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44th Annual Maple Sugar Festival
Sweet Traditions and Suprising Additions!
March 14th and 15th
9am-5pm Interpretive Center
11am-5pm DeLano Homestead
Free for Members
Become a Member and deduct the entrance fee for your whole family.
Regular Entrance Fees:
$6 Adults
$5 Seniors
$4 Children (4-13),3 and under FREE
New this year: bring your treasured maple receipe for a new cookbook to be published on KNC's 50th Anniversary in 2010. Meet our new Screech Owls, and come to our new wacky Springtime Variety Show. Don't miss signing up for the Hiking Spree and earn a brand new pioneer sugaring medallion. Join the fun!
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Printable Schedule of Events
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The day starts off with the delicious taste of pancakes smothered with real maple syrup and the fun keeps going all day long. Check out the schedule of events. Print this schedule and bring it with you so you don't miss a thing.
Schedule of Events:
Saturday and Sunday
Interpretive Center (link to map)
9am – 2 pm
- All-you-can-eat Pancake Breakfast* with real Michigan Maple Syrup (breakfast cost: $6/adult, $5/senior, $3/children 4-13, 3 and under Free (in addition to admission)) (Cooper’s Glen Auditorium)
9 am-5 pm
-Kids’ Carnival Games & Crafts (Expedition Station)
- Maple Recipe Contest (Exhibit Hall)
- Maple Cotton Candy* ($2/bag)
- Hiking Spree* - Sponsored by Lee’s Fun & Adventure – Join the club! New this year – earn a medallion after a visit to the Pioneer Sugar Camp
- Interpretive Center open – Hands-on exhibits: Bugs in Our Lives, Nature Up-Close
- Glen Vista Gallery – “Wind and Wings” art by Jean Flower
9am–4 pm
- Maple Sugar Tours (meet at Sundial)
Birds of Prey programs (1 hr)
9:30 am, 12 noon, 2:30 pm in the Glen Vista Gallery
Springtime Variety Show (½ hr)
11 am, 1:30 pm, 4pm in the Glen Vista Gallery
2 – 5 pm
Ice Cream w/ Maple Syrup* $3/per serving (Cooper’s Glen Auditorium)
DeLano Homestead, 555 East E. Avenue (link to map)
11 am – 5 pm
-Pioneer Sugaring Demonstrations
- Horse-drawn wagon rides* ($1/person), weather permitting
- Demonstrations in the Blacksmith Shop
- Explore the DeLano House built in 1858
- Watch spinners turn wool into yarn
- Kids’ activities
2 – 5 pm
- Ice Cream w/ Maple Syrup* $3/serving
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Join Lee's Hiking Spree
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Take a HIKE!
Join Lee's Hiking Spree
The Hiking Spree is a great way to get out on the trails and
see our ever changing views from season to season.
It's easy to join.
Purchase a KNC Hiking Stick with a KNC logo medallion
to start your membership.
Hike 5 KNC trails within one year of joining
Report your Hikes to the Host at the Guest Services Desk
Complete 5 hikes and earn that year's medallion
New this year! A special new medallion for hiking to the pioneer sugar shack
Congratulations to Lee's Adventure Sports for 15 years as Hiking Spree Sponsor!
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| Kalamazoo Nature Center |
| 7000 N Westnedge Ave | Kalamazoo, MI 49009 |
| Phone (269) 381-1574 | Fax (269) 381-2557 |
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