Spring · Merrimack Valley · 5 min read
Where to Find the Best Maple Sugar Houses This Spring
The spring run is short and the breakfasts are legendary — a guide to the sugar shacks worth the drive.
Maple season is the first sign that the state is waking up. The sap runs on a thaw, the evaporators light, and the sugar shacks open their doors for the breakfast everyone waits for.
The breakfast
Pancakes, French toast, and a side of snow for the hot syrup. Most shacks serve on weekends only through the run; a few hold pancake suppers into the evening.
The tour
Ask to see the evaporator. The best shacks are working farms, and a five-minute walk through the sugarbush is the whole story of the season.
The timing
The run moves north as it goes. Start in the Merrimack Valley in early March, chase it into the Lakes and the Whites by month's end, and let the weather — not the calendar — set the dates.
By The Editorial
March 12
