Every Lake
Farm Pond
Two miles of shoreline, 25 feet down, twenty miles from Boston.
- 4 ft · first step
- 8 ft
- 12 ft
- 17 ft
- 21 ft
- 25 ft · bottom
About Farm Pond
Farm Pond sits in Framingham, Massachusetts, about twenty miles west of Boston, in the belt of small ponds and wetlands left across eastern Massachusetts as glaciers retreated roughly 15,000 years ago. Many of the region's ponds formed as isolated blocks of buried ice melted and left round depressions in the outwash, a process geologists call kettling. Farm Pond covers about 133 acres with roughly two miles of shoreline, and its modeled depth reaches close to 25 feet, modest compared with the deeper kettle ponds on Cape Cod but typical for inland Middlesex County.
Framingham grew up as a mill and rail town on the Boston and Worcester line, and Farm Pond sits close to its town center, ringed by residential streets rather than open shoreline. The pond has long served as a local recreation spot for swimming, fishing, and paddling; motorized boats are restricted, which keeps it quieter than the larger lakes further west in the state. Its shape is compact and roughly oval, with no major inlet river, so the water level depends mostly on groundwater and surface runoff from the surrounding neighborhoods. That closed, groundwater-fed character is common among Massachusetts kettle ponds.
- 45 roads engraved around the shore, 11 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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Farm Pond depth chart, in wood
This is a Farm Pond depth chart you can hang: 6 stacked layers of birch, each one a depth contour — 4 ft, 8 ft, 12 ft, 17 ft, 21 ft and deeper, down to the deepest hole at about 25 ft. The lake covers about 0.2 square miles, and 45 shore roads are engraved around it. The shape of the bottom is the real one from published soundings, so anglers recognise their drop-offs and points.
A Farm Pond 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 Farm Pond 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 Farm Pond.
Farm Pond 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 Farm Pond; the bigger boards carry more shoreline roads and place names.
Is it made from real depth data?
Yes. Farm Pond is cut layer by layer from published bathymetric soundings — each layer of birch is a depth contour, so the shape of the bottom is the real one, not decorative.
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 down to 25 ft
- 0.2 square miles of water
- 45 shore roads engraved, 11 named
- Title block, compass rose and depth markers
- Birch plywood, keyhole hanger, made in Waterford, PA
