Maple Traditions Scenic Byway
Maple Traditions Scenic Byway is a State Scenic Byway in New York. Within New York it covers roughly 110 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Maple Traditions Scenic Byway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
The Maple Traditions Scenic Byway runs 80 miles through New York's North Country, from Lowville north to the 'Maple City' of Ogdensburg at the foot of the bridge to Canada. It passes farmland and woodland the entire way. Designated part of the state's Scenic Byway System in 1992, under the leadership of state senator John B. Scheffer, the route takes its name from the family-run sugar bush operations along the way, where maple syrup is still boiled down over wood-stoked fires, sometimes gathered by horse-drawn wagon in the old style. The American Maple Museum in Croghan anchors the byway's interpretation of that industry, while Amish farms working fields by hand or horse team add another layer to a landscape genuinely still lived in rather than preserved for tourists. An alternate loop through Canton reaches the Traditional Arts in Upstate New York's North Country Heritage Center, whose galleries and archives document the folk arts and customs of the wider North Country region.
- 80 miles, Lowville to Ogdensburg
- Designated part of NY's Scenic Byway System in 1992
- American Maple Museum, Croghan
- Working sugar bush (maple syrup) farms
- Amish farming communities
- North Country Heritage Center, Canton
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.
Where to Stay along Maple Traditions Scenic Byway
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