Morse Farm Sugar Works
Free sugar house tours and tasting, multimedia displays in a real
woodshed theater, a nature trail, country store, and an outdoor Vermont
farm life museum make up the
Morse Farm experience, and sprinkled
throughout, are whimsical carved folklife characters created by Burr
Morse.
The Morse Farm Woodshed Theatre is a unique structure made with walls
of sugar wood. Inside, a humorous and educational video plays about the
Morse Farm maple process. It is narrated by Harry I. Morse, Sr., the
crusty sixth generation Morse sugar maker and father to Burr. While in
the theatre, relax on our maple stump seats, enjoy the show and look at
the artifacts. Folks always leave with a smile.
| Winter
means skiing, sliding, snowmobiling and skating and stopping by the
Morse's for Vermont breakfast fixins and delicious natural snacks to
enjoy around the fire. |
| Then
in March it's Sugarin' Time when the Sugar House is surrounded by a
cloud of steam and visitors line up for their annual taste of sugar on
snow (hot maple sugar turned to taffy when drizzled over shaved ice,
served with a fresh donut). |
| Summer
brings many visitors to Vermont and Morse Farm goes all out hosting
special craft and antique fairs, and our farm stand offers the best of
the region's fruits and vegetables. |
| The
Foliage Season lasts from about Sept. 20th until Columbus Day in our
area, and the views of the autumn splendor from the Morse's hillside
are spectacular. Enjoy a real maple creemie and walk along our nature
trail to get the full effect. |
Open daily to visitors year-round.
Admission: Free
Directions: From the Mad River Valley head north on Route 100
then continue on 100B at the 100/100B intersection about 5 miles north
of Waitsfield. At Middlesex join Highway 2 West following signs towards
I-89 then as you leave Middlesex turn right then right again onto I-89
East. Take Exit 8 to Montpelier. Travel straight on Rt. 302 past three lights, at the fourth take a left onto Main street. Travel on Main Street until you meet the roundabout, take the first right on the round about then continue
straight up the hill (Main street becomes County Road) until you see the farm on your right about 2.7 miles from the roundabout. Driving time of about 40 minutes.
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