm

Friday 12-7pm

Saturday 12-7pm        

Beers on Tap, samples and 4 packs to go.  Indoor and Outdoor seating available.        

Maple syrup jugs on moss-covered rock, autumn leaves around them.
Stop 3

Audubon Vermont/Green Mountain Audubon Center - Huntington

255 Sherman Hollow Rd, Huntington, VT 05462        

Audubon Vermont's Sugarhouse Parking Area: 368 Main Road, Huntington, VT 05462        

Sat and Sun 11 a.m.-4 p.m.        

We’re celebrating 50 sweet years of Sugar on Snow Parties! Join us on March 21st and 22nd, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Green Mountain Audubon Center’s Bird-Friendly Sugarbush to learn about the magic of maple sugaring and grab some sweet sugar on snow! Come see sugaring up close at our sugarhouse and then taste test each grade of syrup. Tap a tree, collect sap from buckets, and follow the journey from sap to syrup during our sugarbush tours. Learn about maple syrup produced from Bird-Friendly Sugarbushes and then join our scavenger hunt for the birds of the sugarbush!

All ages welcome. Fun for the whole family! The events are free of charge and no registration is required. Sugar on Snow and Audubon's pure Vermont maple syrup will be on sale. Bring a jug or two home to support Audubon's education and conservation programs. We'll be accepting both cash and card, but cash is preferred! We will be offering a cash discount.

Thank you to all our generous sponsors and donors!

Audubon Vermont's 2026 Sugar on Snow Parties are presented by: Cold Hollow Cider Mill, Lake Champlain Chocolates, and Main Street Landing

With additional sponsors: Kestrel Coffee and World Centric

With generous donations from Shaw's Supermarkets of Williston and Stone Corral Brewery"        Directions: Park in the Sugarhouse Parking Area or in the parking area across the street from the sugarhouse on Main Road. Look for signage! We recommend using Google Maps or Waze to navigate to our sugarhouse. Search for Audubon Vermont Sugarhouse Parking Area. You can also find driving directions on our website: https://bit.ly/4ht9Bug     

Four people and a dog stand happily in front of a wooden cabin in a snowy forest.
Stop 4

Fielder Farm Sugarworks - Huntington

50 Fielder Rd Huntington, VT 05462        

10 am through 3 pm        

Sugarhouse tour, Syrup Tasting and Baked goods        

Please park on the side of Fielder Rd or up at the end of the road at the Red Barn. It is a 2 minute walk down to the sugarhouse.        

 

Five people wearing jackets, standing against a wooden wall, smiling at the camera.
Stop 5

Taft's Milk & Maple Farm - Huntington

674 Camels Hump Rd., Huntington, VT 05462

11 am to 3 pm        

Boiling (weather permitting). Syrup & maple fudge, maple frosted donuts for sampling.  Maple cotton candy and maple frosted donuts, syrup, maple granulated sugar, maple cream for sale.

If planning on purchasing maple products, accepted payment methods include: cash and check

Directions: Turn on Camels Hump Rd in Huntington center, proceed 3/4 mile on left. Parking is available in the barnyard at 674 Camels Hump Rd, HUNTINGTON, VT 05462. Make sure your navigation system says Huntington and NOT Duxbury. Our sugarhouse is located across the street from our barn. 

Our barn will be open and you will have the opportunity to meet our cows and calves. We will have our herd nutritionist and farm personnel in the barn available to answer questions about our dairy.

Rustic wooden sugarhouse with icicles, surrounded by snow and trees.
Stop 6

Mountainview Mapleworks - Richmond

324 Kenyon Road, Richmond, VT 05477

Saturday 10-5

Sunday  11-3        

Come visit our family friendly, solar-powered, timberframe sugarhouse to see the magic happen. Our Audubon Bird-Friendly habitat provides us with maple sap which flows into our traditional wood-fired evaporator, producing the sweetest smell and delicious syrup. Walk the trails to see the flowing sap, enjoy a tour of the sugarhouse, and taste the maple syrup and sugar-on-snow. Maple coffee, maple hot dogs, maple cream glazed donuts, maple candy and maple cream for sale. Experience our love that goes into each small batch of syrup in our beautiful glass and traditional plastic jugs for sale. Enjoy a moment by the outdoor wood bonfire in our scenic environment.  Dress for the weather and plenty of parking. Cash and Venmo preferred. Looking forward to seeing you! 

Follow the sugarhouse signs from I-89, exit 11 to Kenyon Road. We are close to I-89. If exiting from the North, make a left toward Kenyon Rd. If exiting from the South, make a right. Kenyon Rd will be on the left just after you go over the green bridge. You can also easily find Kenyon Rd from Rt. 2. We have a long one-lane driveway, and you can park near the red barn or house. Please do not park on the grass if it is muddy.        

Person in a yellow jacket next to large metal machines in a wooden room.
Stop 7

Shelburne Farms - Shelburne

Shelburne Farms    
802 - 985-8686    
1611 Harbor Road, Shelburne, VT 05482    

Saturday 9:00-2:00 
Sunday 9:30-2:00

No registration necessary for this event.  Walk-ins welcome!

Sorry, no pets. Trained service dogs are welcome.

 

Explore the Sugarbush

9:30AM–2:00PM, Saturday and Sunday free

Head up to the sugarbush to see a sugarhouse in action! Enjoy a taste of maple syrup as you learn about the journey of sap to syrup. Explore a sugarmaker’s tools, tap a sugar maple, make maple popcorn, and more!

 

Whoooo’s in the Sugarbush with Outreach For Earth Stewardship

10:30AM–12:30PM, Saturday and Sunday free

Visit with Outreach for Earth Stewardship to learn about birds that call the sugarbush home with ongoing live bird presentations.

 

Abenaki Sugaring Traditions and Storytelling

10:00AM–2:00PM, Saturday and Sunday free

Gather around the fire circle to learn how the Abenaki made and used maple syrup throughout history. Learn how this wonderful gift from nature was discovered by the first people of Vermont.

 

Pancake Breakfast

9:30AM-1:30PM, Saturday only - $12/adult; $8/children; credit card only, no advance registration required

Celebrate the season with breakfast at the McClure Education Center! Enjoy a stack of pancakes drizzled with our freshly made syrup, plus sausage, hot tea, coffee and apple cider.  

 

Maple Hot Dogs

11AM - 2PM, Saturday and Sunday - $8/dog

While out exploring the sugarbush and sugarhouse, swing by the hot dog stand on the south side of the sugarhouse to enjoy a Fifth Quarter Hot Dog boiled in our very own maple sap."    https://shelburnefarms.org/calendar/vermont-maple-open-house-weekend    

Plastic cups filled with amber liquid arranged in rows.
Stop 8

Red Rock Valley Maple Farm - Starksboro

Sugarhouse Tours, Maple Treats & Food

Open 11am to 4pm, Saturday & Sunday, 3/21 & 3/22

160 Sugarhouse Lane, Starksboro VT 05487

(802) 434-2858

https://www.facebook.com/redrockvalleymaplefarm/

Visit Red Rock Valley Maple Farm for sugarhouse tours and a full lineup of maple treats and foods. All maple products will be available for purchase, including syrup, maple cream, maple jelly, maple candies, maple cotton candy, maple peppers, and more. Enjoy maple hot dogs, fried dough, and fried dough nuggets, along with free coffee, water, lemonade, and donuts.

Directions: From the south on Route 116 in Starksboro, travel about 8 miles and turn right onto Hinesburg Hollow Road. Continue about 3 miles, then turn left onto Sugarhouse Lane (160). Pass a barn, cross a culvert, and take the first drive to the blue sugarhouse.

Red cabin in a snowy forest with tire tracks on the ground.
Stop 9

Sugartree Maple Farm - Williston

Tours, Breakfast & Maple Treats 

Open 9am to 4pm, Saturday & Sunday, 3/21 & 3/22

787 Bradley Lane, Williston, VT 05495

(802) 922-2870

https://sugartreemaplefarm.com/ 

Enjoy tours of the sugarhouse and free samples of all our products. A pancake breakfast will be served alongside sugar-on-snow, maple hot dogs, and maple cotton candy. Weather permitting, watch sap boiling and enjoy live music. A maple bar serving adult beverages will be open from 11am to 4pm. Watch for staff directing traffic on Bradley Lane.