For more information on Maine Maple Sunday, visit www.getrealgetmaine.com

Cumberland County sugarhouses

Balsam Ridge, Raymond.

655-4474

Observe maple syrup production. Bring home a taste of “everything maple” from the gift shop. Cotton candy, maple candies, maple popcorn, ice cream with fresh syrup available.

Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Directions: From Route 302 take Route 85 1.2 miles. Take right onto Egypt Road (look for school buses at corner). Sugarhouse located one mile on the left.

Coopers Maple Products, Windham

892-7276

Syrup-making demonstrations all day. Pancake breakfast 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sample maple syrup on ice cream. See miniature horses, cattle, peacocks and ostrich. Greenhouse open also. Bus tours welcome. Portable restroom. Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Directions: Located at 81 Chute Road, one mile off River Road.

Grandpa Joe’s Sugar House, North Baldwin

787-3300

Samples of pure Maine maple syrup on homemade ice cream, plus the sixth annual Maple Sunday cookoff begins at noon. Those who bring a dish made with Maine maple syrup could win a prize. Barbecue lunch sponsored by North Baldwin Fire Auxilliary. Open most days during maple season – call ahead. Available for group and school tours. Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Directions: Take Route 107 from East Baldwin toward Bridgton to 103 Murch Road. At top of hill, look for white farmhouse.

Greene Maple Farm, Sebago

787-2424

Five-generation farm and maple syrup operation. Always open the fourth Sunday in March, other days by appointment or chance. Pancake breakfast at Sebago Town Hall. Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Directions: Located at 77 Bridgton Road, Sebago, at the intersection of Route 107 and Long Hill Road.

Jo’s Sugarhouse, Gorham

671-2189

Producers of Maine maple syrup and maple products. Working farm. Beautiful timber-frame sugarhouse with wood-fired boiler. Sample syrup and other farm products. Hamburgers for sale and for lunch. Farm is home to Skyloft Morgans and all-natural, grass-fed beef. Syrup available at the farm all year. Will ship.

Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Directions: From the intersection of routes 35 and 237 go 7/10ths of a mile to 443 Sebago Lake Road (Route 237). Farm is on the left.

Kyle’s Maple Syrup Shack, West Baldwin

625-4605

Sugarhouse tour, pancakes with syrup in the morning, maple syrup on ice cream all day, shirts, hats, sweatshirts and maple products for sale. Hours: 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Located at the intersection of Route 113 and Douglas Hill Road.

Merrifield Farm, Gorham

892-5061

Syrup-making demonstration. Free sample syrup over ice cream. Pancake breakfast, soft -erve maple ice cream, maple cotton candy, maple candy, maple cream available for purchase. Barn tours, ox demo, display of maple antiques and more. Other days: Sales open year round. School tours available; call ahead Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Directions: Location is easily accessible from routes 35, 237 and River Road

Nash Valley Farm, Windham

892-7019

Visit the sugarhouse, sample syrup on ice cream. Delicious and creative maple products available for sale. Hayrides and farm animals. Hours: 9 a.m.- 4 p.m., Saturday, March 22 open for sales, may be boiling.

Directions: From the rotary of routes 202 and 302, take Route 302 toward Portland for one mile. Turn left on Nash Road; farm is one mile on the right.

Parsons Maple Products, Gorham

831-4844

Sample maple syrup over ice cream. Sugarbush tours. Demonstration of syrup-making process. See oxen and other farm animals. General tour of the operation. Open other days when boiling; call ahead. Hours: 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

Directions: Located at 322 Buck St.

Sweet William’s, Casco

627-7362

Sample maple sundaes, beans, butter, cotton candy, popcorn. Explanation of syrup-making process, sugarbush tours. balloons, face painting. Pancake breakfast 8 a.m.-noon, Crescent Lake Community Hall. Hours: Saturday, March 22, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Closed Easter Sunday.

Directions: Located at 66 Spiller Road, off Route 11, 1/4 mile south of intersection of routes 11 and 85.

York County sugarhouses

Brookridge Boilers, Lyman

490-2957

Self-guided sugarbush tours (buckets/tubing), syrup-making demonstrations, free syrup samples, maple products for sale. French-Canadian favorites – Tire (taffy) and sucre a creme.

Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Directions: Located on Route 111 in Lyman, approximately three miles west of the Route 35 intersection between Biddeford and Sanford.

Clark Cole Family Pure Maple Syrup, Dayton

284-5019

Combined open house at the sugarhouse and Andy’s Agway Saturday, March 22, with a pancake breakfast from 8 a.m.-noon. Not open Easter Sunday.

Directions: Located at Cole Farm Dairy and Andy’s Agway on Cole Farm Road off River Road in Dayton.

Harris Farm, Dayton

499-2678

Saturday, March 15 and Sunday, March 16, open for Maple Weekend. All-you-can-eat pancake breakfast 8 a.m.-2 p.m. both days. Sap house, dairy barn and farm store open. Farm store open every day 9 a.m.- 6 p.m. offering glass-bottled milk, naturally raised beef and veal and maple products. Hours: 8 a.m.-2 p.m. both Saturday, March 15, and Sunday, March 16. Maple syrup available all year.

Directions: From Saco, take Route 5 west to Route 35, turn left , go one mile to Buzzell Road.

Hilltop Boilers, Newfield

793-8432

Sugarhouse and farm open Sundaym March 16, and not March 23. Sugarhouse tours, maple syrup samples, games and activities and the farm’s Scottish Highland cattle will be around for feeding and petting. All maple products will be available to purchase.

Hours: 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Directions: Follow Route 11 into Newfield. Turn onto Elm Street, following signs for Willowbrook Museum. Address is 157 Elm St.

Morin’s Maple Syrup, Limerick

793-8420

Sample pure maple syrup, maple candy and syrup on ice cream. Watch the syrup being made. Pancake breakfast available all day. Hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries, fied dough with maple syrup. Always open when boiling. Year ’round sales. Hours: 7 a.m.-5 p.m.

Directions: Take Route 11 west from Limerick. Go 1 1/4 miles and take first left.

Ridley Farm, Shapleigh

636-4519

Visit the sugarhouse and enjoy a free sample of maple syrup on ice cream. While at the farm visit the farm store as well as the beef and dairy barns. Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Directions: Located at 38 Nason Road, off Owl’s Nest Road. 3 1/2 miles from the junction of routes 11 and 109 at Mousam Lake.

Royal Maple, Buxton

229-9125

Free syrup on ice cream, boiling demonstration, syrup sales, information on making maple syrup. Open any time we are boiling during maple season. Open both Saturday and Sunday.

Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Directions: From Route 112 north or south turn onto Back Nippen Road, just north of Snell’s Family Farm on Route 112. Farm is at 219 Back Nippen Road.

Snell Family Farm, Bar Mills

929-6166

Saturday, March 15 and Sunday, March 16, 2008

Serving in the greenhouse cafe a pancake breakfast and lunch featuring multi-grain pancakes with warm maple syrup, juice, and coffee. Also available are Maine-produced sausage, bacon, maple baked beans, syrup. Visitors can follow the maple process by tasting raw sap at the old maple trees. Open Saturday and Sunday, March 15 and 16, 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Directions: Route 112 in Bar Mills (officially 1000 River Road in Buxton)

Sugar Hill Maple Products, Newfield

793-2773

Tour the new sugarhouse, sugarbush tours, samples, cotton candy, face painting, lunch for purchase, door prizes.

Hours: Sunday, March 16, store only noon-4 p.m.; Saturday, March 22, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday, March 23, noon-4 p.m.

Directions: Now at a new location, 93 Hicks Road off Route 11. Next door to old location.

Oxford County sugarhouses

High Acres Maple Syrup, South Hiram

625-7151

Saturday and Sunday, Sugarhouse open house, maple syrup store and pancake breakfast in heated barn, surrounded by asphalt (no mud). Hours: 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Directions: Located at 14 Husky Haven off Tripptown Road. From Route 25 in Cornish, follow South Hiram Road three miles west to Route 160 (the Brownfield Road). Turn right and go north one mile to Tripptown Road on right. Follow up the mountain 1.9 miles. Husky Haven is on the left.

Maple Valley Syrup Company, Porter

625-8018

Boiling down, finishing and bottling of product. Free samples of ice cream with maple syrup. Open other times by chance during maple season. Hours: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Directions: Located at 82 Old Meetinghouse Road. Take Route 25 to Colcord Pond Road to Old Meetinghouse Road.

Weston’s Farm, Fryeburg

935-2567

Sample syrup served on vanilla ice cream. Sugarbush tours, demonstrations of the syrup-making process. Maple syrup and maple candy for sale. Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Directions: Take Route 113N (River Street) at the Post Office in Fryeburg. Farm is 1/4 mile up over hill.

Willette’s Maple Syrup, Porter

625-4098

Selling a high-quality syrup, sugar and other related items. Offering free coffee and samples. Hours: Open all weekend 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and while cooking sap or by chance.

Directions: Located just off Route 25 at the Porter Country Store.

Local sugarhouses