It probably comes from the Old Welsh turr or the Old Celtic tur. The land on which Hi Tor Wildlife Management Area is located pretty well matches its name. It is made up of highlands and marshlands and includes deep, narrow valleys, cut by the glaciers that overrode New York more than 12,000 years ago, as well as hills and valleys on top of hills. These are steep hills, straight-shouldered and heavily forested. They also are deeply cut and clefted by streams that give the area its gullies, gorges, and eroded cliffs.
Wild flowers are abundant in the Finger Lakes region.
Hence, a craggy hilltop is a good description of the area, much of which is quite scenic, and the hiker can see it all, even when walking through the woods along the edge of a gorge. Hi Tor maintains its English connection by keeping close company with such places as South Bristol, Bristol Springs, Pulteney, and Middlesex, but in the best European tradition it also has the Latin neighbors of Naples, West Italy Hill, and Italy Valley. Tor Wildlife Management Area is made up of a number of closely situated but separate units, two of which are quite large. The largest is a 3920-acre parcel on the high hills immediately east of the village of Naples. Just north of this hilly section is a 1000-acre marsh in the lowlands bordering the south end of Canandaigua Lake .