Watch maple syrup made and taste the results this Saturday.
If you like pouring real maple syrup over your pancakes and walking in the spring-awakening West Virginia woods—and especially if you like supporting West Virginia’s maple farmers—make time for the second of this year’s two Mountain State Maple Days this Saturday, March 15.
For a fun and easy day trip from Morgantown:
- Take the pretty drive to the historic New Deal community of Arthurdale between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. for an outdoor syrup-rendering demo and local maple products. Go early to fit your next two stops in.
- Grab lunch at Screech Owl Brewing—it opens at noon—and be sure to try its “nearly famous” Bourbon Maple BBQ Sauce and a pastry with Cream Cheese Maple Icing.
- Complete your trip at Heasley Homestead Maple at Bruceton Mills between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. for a tour of the sugar bush and sugar house. See syrup production in process, taste the different grades of syrup, sample the maple candy and other treats, and score some real West Virginia maple syrup to take home.
If you do all three stops, it comes to about two hours of drive time, much of it on pretty backroads.
Not up for the drive? No problem! You can enjoy a brunch of waffles with Authentic Appalachia maple syrup 9 a.m.–2 p.m. at The F.A.R.M. in Granville.
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