The Maple Syrup Festival is an annual community event celebrates the sugar maple trees at Hartman Reserve. This event is held annually on the 2nd weekend in March. Attendees enjoy all-you-can-eat pancakes with maple syrup, sausage, Sidecar coffee, and Hansen's Dairy products, and learn how Conservation staff make maple syrup. Raffle prizes this year include a kayak package from CrawDaddy Outdoors and a bike package from Bike Tech.
This event is “Reservations Only.” Reservation prices are Adults: $10, Youth 3 - 15 years old: $5, and no cost for children 2 years old and under. Tickets go on sale Feb. 1st. For complete details, available timeframes for seating, and to make reservations, CLICK HERE (click the "events" button).
NOTE: You will not see information or options to register until after Feb. 1st every year.
A reservation means very little (if any) waiting in line and plenty of time to enjoy the pancake meal. Paper tickets will not be sold in advance or at the door, no walk-ins will be accepted and we will only honor tickets purchased through our website. Guests can be seated only at the time for which reservations were made. Sorry, no refunds can be issued as this is a fundraiser. All proceeds from this fundraiser will benefit environmental education, recreational programs, and natural resource management of Black Hawk County parks.
The main entrance and parking lot for the event is located at 657 Reserve Dr. in Cedar Falls (no shuttle). Please call 319-277-2187 with any questions.
This event could not be possible without all of our sponsors.
$1000+ Level
Community Auto Group Coloff Media Hansen's Dairy $500+ Level Friends of Hartman Reserve Crawdaddy Outdoors BikeTech Scheels Sidecar Coffee Taylor Veterinary Hospital Bergen Plumbing & Heating Northland Products Co Arends Transport Jim & Amy Coloff Hoffman & Hoffman Trenching $300+ Level Roger & Maureen White American Pattern Foster's Mattress Manatts Inc Robbin Burns Kay Park Stokes Welding VGM Sharon & Dave Walker O'Donell's Ace Hardware Diane & Peter Clover $100+ Level Kiwanis Standard Distributing Oakridge Realtors Bentons Jerry & Leann Shaddox Hawkeye Alarm Dr. Lance & Ellen Vanderloo Sherm & Beverly Lundy Jim Young Tom & Char Strub Peter's Construction Paula Goetz Universal Industries Agape Physical Therapy |
$100 Level (Continued)
Isle Casino & Hotel Black Hawk Hotel Kwik Star The Wash Bar Target Distribution Center Wapsie Pines Iowa Cubs John McCormick World's Window Riddle's Jewelry Jess Marsch Waterloo Leisure Services $50+ Level Jacobson State Farm Woodruff Construction Blain's Farm & Fleet Sue Morrison Tootsies Waterloo Community Playhouse Grout Museum District Waterloo Black Hawks Cedar Valley Sportsplex Cook's Outdoors Urban Pie The Vibe Cedar Falls Community Theatre Soifer Family McDonalds Aya Dance Montage Patton's Diner George's Local Palmer's Mini Golf Harpers John Wheeler Blank Park Zoo Home Depot Big Acai Raygun Mohair Pear Laporte City Carquest Waterloo Bucks Here's What's Poppin' Al Sundt New Dawn Yoga |
Interested in being a sponsor? Email Amy at [email protected]
Maple syrup is for sale at the Nature Center! The maple syrup is made by Green's Sugar Bush in Castalia, Iowa.