As Winter makes the transition to Spring, maple sap starts flowing. Sap can be collected via bucket, bag, or tubing and then boiled for hours to make syrup. Local events celebrate the sugaring season.
Maple Syrup Festivals near Kalamazoo
March 5-6 and 12-13 Maple Sugar Time Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Chesterton, Indiana
March 12-13 Maple Sugar Madness Sarett Nature Center Benton Harbor
March 12-13 Maple Sugar Festival Kalamazoo Nature Center Kalamazoo
March 19-20 Sugar Camp Days Bendix Woods County Park, New Carlisle, IN
March 19 Sugarbush Festival Blandford Nature Center Grand Rapids
April 22 - 24 Wakarusa Maple Syrup Festival, Wakarusa, Indiana
April 22 - 24 76th Vermontville Maple Syrup Festival Vermontville
Also consider
Michigan MapleWeekends
Michigan Maple Syrup Events 2016 in Oakland County and Southeast Michigan
Shepherd Maple Syrup Festival
