Every Lake
Lake George
Florida's second-largest lake, a seventy-mile widening of the St. Johns River near Palatka.
- 36 ft · first step
- 72 ft
- 108 ft
- 144 ft
- 181 ft
- 217 ft · bottom
About Lake George
Lake George is not a separate body of water but a broad widening of the St. Johns River, roughly seventy miles upstream from where the river meets the Atlantic at Jacksonville. At about 45,000 acres it ranks as Florida's second-largest lake after Okeechobee. Its western shore runs along the Ocala National Forest, fed in part by Silver Glen Springs. Palatka, the seat of Putnam County, sits about ten miles north along the river channel that carries traffic in and out of the lake.
Timucua communities lived along the lake for centuries before European contact; the Mount Royal site near its northern outlet is one of the region's known archaeological mounds. The naturalist William Bartram passed through the area in the 1770s and described the river and its springs in his writings. Today the lake draws bass and crappie anglers, along with houseboats running the St. Johns, with the small river towns of Astor and Georgetown on its southern and western shores.
- 8 shore towns named, with a star on each
- 503 roads engraved around the shore, 2 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
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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Lake George depth chart, in wood
This is a Lake George depth chart you can hang: 6 stacked layers of birch, each one a depth contour. The lake covers about 72.2 square miles, and 503 shore roads are engraved around it. The shape of the bottom comes from a peer-reviewed bathymetry model of the lake.
A Lake George 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 Lake George 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 Lake George.
Lake George 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 Lake George; 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.
- 6 depth layers
- 72.2 square miles of water
- 503 shore roads engraved, 2 named
- Title block, compass rose and depth markers
- Birch plywood, keyhole hanger, made in Waterford, PA
Keep reading
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