Every Lake
Mascoma Lake
Dartmouth's sailing lake, with the old Shaker village on its southern shore.
- 5 ft · first step
- 10 ft
- 14 ft
- 19 ft
- 24 ft
- 29 ft · bottom
About Mascoma Lake
Mascoma Lake stretches about 4.2 miles between the towns of Enfield and Lebanon in western New Hampshire, roughly 1,158 acres and up to 68 feet deep, fed by the Mascoma and Knox rivers and draining eventually into the Connecticut. Dartmouth College's sailing team trains here, along with a community sailing club, and the lake freezes reliably enough that NASA once used the ice to test a robotic rover built for Antarctic conditions. The Enfield Shaker Museum, built around the Shaker community that settled the lake's south shore in the 1780s, is the area's best-known landmark.
- 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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Mascoma Lake depth chart, in wood
This is a Mascoma Lake depth chart you can hang: 6 stacked layers of birch, each one a depth contour — 5 ft, 10 ft, 14 ft, 19 ft, 24 ft and deeper, down to the deepest hole at about 29 ft. The lake covers about 0.1 square miles. The shape of the bottom is the real one from published soundings, so anglers recognise their drop-offs and points.
A Mascoma 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 Mascoma 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 Mascoma Lake.
Mascoma 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 Mascoma Lake; the bigger boards carry more shoreline roads and place names.
Is it made from real depth data?
Yes. Mascoma Lake 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 29 ft
- 0.1 square miles of water
- Title block, compass rose and depth markers
- Birch plywood, keyhole hanger, made in Waterford, PA
