Where does that maple syrup come from?

CORNWALL — The Hudson Highlands Nature Museum is hosting maple sugar tours, Saturdays and Sundays beginning this weekend and running through March 22.

Museum educators guide small groups on 60-minute tours through the forest teaching all about maple sugaring now and in the past. Maple products and hot chocolate are available for purchase in the visitors center gift shop.

New this season are adapted maple sugar tours which offer the same educational experience as the sugar bush tours, but take place closer to the museum’s buildings. They will run at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and may be preferable for those with young children or people who have trouble walking long distances on uneven ground. If access to the sugar bush is not possible due to icy conditions, adapted trail tours will run all day.

Tours are run every half hour, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Outdoor Discovery Center on Feb. 28, March 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21 and 22. The cost is $10 for adults, $7 for children ages 3 to 11; museum members are $7 for adults, $4 for children.

On Feb. 28, enjoy special crafts, games and Native American story telling around the campfire.

For all tours, visitors are asked to be sure to dress warmly and wear boots for snow and mud.

The Hudson Highlands Nature Museum is located on Muser Drive, across from 174 Angola Road, in Cornwall.

For more information, call 845-534-5506 or go to www.hhnaturemuseum.org.