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Baltimore County Public Schools Outdoor Science Education Grade 1 Maple Syrup/Natural Resources Sugar Bush Hike Station Station Leader Information Camp Puh’tok Directions ***** There is very limited parking at Camp Puh’tok. Please carpool from your school or meet at the easy to reach Park and Ride near Camp Puh’tok – directions are below for Park and Ride. Camp Puhtok is reached via the Baltimore Beltway (I-695). Take exit 24 North on the Baltimore-Harrisburg Interstate (I-83) to Mt. Carmel Road - Hereford exit 27. ? Turn right onto Mt. Carmel Road.? Make a right on York Road (traffic light) and proceed one block.? Turn left onto Monkton Road (traffic light), MD Route 138.? Drive 0.7 (seven-tenths) of a mile and bear left onto Big Falls Road.? The main camp entrance is located 1.2 (one and two-tenths) miles on the right and marked by a large wooden sign. Park and Ride – After exiting I-83, turn left on Mt. Carmel RD and take first right into the lot. After parking car, take a left out of the lot onto Mt. Carmel Road and continue with the above directions. Phone Numbers Baltimore County Teacher Naturalist Pat Ghingher 410.294.0426 pghingher@bcps.org Walter Massey 443.791.3117 wmassey@bcps.org Office of Science 410.887.4251 Camp Puh’tok 410.329.6590 SUGAR BUSH HIKE STATION TIME: 15 minutes NOTES TO STATION LEADER: After completing the Sugar Bush Hike station, please be sure the group moves in the correct direction for the next station then return to the wooden gate to pick up your next group. BACKGROUND Maple trees have branches that are arranged on the stem in an opposite pattern. Ash, dogwoods, and horse chestnuts also have this type of branching. An acronym to help remember opposite branching trees is M A D HORSE: maples, ash, dogwood, horse chestnut. All maples can be tapped, but sugar maples have the most amount of sugar. Our “sugar bush’ here at Camp Puh’tok only have red maples. The term “sugar bush” refers to a forested area wh