Known as "Virginia's sweet spot," this quiet mountain region is one of the southernmost places to produce maple syrup, and it comes alive every March for a very special reason: the Highland County ...

Others joined Ray Carver inside the evaporator house to learn how sap is boiled into maple syrup. The third station was inside the Swift River Maple store, where children could buy syrup in jugs ...

Jasper County Conservation Naturalist Greg Oldsen pours a pinch of maple ... pan on top of the evaporator, which drops 8 to 10 inches into the unit, allowing more water to boil off. As the syrup ...