Registration Open For Popular Festival Of Sugar Maples

MCHENRY COUNTY, IL — The McHenry County Conservation District's Festival of the Sugar Maples will be held over several days in March and you can reserve your spot now if you'd like to attend.

The popular annual event will be held at Coral Woods Conservation Area, 7400 Somerset Drive in Marengo, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on March 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 and 13.

You can register for a free time slot on the Saturday, Sunday or Monday when tours are being held. The tours occur every 15 minutes, last about one hour and involve a half-mile hike through a snowy woodland trail

Visitors can pick up a spile and tap their own tree during the hike, according to the conservation district Facebook page. Pure maple syrup, maple leaf shaped cookie cutters and maple flavored candies, syrup straws, cream spread and cookies will be available for purchase.

Since 1979, the Conservation District has educated thousands of visitors about the process of turning the sap from maple trees into delicious maple syrup. This year’s event is made possible in part by a generous donation from Amerigas propane and Lakes Realty Group, according to conservation district officials.

You can register here.