{"id":46813,"date":"2026-02-26T13:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=46813"},"modified":"2026-02-27T11:23:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T16:23:37","slug":"cunningham-falls-state-park-hosts-2026-maple-syrup-festival-two-weekends-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2026\/02\/26\/cunningham-falls-state-park-hosts-2026-maple-syrup-festival-two-weekends-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Cunningham Falls State Park Hosts 2026 Maple Syrup Festival Two Weekends in March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Visitors can get a taste of sweet Maryland tradition<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 331px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53582839812_6a2d42d2eb.jpg\" alt=\"Person testing maple syrup from a bucket\" width=\"321\" height=\"428\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maryland DNR photo<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Maryland Department of Natural Resources invites everyone to come celebrate the annual Maple Syrup Festival at <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/pages\/western\/cunningham.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cunningham Falls State Park<\/a>, the weekends of March 14-15 and March 21-22.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During this event, held annually for more than 50 years, guests can gather around the Sugar Shack to watch park staff demonstrate the traditional way of boiling sap into syrup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Live bluegrass music will fill the air each day of the event as Maryland-made maple syrup is served over a hot pancake and sausage breakfast. Guests can take a hayride through the Maple Grove to see how Park Rangers collect sap from trees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Events take place each day of the festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A sign language interpreter will be stationed at the Sugar Shack all four days of the festival. A suggested $5 donation per person is requested at entrance. Pancake breakfast and festival merchandise is available during the festival hours for an extra cost.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Proceeds from the Maple Syrup Festival benefit the nonprofit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofcunninghamgambrill.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friends of Cunningham Falls and Gambrill State Parks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This event is ADA accessible. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The park opens at 10 a.m. and closes at sunset. Pets are permitted on a leash, outside only. Visitors may contact 301-271-7574 for more information. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visitors can get a taste of sweet Maryland tradition The Maryland Department of Natural Resources invites everyone to come celebrate the annual Maple Syrup Festival at Cunningham Falls State Park, the weekends of March 14-15 and March 21-22.\u00a0 During this event, held annually for more than 50 years, guests can gather around the Sugar Shack<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2026\/02\/26\/cunningham-falls-state-park-hosts-2026-maple-syrup-festival-two-weekends-in-march\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,12],"tags":[3033,3034],"class_list":["post-46813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-parks","tag-cunningham-falls-state-park","tag-maple-syrup-festival"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46813"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46829,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46813\/revisions\/46829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}