HIGHLAND COUNTYMAPLE FESTIVAL

59th annual

PANCAKES–PLAIN AND BUCKWHEATBLUE GRASS: Blue Grass Ruritan Building (7:30 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.) On Blue Grass Valley Road, seven miles north of Monterey.BOLAR: Bolar Ruritan Club (7 a.m. - 3 p.m.) 15 miles south of Monterey atintersection of Routes 220 & 607.MCDOWELL: Stonewall Ruritan Building (7 a.m. - 4 p.m.) On Rt. 678 inMcDowell.MONTEREY: Highland Public Schools (8 a.m. - 4 p.m.) Myers/Moon Road,off Rt. U.S. 250 in Monterey.WILLIAMSVILLE: Bath-Highland Fire Department/ Williamsville Community Center (7 a.m. - 2 p.m.) On Route 678.

OTHER FOODSMCDOWELL:� Trout, Chicken, and Ham Dinners (11 a.m. - 5 p.m.) McDowell Firehouse;Rt. 678.

• Baked Goods & Maple Products; Stonewall Ruritan Building

MONTEREY:FOOD COURT – North Water Street • Burgers, Cheeseburgers, Bacon Cheeseburgers, Country Ham,

Hot Dogs, Chili Dogs and Pork BBQ • Funnel Cakes• Kettle Corn; Main Street• Country Ham Sandwiches, Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, and BreakfastFoods; Church of God of Prophecy, Main Street

� Maple-Glazed Chicken & Grilled Pork Tenderloin; Monterey Presbyterian Church• Baked Goods, Chili & Hot Dogs; Monterey Firehouse• Maple Doughnuts Mill Gap Ruritans. Located behind Ernie’s Market.• Pork Rinds; Highland High School.• Trout Sandwiches; Virginia Trout Company; North on Rt. U.S. 220. � Maple Pork BBQ; Word of Faith Church

RESTAURANTS�Highs Restaurant – Pancakes & buckwheat cakes; trout; Main Street

� The Highland Inn – Dining featuring Local Foods; Main Street� Mountain Hideaway Restaurant – Pancakes & buckwheat cakes;

trout; (Corner of Routes U.S. 250 & 220)� The Real Deal – Lunch specials prepared with local foods

(Corner of Routes U.S. 250 & 220)� Evelyn’s Pantry – Sandwiches and lunch specials; Main Street

� Seated service available

FoodA $3.00 admission charge will cover access to the Arts & Crafts

Shows in the gymnasiums (ages 12 and under are free). Arts & Crafts locations are:

MONTEREYHighland High School Gymnasium

Highland Elementary School GymnasiumCourthouse LawnMain Street

MCDOWELLStonewall Ruritan Building

• LIVE ENTERTAINMENT throughout the festival! On Saturday afternoons, enjoy clogging shows and bluegrass music. Please visit our website for details

on times and locations.

MONTEREYThe Attic – SPCA benefit shop

Highland County Crafts – Featuring handmade craftsHighland’s Mountain Flowers – Primitive home collections & moreMorning Glories & Moonflowers – Gifts & decorative itemsShoppes at Dancon - Made by Hand – Toys, books & dollsThe Blanchard Gallery – Local artistry and treasuresBig Fish Cider Company – Local cider and tasting roomMirrorslap Photography – Photography and gifts

US 220 NORTHGinseng Mountain Farm & Store – “New time” country storeRexrode’s Country Store – Fuel, deli, pizza & maple products

Riven Rock Farm (Rt. 634) – 100% grass-fed heritage belted galloway cattleVirginia Trout Company – See thousands of rainbow trout!

BLUE GRASS & NEW HAMPDENCountry Convenience – Deli, maple products, buckwheat flour

MCDOWELLHighland County Museum & Heritage Center – Civil War camp &home-life reenactment, and exhibits on Highland County historyMountain Oasis – Deli sandwiches, baked goods & pork BBQStonewall Grocery – Roasted chicken, sandwiches & cheesesSugar Tree Country Store – 19th century-style country store

HEADWATERSHeadwaters Schoolhouse Hill – One room schoolhouse dating back to 1893

For information on lodging availability visitwww.HighlandCounty.org

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Welcome!Highland County, “Virginia’s Sweet Spot,” welcomes you to the 59th annual Maple Festival. Thisunique celebration has been designated a Local Legacy by The Library of Congress. Sugar camp

tours provide a unique and educational glimpse of a rapidly vanishing way of American life.

The Sugar TourMaple sugar “camps” throughout HighlandCounty welcome visitors to view the processof syrup-making. Warm clothing and boots areadvisable for March visits to the sugar camps.

SUGAR TREE COUNTRY STORE & SUGAR HOUSELocated near the center of McDowell, this operation

employs a modern reverse osmosis concentrator and oil-fired evaporator. Informational tours all day. Antiquemaple producing tools are on display. Country store mer-chandise, pottery, maple products, jams, Brunswick Stew, maple doughnuts, and other food will be for sale. Closed on Sunday.

EAGLE’S SUGAR CAMPFollow signs to Eagle’s Sugar Camp, located north of

McDowell off Rt. 654 (Jack Mountain Road) in Doe Hill. Syrup producers for more than 200 years, the Eagles still useopen pan wood-fired evaporators as well as the latest ad-vanced computerized oil-fired evaporators. Observe sugarwater collected in buckets. Local honey, maple products,buckwheat, cornmeal & baked goods. Home-cooked food and maple donuts. Local arts & crafts. Tour buses welcome.

SOUTHERNMOST MAPLE PRODUCTSLocated 15 miles south of Monterey on Route 607 (off US

220 at Bolar) (Big Valley Road). Sugar water is gathered with hundreds of buckets and miles of plastic tubing thatfunnel the water into an evaporator. Rustic country storewith a variety of maple products, flour, honey, jellies andbaked goods. Food: Maple pit-cooked BBQ, pork skins andmaple doughnuts. All-you-can-eat buffet both Saturdays 5p.m. - 8 p.m. Handicapped accessible. Closed on Sunday.

REXRODE’S SUGAR ORCHARD Located north of Hightown on Route 637, (Maple

Sugar Road), Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard features some large maple trees over 200 years old. The Rexrodes use the old-fashioned “open pan” system of evaporation as

well as the newer wood-fired evaporation method with miles of plastic tubing to gather the sugar water.

Food and maple products available.

PUFFENBARGER’S SUGAR ORCHARDOn Route 637 (Maple Sugar Road), southwest

of Blue Grass is the Puffenbarger Sugar Orchard. The Puffenbargers have rebuilt their sugar

camp following the devastating fire in 2008. A vacuum pump is used to increase the flow of sugar water and miles of plastic

tubing make it easier to gather. The process of maple syrup-making is started by reverse osmosis

and finished by oil-fired evaporators. Maple doughnuts and other foods are available here.

DUFF’S SUGAR HOUSEAt Fair Lawn Farm, southwest of Monterey (3 mi.south on U.S.220 and 3 mi. west on Route 84), Duff’s Sugar House is a small, family-run sugar

house where the trees are still “opened” by hand and the sugar water collected in buckets. Cooking is

done in a wood-fired open pan and finished in an iron kettle. Hands-on participation is encouraged.

Tours all day.

LAUREL FORK SAP SUCKERSLocated 10 miles west of Monterey on Clay Hise Lane (off US 250). Laurel Fork Sap Suckers is a small, family-run sugar camp. Maple syrup is made the traditional

way using wood-fired pans as it has been for centuries.Some of the equipment used in the process is the sameexact equipment used 100 years ago! Tours explaining

the process run every 30 minutes. Food: Maple Hot Dogs,BBQ, brown beans and cornbread, maple popcorn &

beverages. Country store with arts & crafts. Tours all day. Tour buses welcome.

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