The main event on Saturday, March 1, from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., allows attendees to experience the full maple sugaring process across two historic farm sites in the Port Oneida Rural Historic District. Participants can engage in sampling warm syrup, enjoy kid-friendly activities, and witness sap boiling demonstrations as part of this delightful event. This event is in partnership with Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear.

From 5:00-8:00 p.m. each evening, visitors can visit the Dechow farm for the self-guided maple sugaring history hike along lantern-lit paths. No registration is required.

All programs are free with a valid park entrance pass. Passes may be purchased at the Phillip A. Hart Visitor Center in Empire, Michigan, and cost $25 (per vehicle) for seven days, $45 for an annual Sleeping Bear Dunes pass, or $80 (or less) for the America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands pass series.