Sugar Maples Resort - Maplecrest, NY 1970's

Panoramas of the since-closed Sugar Maples Resort, Maplecrest, NY in the Catskills from the late 1970's.

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• Maples
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• Maplecrest
• NY

[Coodeville]

My family spent a few summers here. In 1995, we took a ride up to see the place. It was totally abandoned. Real sad to see. I got turned on to pineapple juice there when I was a kid. I loved the stuff. And I also remember that the pancakes where out of this world. Dinner time was a big event. We had one guy who was a real character and always came to dinner with a costume on. Boy, those were the days! Wish I knew how to ride a bike when the rental truck came along.

[bmitch544]

I worked there in the summers of 1961,62 and 63. It was a fantastic experience.for a just graduated Florida high school student. My first year I handled the switchboard, took reservations and carried bags. The next year I worked as a dish washer as by NY law they got a day off each week.

Does anyone remember the name of the bar that was just down the road. That's where most of the employees spent their money!. My sister also came up and worked as a waitress.

[bmitch544]

I worked there in the summers of 1961,62 and 63. It was a fantastic experience.for a just graduated Florida high school student. My first year I handled the switchboard, took reservations and carried bags. The next year I worked as a dish washer as by NY law they got a day off each week.

Does anyone remember the name of the bar that was just down the road. That's where most of the employees spent their money! It was sure a great experience.

[8889matilda]

@KapiosKanenas I just got this idea of maybe going back to Sugar Maples only to find it has closed. I feel like I lost my best friend. I used to vacation there with my parents from the 50's through the early 60's and I used to go up for long weekends when they first opened for the season.I remember Tommy Meehan Sr., and Dick Veith. Tommy and my father got to be friends. I sure could use a week of Sugar Maples right about now to have a rest and good food., I will always have fond memories.

[EdzPl]

Anyone remember Sal Richards? I was lucky my dad took us there several years n late 60's to early 70's

[KapiosKanenas]

Really great. Thanks for posting, Doug. It brought back a flood of memories--the dance ball, rumpus room, shuffleboard, Yellow Birds at the dining room (great pancakes). Even the "Sitting Bull" playground with the teepee. I would constantly hit my dad up for a couple of quarters for pinball outside of the area where there was always a card game. There was a wall of hand prints in concrete before you got to the pool from families that kept coming back year after year. Those were great summers.

[ogrecat]

Spent summer of '68 there; as one of the help.

[waltondrummer]

Thanks for the wonderful video. Went there with my Mom & Sister in the late '70s. Some of my absolute fondest childhood memories.  I too remember the Archery, pool, schuffleboard, hike to the mountaintop, doing crafts in the main lodge...I may still have a plastic-bead necklace lying around somewhere :) Great times.

[rfarnworth]

Hi, I stand corrected. Great memories though. I am sad to hear of Tom Jr's passing. Thank you for letting us know.

[elwoodsgirl]

Thomas Patrick Meehan, Jr., has died. His parents Tom and Sheila, were co-owners of the Sugar Maples from 1961-1977. Pat was 61. He leaves a wife, two daughters, two sisters and their families.