Every Lake
Spring Lake
546 acres and 4 miles of shoreline, twenty minutes south of the Twin Cities.
- 7 ft · first step
- 14 ft
- 21 ft
- 28 ft
- 35 ft
- 42 ft · bottom
About Spring Lake
Spring Lake sits south of Lakeville, Minnesota, one of the thousands of natural lakes left across the state by the retreat of glacial ice roughly 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. It covers about 546 acres with roughly four miles of shoreline, fed by groundwater and small local drainage rather than a dammed river. As Lakeville grew from a rural township into one of the fastest-growing suburbs south of Minneapolis-St. Paul, the lake became one of its defining natural features, ringed by houses, cabins, and public access points built up over the following decades.
Locals fish it for walleye, largemouth bass, and panfish, and it draws pontoon and fishing boat traffic typical of small Minnesota lakes rather than large-craft or ski traffic. Its basin is moderately deep for its size, with a modeled maximum depth near 42 feet, giving it enough cold-water volume to hold fish through summer stratification. The surrounding land mixes older lake-cabin lots with newer residential development pushed outward by Lakeville's growth, making Spring Lake part of a commuter town's edge rather than a remote or wilderness setting.
- 2 shore towns named, with a star on each
- 40 roads engraved around the shore, 8 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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Spring Lake depth chart, in wood
This is a Spring Lake depth chart you can hang: 6 stacked layers of birch, each one a depth contour. The lake covers about 0.9 square miles, and 40 shore roads are engraved around it. The shape of the bottom comes from a peer-reviewed bathymetry model of the lake.
A Spring 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 Spring 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 Spring Lake.
Spring 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 Spring 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.
- 6 depth layers
- 0.9 square miles of water
- 40 shore roads engraved, 8 named
- Title block, compass rose and depth markers
- Birch plywood, keyhole hanger, made in Waterford, PA
Keep reading
Guides from the people who cut these maps.
- Gifts for Fishermen Who Already Own Every LureUnique fishing gifts for the angler who has everything: a layered wood depth map of the lake they fish, with the structure they know by heart.
- Lake House Gifts That Actually Mean SomethingThoughtful lake house gifts and cabin gift ideas for Christmas: what lake people actually keep, how to choose a size, and how to word a personal line.
- Deepest Lakes in Michigan: Surveyed Depths and What Lies BelowWhich inland lakes in Michigan run deepest? Surveyed depths for Crystal, Mullett, Glen, Charlevoix and more, and how depth shapes color, fish and ice.
