The Hurry Hill Maple Farm Association has developed wonderful experiences for visitors–children, families, sugar makers, or anyone curious about nature’s pure product. The maple sugaring process, natural and cultural history, lore, and legend are on display with entertaining events, educational activities, and exhibits.
The Maple Museum is a new feature where young and old can see, touch, taste, and listen to the past while learning about an important part of Pennsylvania’s agricultural heritage.
A museum highlight is the story of the Newbery Medal award-winning book Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen. An extensive exhibit shows the people and places in the Edinboro and Cambridge Springs area that the author used in the book. The classic story is a significant contribution to the education of school children and maple sugaring communities.
Janet Woods, a lifelong maple syrup producer, is the president of our association. With the guidance of Theresa Gamble, project manager, and the help of numerous volunteers, we have put together a world-class maple museum that you can tour for free. (Please check the opening hours.)
Our association partners every year with the Northwest PA Maple Association Taste and Tour weekend held during the maple sugaring season in March. All of the local sugarhouses are open for free tours. Since 2004, the Hurry Hill Maple Farm and Museum has welcomed 3,000 visitors annually. For details of the next Taste & Tour, please refer to our Events page and visit pamaple.org. Dozens of schools, community clubs, and civic groups schedule visits to Hurry Hill from March until November. Contact sugarmaker, Janet Woods, to schedule a visit or for product information year-round.
MIRACLES ON MAPLE HILL by Virginia Sorensen: A Chautauqua County Connection presented by Sugarmaker, Janet Woods
The Hurry Hill Farm Maple Museum is also proud to be home to the 1956 Newbery Medal awarded to Virginia Sorensen for her acclaimed children’s book, Miracles on Maple Hill, which is
set in and around NW PA. Chautauqua County, another maple region, was home to a Clymer native, Rev. Leonard Hoganboom, the person whose experiences as a POW in WWII became
part of the Miracles on Maple Hill story.Located in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, Hurry Hill Maple Farm and Museum is a non-profit
organization dedicated to producing and preserving traditional methods of maple syrup production. Sugarmaker Janet Woods created the Museum, now in its 16th year, boasts of 5,000
square feet of museum space, a ½ mile interpretive trail, exhibits in the sugarbush, and over 3,000 visitors each year.
Donations to the association are welcome. We are a qualified 501 (c)3 non-profit organization.
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