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MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL

Table with pancakes, sausage, syrup, and branded cups at the at 2024 Maple Syrup Festival.

​The Maple Syrup Festival is an annual community event celebrates the sugar maple trees at Hartman Reserve. This event is held annually 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 an Ice and Aces package (featuring a diamond earring and necklace set from Riddle's Jewelry and a stay at the Isle Casino & Hotel) and a $500 certificate to 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
Sidecar Coffee & Roasters
Hansen's Dairy
Coloff Media
Jonathan & Olivia Mossman
Riddle's Jewelry 
Friendship Village
Community Auto Group Waterloo Cedar Falls



​$500+ Level
Bike Tech
Friends of Hartman Reserve
Taylor Veterinary Hospital
Jim & Amy Coloff 
Roger & Mauren White
Robbin Burns 
Peter & Diane Colver
MJ Transport
Urban Pie
Cedar Valley Delta Waterfowl
VGM Group
Bergan Pluming Heating and Cooling
Hoffman and Hoffman Trenching


​$300+ Level
David & Sharon Walker
Stokes Welding
Fosters Mattress
The Vibe
Tom & Char Strub
American Pattern & CNC Works, Inc.
​
$100 Level
Crawdaddy Outdoors
Standard Distribution Co
Jerry & Lea Ann Shaddox Family
Anonymous
Dr. Lance & Ellen Vanderloo
Peters Construction Corp
Jim Young
Cedar Valley Collectible Rocks, Minerals, Fossils
Blain's Farm and Fleet of Cedar Falls 
Benton Building Center
Scheels - Cedar Falls
Prairie Rapids Audubon Society 
Montage Cedar Falls
New Dawn Yoga
Grout Museum District 
Manatt's Inc. 
Palm Girl 
Isle Casino & Hotel Waterloo 
Waterloo Leisure Services Golf
Worlds Window 
Agape Therapy
Cedar Valley Eye Care Dr. Johnson
Hawkeye Alarm
Katie Rogers Counseling PLLC. 
Tootsies LaPorte
Wapsie Pines
Koch Construction


​$50+ Level
Woodruff Construction
Iowa Cubs Baseball
Waterloo Black Hawks
Cedar Valley Sportsplex
Harpers Public House
KE Black Mercantile
Pump Haus Pub & Grill 
LaPorte City Golf Club
​Blank Park Zoo
Here's What's Poppin
Waterloo Bucks Baseball
Interested in being a sponsor? Email Amy at [email protected]
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Maple syrup is for sale at the Nature Center! The maple syrup is made by Green's Sugar Bush in Castalia, Iowa.
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CONTACT INFO

​Hartman Reserve Nature Center
657 Reserve Drive
Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613
Phone: (319)-277-2187
Fax: (319) 277-4420
NATURE CENTER HOURS
Monday - Friday: 8 AM - 4:30 PM
Saturday: CLOSED
Sunday: 1 - 5 PM
​No cost to enter and enjoy the exhibits and library.
​
TRAILS
Open every day from
​sunrise to sunset. Free to use.

OUTDOOR-ACCESSIBLE RESTROOM
The restroom on the south side of the building is open every day from
​sunrise to sunset.
  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • HISTORY
    • WHAT WE ARE
    • VISION
    • OUR PARTNERS
    • STAFF
    • CONNECT
  • VISIT
    • NATURE CENTER HOURS
    • TRAILS >
      • TRAIL RX
    • AMBASSADOR ANIMALS >
      • VIRGINIA OPOSSUM
      • SPINY SOFTSHELL TURTLE
      • PAINTED TURTLE
      • RED-EARED SLIDER
      • 3-TOED BOX TURTLE
      • ORNATE BOX TURTLES
      • WESTERN FOX SNAKE
      • CORN SNAKE
      • WESTERN HOGNOSE SNAKE
      • TIGER SALAMANDERS
    • EXHIBITS
  • EDUCATION
    • SCHOOL OF THE WILD
    • FIELD TRIPS >
      • PRE K - KINDERGARDEN
      • 1st - 2nd GRADE
      • 3rd - 4th GRADE
      • 5th GRADE and UP
    • EDUCATORS RESOURCES
  • PROGRAMS
    • UPCOMING
    • YOUTH CAMPS >
      • SUMMER CAMPS
    • PUBLIC PROGRAMS >
      • TALES FROM THE TRAILS
    • SPECIAL EVENTS >
      • MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL
      • UNDER THE HARVEST MOON
      • WOODLAND WONDERLAND
  • RENTALS
    • COMMUNITY ROOM
    • BUCKLES BUILDING
    • SNOWSHOES
  • OPPORTUNITIES
    • VOLUNTEER
    • INTERNSHIPS
  • DONATE