• 1,293 square miles located in the Tug Hill, Black River Valley & Adirondack Mountain Regions
• Population · 26,000 to 27,000 people
• Twice as many cows as  people (53,000 cows)
• Neighbors to Ft. Drum
  

    Agriculture    

• 500,000,000 pounds of milk produced per year
• 53,000 dairy cows
• Largest cream cheese plant in the world
• World Champion pumpkins are grown in Lewis County. 968 pounds in 1995 & 1061 pounds in 1996.  The 1996 pumpkin was the first to go over 1,000 pounds and is in the 1998 Guinness World Book of Records.

• 556,200 acres of commercial forest
• 464,200 northern hardwood acres
• 75,100 acres of soft woods
• 11,700 acres of aspen, birch
• 5,200 acres of oak
• We are replacing 4 trees for every one harvested
• Top maple producing county in New York State.  Produces over $1,000,000 / yr.
• Hunting – deer, bear, rabbit, ruffed grouse, goose, duck, & turkey
• Fishing – trout, pike, bass, perch, & bullhead

• 600 miles of groomed snowmobile trails
• 22 slopes of downhill skiing
• 100 + miles of cross country skiing
• Canoeing & Kayaking
• Golfing
• 65 + miles of horseback riding
• Biking
• Backpacking
• Camping
• Hiking

and much, much, more 

• 248.08 miles of county roads
• 895.26 miles of town roads
• 155.13 miles of state highways
• 2 Railroads
• Close to Water Transport (Shipping)
• Close to Air Service
• Click here for the Traffic Count  Web Site  on some roads in Lewis County.

• Lewis County has no cities. Village of Lowville, the county seat, has approximately 3,600 people
• Lewis County has the lowest crime rate in New York State
• Lewis County has only seven (7) stoplights
• Lewis County is an outdoor playground 

  Health & Safety    

• 54 bed hospital
• 160 bed extended care facility
• 13 senior housing facilities
• 1 + Search & Rescue services
• 10 + Ambulance services
• 15 + Volunteer fire departments

• 5 public high schools
• 4 + private schools

• 65 Churches
• 10 + Denominations

• 9 public libraries

• Many small businesses to support Agriculture & Forestry Industries
• Many small stores & shops for the consumer
• Tourism support system (equipment rentals, camp rentals, restaurants, repairs shops, guides, etc.)

• Constable Hall – a restored 18th Century estate. 
• Gould Mansion
• American Maple Museum Web Site
• Fiddler's Hall of Fame & Museum
• Lewis County Railroad Museum
• Agriculture Fair – oldest continuously operating agricultural fair in the U.S.

• Adirondack International Speedway – Home of The Adirondack International Speedway

• 40.07 inches/year - Average precipitation at the County Seat
• 200 to 300 inches of snow in one area of our county known as the Tug Hill Region, record snowfall for a 24 hour period was 77 inches.
• Our roads are open over 99% of the time.  We have the best road crews & snow removal equipment in the nation
• Precipitation

            Inches 

Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Year
3.05	2.49	2.78	3.10	3.05	3.52	3.33	3.80	3.77	3.42	4.07	3.69	40.07

            Degrees 

Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	Jun.	Jul.	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
15.60	7.56	24.00	44.01	57.38	68.45	69.42	65.30	60.63	44.69	38.81	22.20