Tug Hill

Tug Hill
Region
View of the North Branch of the Salmon River after a fresh snowfall, north of Redfield, in the Tug Hill region of New York.
Map of New York State showing the greater Tug Hill region (light red), and its heavily forested "core" region (dark red). Core area based upon The Nature Conservancy's 150,000-acre (610 km2) delineation.[1]
Coordinates: 43°37′15″N 75°27′50″W / 43.62090°N 75.46379°W / 43.62090; -75.46379
Country	United States
State	New York
Region	Tug Hill
Area
• Total	2,100 sq mi (5,000 km2)
Population
• Total	Approx. 100,000[2]
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Area code	315
Area and population are given for the greater Tug Hill region as defined by NYS Law.[3] The core Tug Hill area, covering at most 800 square miles (2,100 km2) within the larger legal region, is sparsely populated, containing just a few thousand full-time residents.[2]

Tug Hill, sometimes referred to as the Tug Hill Plateau,^[4] is an upland region in northern New York state, notable for heavy winter snows.^[5][6] The Tug Hill region is east of Lake Ontario, north of Oneida Lake, and west of the Adirondack Mountains. The region is separated from the Adirondacks by the Black River Valley.

Although the region was sometimes known as the Tug Hill plateau because its top is flat, it is not a plateau, but rather a cuesta, since it is composed of sedimentary rocks that tip up on one side,^[2] rising from about 350 feet (110 m) on the west to over 2,000 feet (610 m) in the east.

It covers portions of four Upstate New York counties: Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, and Oswego.