Join us March 2-3, 2024, from 10 am-3 pm for Maple Sugaring Days, a maple sugaring event at the Lakeshore. Come experience the sugaring process through time. Start your adventure by traveling back in time at the Dechow Farm. Learn the history of maple sugaring from the Anishinaabe, then travel through to the present day at the Olsen Farm. End your adventure by sampling warm syrup or making maple taffy.
For more information, visit https://www.nps.gov/slbe/planyourvisit/maple-sugaring-days.htm

The fun includes: a guided hike, a visit to a historic sugar shack, sap boiling demonstrations, kid's activities, and maple syrup sampling.

All programs are free with a valid park entrance pass. Passes may be purchased at the Phillip A. Hart Visitor Center in Empire, Michigan, and cost $25 (per vehicle) for seven days, $45 for an annual Sleeping Bear Dunes pass, or $80 (or less) for the America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands pass series.