The area of this wind farm includes villages of Martinsburg, Lowville, Watson and Harrisburg in Lewis County on the Tug Hill Plateau, about 75 miles northeast of Syracuse. The Maple Ridge wind farm is producing 231 Megawatts of electricity

with the help 140 wind turbines.Additional turbines are under construction process for phase 2 and after construction total number of wind turbines will be 195, which will generate 320 Megawatts of electricity and that is enough electricity for 160,000 New York households.

The Maple Ridge Wind Farm is expected to produce enough power to provide electricity to the city of New York. This project is owned by PPM energy and Horizon Wind Energy. Public officials, environmental advocates and energy industry representatives did a good work to construct this wind farm.

Accommodations at Maple Ridge Wind Farm-

Beaver River Hotel-

238 Grassy point road,

Lowville, New York, 13367

Beaver River Hotel is a great place for vacationers to stay, which provides posh guest rooms with amenities like king bed, microwave, TV, newspaper, refrigerator, iron and parking.

Le-Hav Motel-

7713 State Route 12,

Lowville, NY 13367

This hotel is an ideal place for tourists, which provides premium guest rooms with plenty of amenities like high speed internet access, phones, coffee in a lobby, coffee maker, microwave, hair dryer, free complimentary breakfast and parking.

Butterscotch House-

5449 Trinity Ave,

Lowville, New York

This hotel was built in 1870s, which provide great proximity to the vacationers with well furnished guest rooms. This hotel offers amenities like books, TV, delicious breakfast and baked food.

Tug Hill Inn-

Salmon River Road,

Lowville, New York 13367

Tug Hill Inn hotel offers a wide range of amenities for tourists, which includes internet facility, complimentary breakfast, phones, TV with cable channels and newspaper.

Things to do at Maple Ridge Wind Farm-

Lewis County Historical Society-

It is a vintage 1928 structure, which displays photographs, documents, tools, books, textiles, furnishings, paintings and many more things.

Mennonite Heritage Farm-

This is a home of former three generations of Mennonite family in Lewis County, which exhibits and displays artifacts and information about the life of early Amish-Mennonite settlers.

Kayaking-

Lewis County has spectacular lake, rivers and streams, which enhance the natural beauty as well as provides a wide variety of recreational activities such as canoeing, whitewater rafting and many other water sports.

Beaver River Canoe Routs-

This is nothing but a series of connected reservoirs through which visitors can travel and enjoy their vacations. This route starts from Moshier Falls, padding east to west downstream through Beaver Lake, Soft Maple Reservoir, unnamed reservoir, Effley Falls Ponds, Elmer Falls Pond and Taylorville Pond.