MD · depth model

Lake Kittamaqundi

The small lake the Rouse Company built as the front porch of a whole new town.

12 inch$149Desk, bookshelf, hallway. The closing-gift size. · ≈ 1.6 lb 17 inch$249Over a sideboard or in a reading nook. · ≈ 3.1 lb 24 inch$399The over-the-mantel piece. Islands appear at this scale. · ≈ 6.2 lb 30 inch$599Statement wall. Two hangers, every town on the shore named. · ≈ 9.7 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

5 ft · first step
9 ft
14 ft
19 ft
23 ft
28 ft · bottom

28 ftmaximum depth

6depth layers cut

5roads engraved on the 12"

1.6 lbthe 12" on the wall (≈ 9.7 lb at 30")

The lake

About Lake Kittamaqundi

Lake Kittamaqundi is a 27-acre man-made lake that the Rouse Company built in 1966 as the centerpiece of Columbia, Maryland, the planned community James Rouse laid out on former farmland between Baltimore and Washington. It sits at the heart of Columbia's Town Center, next to the Mall in Columbia and Merriweather Post Pavilion, and doubles as stormwater management for the surrounding watershed. The lake takes its name from a 17th-century Piscataway village leader, Kittamaquund, though the site itself has no direct historical tie to him. A lakefront path, summer festivals and Fourth of July fireworks make it Columbia's civic gathering spot.

On the board

5 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

Why we cut this one

Lake Kittamaqundi 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.