Three new sugar houses join the 2025 Maple Taste & Tour Weekend. What to know if you go
The sweetest tour in the Erie region is back.
The Northwest Pennsylvania Maple Syrup Producers Association will host its annual Maple Taste & Tour Weekend March 15-16. The event begins each day at 10 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m.
Visitors can tour various sugar houses in the region, learn about maple syrup production and sample a variety of maple products. Participating sugar houses offer demonstrations, tastings and the opportunity to purchase fresh maple syrup and other maple products.
Three new sugar houses will join the tour this year, including one in Erie County.
From 2024: Maple Taste & Tour: Sweet treats at center of syrupy trip around northwest Pa.
Here are the participating sugar houses in each county:
New to the Maple Taste & Tour are three sugar houses, one in Erie County and two in Mercer County:
Furry's Family Farm, Albion
Munnell Run Farm Sugar Shack, Mercer
Windy Knoll Maple Farm, Stoneboro
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Almost Home Sugar Shack: 10721 Eureka Road, Edinboro. 814-460-5107 or 814-923-1434.
Hurry Hill Farm and Museum: 11424 Fry Road, Edinboro. 814-572-1358.
Maple Lane Maple Products: 9437 Phillips Road, Union City. 814-881-1017.
Shumakes Sugar Shack: 11401 Hilltop Road, Albion. 814-602-9533.
Squirrel Creek Maple Products: 9404 W. Lake Road, Lake City. 814-602-1689.
Yatzor's Maple Products: 5860 Koman Road, Edinboro. 814-450-4056.
Casbohm Maple and Honey: 9750 Sherman Road, Albion. 814-756-4781.
Triple Creek Maple Products: 9225 Fillinger Road, Cranesville. 814-756-4500.
Fort LeBoeuf Maple: 2789 Dublin Road, Waterford. 814-796-3699.
Wildcat Maple: 200 Harthan Way, Albion. 814-490-7180.
Jim's Sugar Shack: 3229 Davison Road, Harborcreek. 814-602-7877.
Austin's Pure Maple Syrup: 13738 Route 8, Wattsburg. 814-431-9790.
Furry's Family Farm: 9525 Route 6N, Albion. 814-882-5996.
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How Sweet It Is: 19868 Greenleaf Drive, Saegertown. 814-763-2777.
The Willows at Little Conneauttee: 24507 Route 99, Cambridge Springs. 814-720-7016.
Boylan Farms: 26308 Crossingville Road, Edinboro. 814-734-5078.
Coryea's Maple Products: 4303 Ivanhoe Road, Sharpsville. 724-813-0394.
Munnell Run Farm Sugar Shack: 753 Greenville Road, Mercer. 724-662-2242.
Windy Knoll Maple Farm: 503 Boyd Road, Stoneboro. 724-967-6075.
Triple J Farms: 315 Voorhees Road, Titusville. 814-671-5981.
Yeany's Maple: 113 Chestnut St., Marienville. 814-221-4360.
Senita Maple: 10750 Stateline Road, Clymer, New York. 814-392-5200 or 814-882-1531.
McCray Maple: 213 Route 426, Clymer, New York. 716-499-7306.
For a list of directions to each sugarhouse, visit pamaple.org.
Contact Nicholas Sorensen at nsorensen@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: 2025 Maple Taste & Tour: Where to find participating sugar houses
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