FL · depth model

Clear Lake

Thirty-nine feet down, 309 acres across, three miles of shoreline inside Orlando's city limits.

12 inch$149Desk, bookshelf, hallway. The closing-gift size. · ≈ 2.9 lb 17 inch$249Over a sideboard or in a reading nook. · ≈ 5.8 lb 24 inch$399The over-the-mantel piece. Islands appear at this scale. · ≈ 11.6 lb 30 inch$599Statement wall. Two hangers, every town on the shore named. · ≈ 18.1 lb

Make it yours family name · a line of text · a star on your place

Family name on the title block A line under it Title block preview

Your place — a star and a name on the board

Add a laser-cut desk stand (12" and 17" only) +$29

Made to order in Waterford, PA. Ships in 7–10 days, free in the lower 48. Birch, 5 mm per layer, keyhole hanger built in. By ordering you agree to our terms — decorative art, not a navigational chart.

The layers of this board — each depth is engraved on its step

6 ft · first step
13 ft
19 ft
26 ft
32 ft
39 ft · bottom

0.5square miles of water

6depth layers cut

79roads engraved on the 12"

2.9 lbthe 12" on the wall (≈ 18.1 lb at 30")

The lake

About Clear Lake

Clear Lake sits within Orlando city limits in Orange County, part of a landscape shaped by Florida's karst geology, where the underlying limestone dissolves over time and the ground above settles into a bowl that fills with water. Central Florida holds thousands of lakes formed this way, and Orlando itself grew up around them, dotting its street grid with small, round bodies of water rather than a single river or harbor. At roughly 309 acres with about three miles of shoreline, Clear Lake is modest in size compared to the region's larger chains, but it holds water year-round and reaches a modeled maximum depth near 39 feet.

The lake sits inside a built-up stretch of the city, ringed by residential streets rather than resort frontage, the kind of urban lake Orlando has dozens of within a few miles of downtown. Florida's sinkhole lakes are known for supporting largemouth bass, and neighborhood anglers fish banks like this one on weekday evenings and weekend mornings. There is no inlet or outlet river defining it; like most lakes in this part of the state, it is fed by rainfall and groundwater and drains slowly through the same porous limestone that formed it. It functions less as a destination than as a fixed point residents orient themselves around.

On the board

79 roads engraved around the shore, 18 of them labeled
6 depth layers, each step engraved with its depth in feet
Compass rose, title block with coordinates, max depth and area; keyhole hanger on the back

Why we cut this one

Clear Lake is one of the lakes people ask us for by name — the kind of shoreline where the house has a name and the dock has a history. This board is cut from the same depth grid the configurator uses for all 104,419 lakes, so the shape is the real one.

Turn it in your hands

Live 3D of the actual cut files — drag to orbit, pinch to zoom. Every road you see is engraved on the real thing.

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Depth chart

Clear Lake depth chart, in wood

This is a Clear Lake depth chart you can hang: 6 stacked layers of birch, each one a depth contour. The lake covers about 0.5 square miles, and 79 shore roads are engraved around it. The shape of the bottom comes from a peer-reviewed bathymetry model of the lake.

A Clear Lake map for the wall — or a gift

Most of these go to a cabin wall, a lake house entry, or a home office; a lot are gifts — the family that has been on Clear Lake for three generations, the retirement move, the first boat. The 12-inch is the desk-and-shelf size; the 24- and 30-inch boards read across a room. Add a line under the title and star your place on the shore, and it becomes the map of your Clear Lake.

Questions

Clear Lake map — the details

How big is the map?

Four sizes: 12, 17, 24 and 30 inches on the long side, from $149. Every size is cut from the same depth data of Clear Lake; the bigger boards carry more shoreline roads and place names.

Is it made from real depth data?

Yes — from GLOBathy, a peer-reviewed bathymetry dataset that estimates the bottom of every lake from its shoreline and surrounding terrain. Each layer of birch is a depth contour. Where a lake has a published sounding survey we use that instead, and we are adding surveys lake by lake.

Can I add my own place on it?

Yes. At checkout you can add a line under the title (a family name, a cabin name, a year) and star the spot on the shore that matters to you.

How long does it take?

Made to order in Waterford, Pennsylvania and shipped in 7–10 days; shipping is free in the lower 48.

Can you make a lake that isn't listed?

Any lake in the United States — we hold depth data for 104,419 of them. Search for yours; if it isn't built yet we build it when you order.

On this board

6 depth layers
0.5 square miles of water
79 shore roads engraved, 18 named
Title block, compass rose and depth markers
Birch plywood, keyhole hanger, made in Waterford, PA

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