The recent February thaw started the maple sap flowing in
the maple trees in Monterey, Virginia. On Feb.4 it warmed up enough for
Puffenbarger’s Sugar Orchard to post a picture on their Facebook page of a tube
with the maple sap flowing through it.
Monterey, in Highland County, is located beyond the Shenandoah Valley in an area that boasts the highest mean elevation of anywhere east of the Mississippi. An enchanting land of high mountains, pristine valleys, and green woodlands awaits you in Virginia’s very own Little Switzerland. The land is marked by high and narrow ridges, reminiscent of a landscape you’d discover in Switzerland.
Monterey, in Highland County, is located beyond the Shenandoah Valley in an area that boasts the highest mean elevation of anywhere east of the Mississippi. An enchanting land of high mountains, pristine valleys, and green woodlands awaits you in Virginia’s very own Little Switzerland. The land is marked by high and narrow ridges, reminiscent of a landscape you’d discover in Switzerland.
In March, the Highland Maple Festival, the second largest
Maple Festival in the United States, will celebrate the southernmost commercial
Maple Syrup producing region in the nation. The Highland Maple Festival features
craft shows, dances, sugar camp tours, music and dance performances, and, of
course, food, particularly pancakes with maple syrup and maple doughnuts.
Visit the Highland Maple Festival on March 9 & 10 and March 16 & 17 to learn about their unique maple industry. Designated a "Local Legacy” by The Library of Congress in 199, this festival of 61 years, attracts upwards of 50,000 visitors from across the states. Sugar camp tours provide a unique and educational glimpse of a rapidly vanishing way of rural American life.
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Visit the Highland Maple Festival on March 9 & 10 and March 16 & 17 to learn about their unique maple industry. Designated a "Local Legacy” by The Library of Congress in 199, this festival of 61 years, attracts upwards of 50,000 visitors from across the states. Sugar camp tours provide a unique and educational glimpse of a rapidly vanishing way of rural American life.
We are proud to include Maple
Syrup from Monterey in many of our Virginia gourmet food gift baskets.
