Michigan Maple Syrup Events 2025 – Maple Syrup and Syruping events, classes, tutorials, and syrup festivals celebrations in Metro Detroit, Oakland County, Wayne County, and Macomb County MI. February and March are the months for Maple Syrup in Michigan!
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Michigan Maple Syrup Events 2025
Michigan Maple Syrup Events 2025 – Oakland County
Saturday, February 22, 2025 from 10:30a-noon OR 2p-3:30p
Clarkston Maple Syrup Events / Michigan Maple Syrup Events – Maple Sap to Syrup
Wint Nature Center / Independence Oaks County Park (9501 Sashabaw Road, Clarkston, MI, 248-625-6473)
Learn the science and history to why maple sap, syrup, and sugar are so important to this region. Tap a log with a brace and bit and sample a sweet treat while you hear about sugaring techniques through the ages. Suitable for all ages. $5/person. Preregistration with payment is required by calling 248-858-0916 weekdays or online. Hosted by Oakland County Parks and Recreation.
Sunday, February 23, 2025 from 11a-3:30p Saturday, March 1, 2025 and Sunday, March 2, 2025 from 11a-3:30p (multiple time slots) (Also March 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, & 30)
Milford Maple Syrup Events Events – Maple’s Sweet Story
Kensington Metropark – (4570 Huron River Parkway, Milford, MI 48380, 810-227-8910, metroparks.com)
Take a guided walk through the farm’s Sugar Bush. Learn how to pick the right maple tree, then watch how maple trees are tapped and sap is collected. Stop by the French and Native American camps to hear and see how these techniques have changed through the years. Then visit the Sugar Shack to see and smell the sap being boiled down into maple sugar. Real maple sugar products will be available for purchase. All ages. $3 per child / Adults $5. Pre-registration is required online or by calling 810-227-8910. A Metroparks daily or annual vehicle pass is required to enter any Metropark. Permits are on sale NOW. You can pick one up at metroparks.com OR visit your local Metropark today.
Saturday, March 1, 2025 from 2p-4p
Madison Heights Syrup Events / Oakland County Parks Events – Maple’s Sweet Story
Red Oaks Nature Center (30300 Hales Street, Madison Hts, MI 48071, 248-585-0100)
Learn about the sugaring process, tap a tree in the sugar bush and hike the storybook trail to read a maple story. Sample some maple treats and take home maple recipes. Suitable for all ages. $5/person. Preregistration with payment required by calling 248-858-0916 weekdays or 248-585-0100 during nature center hours or register online. Hosted by Oakland County Parks and Recreation.
Sunday, March 2 & Sunday, March 16, 2025 from 10:30a-4:30p each day
Farmington Hills Maple Syruping Events – Maple Sugaring in your Backyard
Heritage Park (24725 Farmington Road, Farmington Hills, Michigan)
4, 1-hr time slots to choose from each day. Discover the basics of making maple syrup from your own Maple tree. Witness the process of collecting sap and boiling it down over a campfire. Enjoy a free syrup treat. Syrup products and sugaring supplies will be available for participants to purchase. All ages. $7. Pre-registration required. To register. Hosted by the Farmington Hills Special Services Department.
Saturday, March 15, 2025 from 11a-12:30p
West Bloomfield Maple Syrup Events – Mystery of the Maple Syrup Heist
Nature Room @ Recreation Activities Center (4640 Walnut Lake Rd, West Bloomfield, MI 48323)
An interactive, clue-driven, nature program where guests will learn about maple tree tapping while solving a maple syrup mystery. The end of the program will include a brief story of the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. Participants will take home a small, Michigan-made maple syrup for completing the mystery.. Ages 3+. $9 residents / $11 non-residents. Pre-register here. Hosted by WB Parks.
Michigan Maple Syrup Events 2025 – Macomb County (FEATURED)
Saturdays & Sundays in March 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, from 11a-2p
Michigan Maple Syrup Events / Ray Maple Syrup Events – Maple Sweetness
Wolcott Mill Metropark – (65775 Wolcott Rd, Ray, MI 48096, 586-752-5932, metroparks.com)
Enjoy a tractor drawn wagon ride to our sugar shack where you will see a wood-fired evaporator in action and discover how to turn sap into the sweet treat we all know and love. You will see how to identify and tap maple trees. Maple items will be available for purchase.. All ages. $3 child / $5 adult. Pre-registration is required online or by calling 586-752-5932. A Metroparks daily or annual vehicle pass is required to enter any Metropark. You can purchase an annual pass HERE.
Michigan Maple Syrup Events 2025 – Washtenaw County (FEATURED)
February 22 & 23, March 1, 2, 8, & 9 from 11a-2p (multiple time slots available)
Hudson Mills Metroparks Events / Dexter Maple Syrup Events – Journey to the Sugar Bush
Hudson Mills Metropark – (8801 N Territorial Rd, Dexter, MI 48130, 734-426-8211, metroparks.com)
Learn how to recognize maples without their leaves, find out how to pick just the right tree, see the simple tools and techniques required, and if conditions are just right, watch the sap flow from a tap. A treat for the senses, you will taste, smell, and even hear how maple sugaring is special. All ages. $3 per child, $5 per adult. Pre-register required online or by calling 734-426-8211. You can add pancakes to go for an additional fee. A Metroparks daily or annual vehicle pass is required to enter any Metropark. Permits are on sale NOW. You can pick one up at metroparks.com OR visit your local Metropark today.
Michigan Maple Syrup Events 2025 – Wayne County (FEATURED)
Saturday, February 22, 2025 from 10a-noon or 2p-4p (Also 3/9/24)
Oakwoods Metroparks Events – Maple Sugaring through the Ages
Oakwoods Metropark – (32911 Willow Rd, New Boston, MI 48164, 734-782-3956, metroparks.com)
Come see the methods used to collect maple sap and learn how the maple tree helped sustain early Americans. Program will begin indoors learning about the history of maple sugaring before heading outside to visit three sugaring “camps.” While visiting these camps discover how maple sugaring has changed, and in many ways stayed the same, throughout history.. All ages. $4 per child / $6 per adult. Advanced pre-registration required online or call 734-782-3956. A Metroparks daily or annual vehicle pass is required to enter any Metropark. Permits are on sale NOW. You can pick one up at metroparks.com OR visit your local Metropark today.
Other Metro Detroit Michigan Maple Syrup Events 2025 / By Date
Saturday, February 15, 2025 from 1p-3p
Dearborn Maple Syrup Events – Public Tree Tapping
University of Michigan Dearborn Environmental Interpretive Center (4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Michigan, phone 313-593-5338)
Help tap the trees to kick off the anticipated sap run. Use hand drills to make holes in suitably-sized maple trees, and hang sap buckets from spouts tap into the holes. In addition to tapping some trees, you’ll find out how to identify the proper trees to tap. All ages event. Dress for outdoor conditions. Call for more info or go here to register. Hosted by U of M Dearborn Environmental Interpretive Center.
Saturday, March 1, March 8, and March 15 2025 at 9a-3p
Troy Maple Syrup Events – Maple Syrup Time
Stage Nature Center (6685 Coolidge Highway, Troy, Michigan 48098)
Take a guided tour through the sugar bush of the Stage Nature Center to discover how maple trees make sugar and how people have harvested it through the ages. This family-friendly program highlights natural and local history of our region. Tour includes a visit to the sugar shed to see a wood-stoked evaporator in action and activities to learn more about syrup making. Everyone will sample maple treats and children will have an opportunity to make a simple craft. Shop for Michigan-made maple syrup, cream, candy and more. Tours every 15 minutes. Call 248-688-9703 for cost info or to register – or visit www.troynaturesociety.org.
Sunday, March 1 from 10a-3:30p (3 Sessions Available)
Rochester Hills Maple Syrup Events – Sap to Syrup
Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve (333 North Hill Circle, Rochester, MI 48307, 248-656-0999)
Learn to identify the sweetest trees and taste their sap for yourself. Discover how maple sap becomes other maple products at the campfire. Pre-registration required. Call 248-656-0999. Hosted by Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve.
Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 11a & 1p (2 time slots available)
Rochester Hills Maple Syrup Events – Making Maple Syrup
Bloomer Park (345 John R Rd, Rochester Hills, MI 48307)
Learn the first steps to make your own maple syrup. From identifying various species of maple trees, to the tree tapping process and sap boiling setup, you’ll gain the knowledge you need to make your own syrup. In addition, you can add on a starter kit with a spile, tubing, bucket, and filter to tap your own tree. $10. Tickets are limited so purchase yours early. Purchase tickets at rochesterhills.org. or at eventbrite.
March 2, 8, & 15 from 9:30a-2:30p
Bloomfield Hills Maple Syrup Events – Johnson Nature Center Maple Sugaring Event
Johnson Nature Center (3325 Franklin Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302, 248-341-6485)
Self-guided tours every half hour. Try tree tapping, tree ID skills as staff and naturalists accompany the tour. $12 per person. Pre-registration required. Hosted by Johnson Nature Center.
Saturday, March 8, and Sunday, March 9, 2025 from 9a-2p each day (hourly time slots available)
Novi Maple Syrup Events – MSU Tollgate Farm MapleFest
MSU Tollgate Farm (28115 Meadowbrook Rd, Novi, MI 48377, 248-347-0269, www.canr.msu.edu/tollgate)
This family-friendly event begins with a wagon tour out to the Sugar Bush where you will tour the Sugar Shack, learn how to tap a tree, explore the history of maple tapping and more. Pre-registration is required. Hosted by MSU Tollgate Farm.
Saturdays and Sundays March 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30 from 12:30p- 4p. Tours depart every half hour
Northville Twp Syrup Events – Maple Syrup Tours
Maybury Farm (50165 Eight Mile approximately 1 ¼ miles west of Beck, Northville Twp, MI 48167)
This tour begins with a wagon ride to the forested area of Maybury Farm. There you will walk into the sugar bush where you’ll learn the amazing way sugar maple trees produce sap, why sap flows, how to tap and collect sap from the tree. The wagon will then take you to the Sugar Shack where you’ll learn how the sap becomes syrup. $14 per person or early registration $12 per person when booked online at least 48 hours in advance of reservation date. Pre-register online here. Pre-registration not required. Some tickets will be sold at the door. Hosted by www.mayburyfarm.org. Maybury Farm Review…
Saturday, March 22, 2025 from noon-3p
Waterford Syrup Events – Sap to Syrup at Hess-Hathaway Park
Hess-Hathaway Park (825 S Williams Lake Rd, Waterford, MI 48327, 248-674-5441, www.waterfordmi.gov)
An educational event for the whole family with demonstrations, historical presentations, and some information gathering through tasting. Learn the process from start to finish on how to identify, collect, prepare maple syrup from local Michigan trees. $5. CASH ONLY on-site. Hosted by Waterford Parks and Recreation.
Saturday, April 12, 2025 from 9a-12:30p (3 time slots available)
Rochester Hills Maple Syrup Events – Sap to Syrup Pancake Breakfast
Bloomer Park (345 John R Rd, Rochester Hills, MI 48307)
Visit Bloomer Park and our Sugar Bush to see an old-fashioned sap-to-syrup boiling operation. We will be making syrup from trees tapped right here in Rochester Hills. Sample some real maple syrup and enjoy a pancake breakfast complete with sausage, juice and coffee. Pre-registration is required. All ages welcome, children 2 and under are free. Tickets are limited so purchase yours early. Purchase tickets at rochesterhills.org. or at eventbrite.
Michigan Maple Syrup Events 2024 TBA / TBD for 2025
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