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October 11th 2025 - 10 AM - 4PM
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Self Guided Farm Tour

A Townwide Celebration
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Couple visiting rustic maple farm in autumn.
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Sheep standing behind wire fence in sunlight.
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Quilt exhibition with attendees and display tables.
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Man talking in autumn forest setting.
Colorful wooden signpost in forest with destinations.
Artist woodburning portrait on large wooden panel outdoors.
Blacksmith forging metal with anvil and tools outside.
Sheep standing behind wire fence in sunlight.
Blackberry Hill Farm stand open with organic menu.
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Goat standing behind a wire fence outdoors.
Couple visiting rustic maple farm in autumn.
Bear sculpture with 'Welcome Got Maple' signs outdoors

During Peak Foliage

This self-guided tour will take you through Thurman’s finest farms, where you can meet non-GMO heritage pigs, grass-fed beef, all-natural poultry, and more. Discover fresh fall produce, award-winning cheeses, and locally crafted Adirondack goods. Don’t miss the quilt show, where the Thurman Quilt Group will display their creations and offer handmade items for sale.

Start with a pancake breakfast, enjoy guided wagon rides, and experience the thrill of pumpkin chuckin’. Explore a range of activities, from sugar house tours and maple boiling demos to antique cider pressing and artisan markets.

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Pancake Breakfast

Valley Hill Maple Farm

Pumpkin' Chunking

Toad Hill Maple Farm

Thurman Quilt Show

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What To Expect

Step into the daily life of Thurman’s working farms! Watch live demonstrations of maple syrup production, apple cider pressing, and animal care. Meet the farmers, explore their sugarhouses, and learn about sustainable practices firsthand. Take a wagon ride through the fields and see the beauty of Adirondack farming up close. Whether it’s visiting heritage animals or discovering how local crops are grown, this tour brings farming to life!

Savor the tastes of Thurman! Enjoy fresh maple donuts, locally raised meats, artisan cheeses, and homemade baked goods. From pancake breakfasts to maple-infused treats, each stop on the tour offers delicious food and drinks. Don’t miss the opportunity to stock up on fresh produce, pure maple syrup, and handcrafted products to bring the flavors of Thurman back home.

Create lasting memories with activities for all ages! Kids will love pumpkin chuckin’, petting farm animals, and participating in hands-on crafts. Enjoy a scavenger hunt through the farms or relax by a cozy fire pit with maple s’mores and hot chocolate. The tour is a perfect blend of entertainment and education, making it an unforgettable day for families and friends.

Group enjoying autumn under rustic wooden pavilion.Visitors admire wooden animal carvings in outdoor workshop.Blacksmith forging metal with anvil and tools outside.Outdoor market stall with handcrafted jewelry display.

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Please check back soon for a full list of this year's participating farms. The following information is from last year's tour.
~ 2024 Locations ~
Toad Hill Maple
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Martin's Lumber
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Mud St. Maple
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Blackberry Hill Farm
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Nettle Meadow
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Candy Mountain Maple
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TEF Braids
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Rustic Acres Farm
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Quilt Show
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The Alchemists
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Whitefield's Farm
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Valley Road Maple
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Planning your visit to the Thurman Fall Farm Tour? Here are answers to some of the most common questions to help you prepare for a fun and seamless experience.

The Thurman Fall Farm Tour is a self-guided event showcasing the best of Thurman’s farms and businesses. Visitors can explore working farms, watch demonstrations, sample local products, and participate in unique activities like pumpkin chuckin’ and cider pressing.

The tour is self-guided, and you can visit the participating sites in any order. Be sure to download the interactive map or pick up a printed map at any tour stop to help you plan your route. Look for signposts throughout Thurman to guide you to each location.

Wear comfortable shoes and dress in layers to accommodate Thurman’s changeable Adirondack weather. Since cell service can be spotty, download maps and directions ahead of time. Also, plan to fill your gas tank before arriving, as there are no gas stations in Thurman.

Yes! Many stops offer delicious food and beverages, like pancake breakfasts, maple donuts, and farm-fresh meals. Restrooms are marked on the event map for your convenience. Some locations also have Wi-Fi for visitors to use.

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Maple Craft Show

Creations by Randi : Handknitted headbands and maple baked goods

Amanda Ricci : felt, wooden and vinyl items

Callie's Creations : resin earrings, bracelets, necklaces, keychains, bookmarks, silicone wristlets, trinket trays, wine stoppers

Krafts by K : suncatchers, hand crafted earrings

Mary Kenyon : knitted items

Avis Russell & Quilters : quilted items

Laura Bradway : Wooden birdhouses & feeders, totes, table runners, placemats

No. 9 Creations : incense burners, dreamcatchers
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Craft fair booth with handmade items on display.
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Group observing syrup production in a steam-filled room.
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Group gathered around outdoor picnic tables and fire pit.
Craft shop with wooden items and textiles on display.

Maple Craft Show

Creations by Randi : Handknitted headbands and maple baked goods

Amanda Ricci : felt, wooden and vinyl items

Callie's Creations : resin earrings, bracelets, necklaces, keychains, bookmarks, silicone wristlets, trinket trays, wine stoppers

Krafts by K : suncatchers, hand crafted earrings

Mary Kenyon : knitted items

Avis Russell & Quilters : quilted items

Laura Bradway : Wooden birdhouses & feeders, totes, table runners, placemats

No. 9 Creations : incense burners, dreamcatchers
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Crafts vendor booth with handmade items on display.
Craft fair table with handmade jewelry and crafts.
Two people at craft table with various handmade art.
Craft fair booth with handmade items on display.
Woman selling handmade knitted items at craft fair.

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Rustic Acres Farm

Enjoy snacks, hot coffee and tea with Todd and Flo Olden in their Adirondack homestead where organic farming is a way of life. Baked goods will be available in their rustic kitchen where the wood burning cook stove is used for cooking, heat and making jams and jellies which will also be on hand. Farm fresh eggs and USDA approved chicken raised on the farm will be for-sale.

Weather permitting: watch syrup being boiled the old fashioned way, on an open fire.
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Old-fashioned manual coffee grinder on wooden table.

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TEF Braids

Join TEF Braids at Thurman Maple Days and explore the innovative textiles crafted in our micro-factory. From experimental bodywear like bras and slippers to kitchen cloths and textile composites, our designs blend heritage and modernity. Discover the artistry of lace-making machines, rummage through our creations to find a unique treasure, and learn about the rich history of lace and textile manufacturing in the Adirondacks. Experience sustainability and craftsmanship with TEF Braids and Tensengral.
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Cozy knitwear on rack in home office space.
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Martin's Lumber

Gary and Wini Martin invite you into their home and work-shops during Thurman Maple Days 2025 to visit with friends and neighbors who offer an array of unique Adirondack Art. Many friendships have been formed through such events and many of these artists use Martin's lumber in their art or displays.

Visit with a master gardener, getting questions answered for a successful garden this year, participate in hands-on activities and demonstrations; candle making, 3-dimensional greeting cards, wood-burning, crocheting and jewelry. Additional shopping includes Adirondack furniture, wood carvings, paintings, tinctures and hand crafted soaps and soap products.
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Wooden trays with animal and nature engravings.
Woman knitting behind a table of crocheted items.
Wooden table with carved moose silhouettes.
Colorful resin swirl on wooden base with skull design.
Man holding hip-hop artwork in rustic setting
Crochet toys displayed on wooden shelves.
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Kids making colorful wax candles at workshop.
Children watching candle making process indoors.
Wooden shelves displaying various spice jars.
Wood-burned artwork on display table
Child using a power drill with beads nearby.
The artists:
Cledon Brook Creations with 3-dimensional greeting cards and more.

Ken Raisner offers hand carved birds and inlaid Adirondack furniture.

Wax ‘n’ Wix, offer a choice of shapes, colors and scents to make your own unique candle.

Alternating weekends, Pi.Rho.Dsine and Byron Estrada offer pyrography with demonstrations and art. The popular piece of Biggie Smalls continues.

Empty Nest Sun-drome Handmade Soaps and more display soaps and soap products made with health in mind and each a work of art.

Christina Smith returns with crocheted attire and crafty critters.

Talk with Ed Braley who is certified in wild mushrooms and will have his paintings and mushroom tinctures.

Master Gardener offers information for a healthy garden and answers to your gardening questions.

Visit with owner, Gary Martin who talks about sustainable forestry, tour their timber frame barn and perhaps get a hands-on demonstration of blacksmithing

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Nettle Meadow

Nettle Meadow will feature self guided tours as always with trained staff in each barn to offer stories about each of the animals. There are almost 100 friendly and fascinating farm sanctuary animals at Nettle Meadow at this time and they are all starving for attention as the long winter months bring so many fewer visitors.

We will be offering cheese samples with maple kunik cookies and offering hot pumpkin soup with maple chevre and hot maple ham and cheese sandwiches for folks to warm up with. Come try some of the best Artisan cheese in America and spend time with some of the friendliest critters in the area!
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Cheese samples on wooden boards with toothpicks.
Sheep behind wire fence in snowy field.
Brown and white horse in stable.
Group visits horse in barn on winter farm.
Llama standing in snowy enclosure behind fence.
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Hidden Hollow Maple

Hidden Hollow Maple Farm has been a family-run operation for over 40 years, dedicated to producing high-quality maple products. Traditional methods, using a wood-fired evaporator and hand-drawing syrup to ensure exceptional flavor. Visitors can explore a variety of offerings, including pure and flavored maple syrups, maple spreads, candies, snacks, and even maple-infused soaps.
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People observing maple syrup production in a sugarhouse.
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Maple syrup and snacks displayed at a market.
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Mud Street Maple

Mud St. Maple is where family fun meets maple magic! Come by for a taste of their mouthwatering maple donuts, walkin’ waffles, and French toast sticks. Warm up with complimentary maple coffee or hot chocolate, and treat yourself to maple chili, maple hot dogs, or a maple s’more by the fire pit.

Take a tour of their sugarhouse, where you’ll see how maple sap is transformed into syrup the old-fashioned way. Mud St. Maple is all about community and deliciously unique maple experiences. Don't forget—they’ve got a porta potty for your convenience. Stop by and make memories at Mud St. Maple during Thurman Maple Days!
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Mud St. Maple wooden sign with maple tree.
Person fueling wood-fired evaporator in syrup production.
Three bottles of Mud St. Maple syrup.
Maple syrup production in rustic sugar shack
Four maple syrup bottles with flavor labels.
Churros with dipping sauce served on paper tray.
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Family enjoying picnic in forest with campfire nearby.
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Candy Mountain Maple

Candy Mountain “Makes Old-Fashioned Maple Syrup, the modern way!” Your family is invited to visit with us, and to follow Maple Sap as it completes its’ journey from the woods to the jug on your breakfast table!

Candy Mountain is the region’s only Maple Syrup Farm certified to produce USDA Organic Maple Syrup, and by New York State for our commitment to Environmental Stewardship and Food Safety! Your hosts, Mike and Ingrid, are retired environmental chemists! We love to give tours, and to teach kids about the environment and the science behind Maple Syrup. Check us out on Facebook, (Candy Mountain Maple) or on our Website: www.candymountainmaple.com, for more info, to see photos and videos of our farm, or to learn more about our commitment to STEM (Science Technology, Engineering and Math) education. Please join us during Thurman Maple Days for a tour, a taste, and complimentary coffee and tea!
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Snowy cabin in a forest under blue sky.
Variety of maple syrup bottles on display.
People sampling syrup in a rustic shop.
People enjoying a tour inside a syrup factory.
People gathered in a cozy maple house space.
People enjoying maple products at festival booth.
Customers browsing maple syrup display in store.
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People sampling maple syrup in a wooden store.

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Valley Road Maple

Start your day off right with a hearty Pancake Breakfast at Valley Road Maple Farm, featuring Oscar’s Smokehouse maple sausages and endless hot coffee. As the first signs of spring emerge, you'll see steam billowing from the sugarhouse cupola and smell the irresistible aroma of boiling maple syrup. Visitors of all ages will enjoy sap-to-syrup demonstrations, tastings of fresh sap and syrup, and even the option to walk or snowshoe through the picturesque sugarbush.

Beyond syrup, Valley Road offers a tempting array of treats like maple candy, maple cream, roasted peanuts, cotton candy, and granulated maple sugar mixes. Established in 1998, this family-run farm is steeped in history and community spirit. The tradition of their legendary pancake breakfast continues, and the farm has grown to include over 3,200 taps. Whether you come for the food, the tour, or the warm memories, Valley Road Maple Farm is a must-visit destination during Thurman Maple Days!
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Snow-covered maple farm with banners in winter
Blue tubing network in snowy forest for maple sap
Pancakes cooking on a griddle in a kitchen.
Silhouette in steam-filled room, syrup production.

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Toad Hill Maple

Step into the rich history of Toad Hill Maple Farm, where the Galusha family has been crafting pure Adirondack maple products for over 50 years. Visit their stunning timber frame sugarhouse, featuring state-of-the-art, energy-efficient equipment, including a wood-fired evaporator, reverse osmosis system, and stainless steel tanks. Wander through nearly 900 acres of breathtaking timberland, with more than 3,000 sugar maples contributing to their incredible products.

Take a wagon ride over a timber frame-covered bridge and deep into the sugar bush to see the entire process of turning sap into liquid gold. Sample a variety of handcrafted treats, from maple cream and candies to unique offerings like bourbon barrel-aged syrup, maple frosted nuts, caramel corn, cotton candy, and granola. The farm store is a treasure trove of maple-infused delights and unique gifts, including handcrafted ceramic mugs and syrup pitchers. Experience the magic of maple at Toad Hill!
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Toad Hill Maple Farm in snowy landscape
Wooden store interior with shelves of products.
People touring wooden maple farm and gift shop.
People on hayride by rustic barn and tractor.
Group on hayride in forest during winter tour.
Green metal roof with chimney and blue sky
Rustic building entrance with open sign and people.
Child posing at Toad Hill Maple Farm exhibit.
Tractor pulling a trailer with people.
Guide speaking to group outdoors on wooden wagon.
People riding on tractor wagon in snowy forest.
Family enjoying winter ride in snowy forest.
Person adding wood to stove in syrup facility.
People boarding a wooden hayride wagon outdoors.
Group enjoying tractor ride on a sunny day.

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Fall Farm Tour Gallery
Colorful quilts displayed on a table at an exhibition.
Customers at Blackberry Hill Farm bakery stand.
Colorful autumn-themed quilted table runners on display.
Wooden farm stand with open sign.
S'mores station sign with pickup instructions.
Maple farm stand sign with scarecrow decoration.
Quilt exhibition with attendees and display tables.
Blackberry Hill Farm stand open with organic menu.
Group chatting under a blue canopy outdoors.
Cows grazing in a sunny forest-edge pasture.
Outdoor fire pit with picnic tables in forest
Rustic cabin with flags and open sign in fall.
Rustic coffee station with free maple coffee sign.
People entering an open farm stand.
People walking near red barn on sunny day.
People browsing art at outdoor craft market.
Goat standing behind a wire fence outdoors.
Wooden door with metal leaf decoration
People chatting at an outdoor market stall.
People in a textile workshop with hanging fabrics.
Organic maple syrup bottles on display shelves.
Outdoor market stall with handcrafted jewelry display.
Outdoor market stall with bags for sale.
People touring maple syrup production facility.
Crochet garments hanging in cozy home office.
People observing weaving machine in workshop setting.
Rustic barn with pumpkins and tractor outside.
Outdoor market with tents and wooden structures
Goat resting head on a fence outdoors.
Colorful ceramic animal sculptures on wooden shelf
Local author book signing event outdoors
Blacksmith forging metal with anvil and tools outside.
People near outdoor workshop under trees.
Sheep standing behind wire fence in sunlight.
People visiting a barn with animals.
People visiting a barn with goats.
Outdoor craft market with people browsing handmade items.
Rustic wooden American flag art by stone wall.
Outdoor market with wood crafts and visitors browsing.
Elderly woman weaving on wooden loom indoors.
Visitors admire wooden animal carvings in outdoor workshop.
Local author book signing event with wood art.
Outdoor market with wood crafts on display tables.
Colorful paintings and crafts displayed at outdoor market.
People outside a rustic maple farm building.
Rustic cabin with red roof and parked cars
Bear sculpture with 'Welcome Got Maple' signs outdoors
Group enjoying autumn under rustic wooden pavilion.
Store selling maple products and cotton candy.
Outdoor craft market with hanging painted gourds.
Pancakes cooking on large stainless steel griddle.
Artist woodburning portrait on large wooden panel outdoors.
Couple visiting rustic maple farm in autumn.
Colorful wooden signpost in forest with destinations.
Wooden sign with farm attractions listed roadside.
Tractor on forest path during autumn
Group of people sitting on an outdoor bench
Man talking in autumn forest setting.
Group sitting on bench in forest.
People browsing in a maple products store.