For as long as I can remember, we’ve called Maine Maple Weekend this: maple syrup Sunday. That’s because on that sweet, sticky holiday we would visit the local sugaring house near my grandparents’ home in Kezar Falls (now Parsonsfield).Afterwards, we would enjoy homemade pancakes with, of course, authentic Maine maple syrup. Always on a Sunday. Again, maple syrup Sunday.
The tradition continues with my mother inviting my cousins and their children to watch maple syrup being made. Then, there is always a pancake breakfast afterwards at her house on Long Pond. What I never realized is that what I called maple syrup Sunday is actually a weekend-long food holiday in Maine. At the very least it is weekend long. Also, it’s a big deal.
What is Maine Maple Weekend
The Maine Maple Producers Association (MMPA) are the folks that started Maine Maple Sunday aka maple syrup Sunday back in 1983. The MMPA represents more than 250 of the 450 producers licensed to sell maple products in Maine. They celebrated the 40th anniversary of Maine Maple Sunday in 2023.
Photo courtesy of Maine Maple Producers Association
When is Maine Maple Weekend?
In 2025 this maple syrup celebration is Saturday, March 22 and Sunday, March 23. If you can’t get to Maine, here are ideas for some of the other best March vacations in USA. Overall, Maple Syrup Sunday and Maine Maple weekend are always the fourth weekend in March.
Here are the Maine Maple Weekend dates past, present and future.
- Maine Maple Weekend 2023: March 25 and 26
- Maine Maple Weekend 2024: March 23 and 24
- Maine Maple Weekend 2025: March 22 and 23
- Maine Maple Weekend 2026: March 28 and 29
You may recall in 2024, Maine was hammered with a snow storm on Maine Maple Weekend. People simply could not get to the local sugarhouses, which was a huge disappointment for everyone involved. Then, they decided to open the following weekend, after the snow cleared. We’ve had plenty of snow in Maine this year. Thankfully, Mother Nature is cooperating in 2025.
Where can you go on Maine Maple Sunday
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Here is a roundup of some of the events occurring for Maine Maple Sunday 2025 in Southern Maine. Primarily, it includes places in York and Cumberland counties. However, we’ve included a few Oxford County sap houses, too.
In some instances, when you visit these sap houses or sugarhouses, you’ll get a bona fide maple syrup making tour. If you’ve never seen it being made, it’s pretty cool. Actually, it’s very hot as it involves boiling off water into vapor.
Recently, I interviewed a maple syrup expert from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. He told me that it takes 40 to 50 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup. Finally, many maple syrup producers hold pancake breakfasts as part of the celebration. Think of them as Maine maple Sunday breakfasts, since most of these breakfasts are held on Sundays.
This article explains maple syrup grades so you’ll know what to expect from the maple syrup you might buy or be tasting at these events. Also, if you leave inspired to try your hand at making maple syrup, here’s what you need to know about tapping maple trees at home.
207 Tappers
- 125 Dennett Rd.
- Biddeford, Maine
We visited 207 Tappers in Biddeford for the 2023 Maine Maple Weekend. We didn’t get there right when the festivities started so there were long lines and crazy parking delays. If we go back this year — or you decide to go — definitely get an early start, especially if you want a spot to sitdown at the pancake breakfast on Sunday. Speaking of Sunday, according to 207 Tappers’ Facebook page, they are celebrating Maine Maple Weekend on Sunday only in 2025.
Balsam Ridge
- 140 Egypt Road
- Raymond, Maine
Here’s what Balsam Ridge posted on their Facebook event page about Maine Maple Weekend 2025:
- Celebrate Spring & Maine Maple Weekend
Food – Tours – Demonstrations – Pancake Breakfast – Entertainment - Pancake Breakfast offered Sat & Sun 9-3
Lunch Maple Baked Beans & Hot Dogs boiled in sap - Observe the process of sweet sap being processed into delicious maple syrup. Self-guided tour of the farm & delicious samples (while supplies last)
- Available for sale: maple & infused syrup, maple candy & lollipops, maple coated nuts, bbq sauces & mustards, maple spices & rubs, maple sugar, fudge, whoopie pies, maple cotton candy & kettle corn & more.
- Open both days 9-3
Come fall, Balsam Ridge participates in Maine Maple Fall Fest, when its Christmas tree farm is open for touring.
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Crooked Brook Farm
- 210 Meetinghouse Rd
- Wells, Maine
Crooked Brook Farm opened in 2023 as place where you can cut your own Christmas tree. In 2025, they’re joining in the Maine Maple Weekend festivities. Check their Facebook page for updates.
Dad’s Maple Sugar Shack
- 1061 Naples Rd.
- Harrison, Maine
Dad’s Maple Sugar Shack calls itself a small, hobby farm, where they raise animals and make maple syrup. They will be open on Saturday only for Maine Maple Weekend 2025, starting at 9 am.
Dawes Hill Sugar Shack
- 60 Dawes Hill Road
- Harrison, Maine
Dawes Hill Sugar Shack has not updated their programming for Maine Maple Weekend 2025 yet. However, in the past, they were open for Sunday only, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This is a cash-only operation. Because of their rural location, they do not have WiFi.
Douston Maple and Honey
- 251 Old Alfred Rd.
- Arundel, Maine
The sugarhouse at Douston Maple and Honey has not yet updated their events for 2025.
Dunn Family Maple
- 419 Chicopee Rd
- Buxton, Maine
Dunn Family Maple has not updated their events yet for the 2025 Maine Maple Weekend.
Like many other sap houses, Dunn Family Maple will be participating in Maine Maple Fall Fest October 2025.
Photo by Leah Ingram
Fairwinds Farm
- 332 Augusta Road
- Topsham, Maine
Here’s what the Fairwinds Farm folks have shared about their participation in Maine Maple Sunday — note, Sunday, not weekend:
“We are finalizing the details of our Maine Maple Sunday events, so we will update soon with exact times and all of the fun and delicious treats to be had! But we WILL be open to celebrate Maine Maple Sunday in our BRAND NEW Sugar Shack!”
Gile’s Family Farm
- 100 Shaker Hill Rd.
- Alfred, Maine
Gile’s Family Farm is celebrating on Sunday only, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., selling all kinds of maple goodies. You can get more details on their Facebook page event.
Greene Maple Farm
- 723 Bridgton Road
- Sebago, Maine
Greene Maple Farm has not yet updated its programming for 2025 Maine Maple Weekend.
Harris Farm
- 280 Buzzell Rd.
- Dayton, Maine
Maine Maple Weekend is a big deal at Harris Farm. They updated their Facebook page in February to share what you can expect at the farm that weekend.
sugarhouse open for demonstrations
pancake bites with maple cream glaze
donuts, kettle corn, and maple treats
dairy store featuring maple milk and NEW maple butter
self-guided maple walk through our sugarbush
cows available for close-ups
Highland Farms Sugar Works
- 152 Towles Hill Rd.
- Cornish, Maine
For 2025, Highland Farms has created an event on Facebook that shows them celebrating Maine Maple Weekend Friday through Sunday. You can explore sap still in the buckets attached to the maple trees on this farm or enjoy the views of Mount Washington.
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And, of course, there is plenty of maple syrup and other treats available to purchase. Finally, Highland Farms Sugar Works will be participating in Maine Maple Fall Fest October 2025.
Hilltop Boilers
- 157 Elm St.
- Newfield, Maine
Hilltop Boilers refers to this maple syrup holiday in the plural, as Maine Maple Weekends. That’s because it is pulling out all the stops as it celebrates Maine Maple Weekends over four days in March. Here’s what they posted on the Hilltop Boilers website:
- March 15, 2025 9AM-4PM
- March 22-23, 2025, 9AM-4PM
- March 29, 2025, 9AM-4PM
- more details to come
Merrifield Farm
- 195 North Gorham Road
- Gorham, Maine
Open Maine Maple Sunday Weekend March 22nd and 23rd from 9am to 4pm. This year is Merrifield Farm’s 25th anniversary, so expect extra celebrations and goodies at their 2025 Maine Maple Weekend events.
You can find any updates on Maine Maple events on the Merrifield Farm Facebook page. Then, come back in October for Maine Maple Fall Fest.
Parsons Maple Products
- 322 Buck Street
- Gorham, Maine
Open 8am to 5 pm on both Saturday March 22 and Sunday March 23.
Pineland Farms
- 15 Farm View Drive
- New Gloucester, Maine
I’d included Pineland Farms in my article about free and cheap electric vehicle charging in Southern Maine.
As far as Maine Maple Weekend goes, there are a few things you need to know. One, Pineland Farms is celebrating all week long. In 2025, that’s March 17-23, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Two, you’ll need to register online and ahead of time for the Pineland Farms maple syrup celebrations. You get a two-hour pass to visit the farm. For a Saturday visit, the cost is $6 per person.
For a Sunday visit, it’s free until all reservation spots are filled.
- Syrup samples will be provided in the Sugar House.
- Maple Cotton Candy will be available for sale in the Smokehouse Visitor Center.
Red Door Sugar Shack
- 24 Shellenbarger Road
- Topsham, Maine
The Red Door Sugar Shack has not updated their programming for Maine Maple Weekend 2025 yet.
Don’t forget to visit their goats, which, after Christmas, are happy to recycle your Christmas trees for you.
Royal River Orchards
- 201 Peacock Hill
- New Gloucester, Maine
Royal River Orchards is part apple farm (no surprise, given its name) and part maple syrup producer in their sugarhouse. On Saturday and Sunday March 22 and 23, Royal River is having its Annual Pancake Breakfast and maple syrup sales. Breakfast is 9am-12pm and the retail barn is open until 4pm both days.
Come fall, you can come back to Royal River Orchards for Maine Maple Fall Fest. Also in fall: you can go apple picking in the orchard.
Scenic View Sugaring
- 90 Sokokis Trail N (aka Route 5)
- Limerick, Maine
We pass Scenic View Sugaring on the way to my mother’s house, if we don’t take the shortcut on Route 160 through East Parsonsfield. The sugar house here is open both Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with Q&As with the sugar masters and free samples. Oh, and don’t forget to enjoy the view and wear your Wellies since it is mud season.
Spiller Country Farm
- 118 Spiller Rd.
- Gorham, Maine
Not to be confused with Spiller Farm in Wells, where we love to go apple picking in the fall, Spiller Country Farm is in Gorham. According to their Facebook Page, they will be celebrating on both days of Maine Maple Weekend, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Thurston & Peters Sugarhouse, LLC
299 Bond Spring Rd.
West Newfield, Maine
Thurston and Peters doesn’t distinguish Maine Maple Sunday days from other winter weekends. Instead, it just says that it is open on weekends, from March 4 through April 2. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. In addition to selling maple syrup, it also sells maple soft serve, maple cream and maple candy.
Waterhouse Family Farm
- 939 River Rd
- Hollis Center
- https://waterhousefamilyfarm.com
Waterhouse Family Farm is celebrating Maine Maple Weekend on March 22nd and 23rd from 9-5. There is a pancake breakfast, on both Saturday and Sunday, from 9 am to noon.
They’ll be serving pancakes, sausage, beans, juice and more. Also, maple coffee and hot chocolate will be available for sale by the cup. They’ll also have maple glazed cinnamon rolls available for sale, 12 noon to 5 pm both days or until they run out.
In addition, the farm will have samples of the following beloved maple products:
- Ice cream with Maple
- Maple goat milk fudge
- Maple candied nuts
Free face painting for kids! 10-2 both days.
Also for sale:
- Maple syrup
- Maple candy
- Maple cotton candy
- Maple goat milk fudge
- Maple cream
- Maple leaf cookies
- Maple and pumpkin whoopie pies
- Maple candied nuts
- Maple coffee
- Goat milk soaps
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I learned something new….I never realized there was such an event in October as Maine Maple Fall Fest. I’m aware of numerous Maine Fall Festivals in October, but never Maine MAPLE ones. I’ll have to check it out.
Ah, Maine Maple Weekend! Brings back memories of sweet Sundays at the sugaring house near my grandparents’ place. Excited to check out Balsam Ridge this year, live entertainment sounds like a nice touch!
This sounds so fun! I’d want to try the maple cotton candy. That sounds delish!
Maine Maple Weekend?? Have made many trips over the years to Portland and Boothbay Harbor and had no idea about this. Looks like so much fun!! Thanks for this article!
Why not mention Maine maple syrup events in central and northern Maine as well, not just southern Maine
Because as the name of our blog implies, we focus on things to do in Southern Maine. However, yours is a good point and next year, when we do our roundup, I will take your suggestion to heart and consider adding sugarhouses in other parts of the state. Thank you for the comment.