Every Lake
Copake Lake
376 acres and five miles of shoreline in Columbia County, a few miles from the Massachusetts line.
- 9 ft · first step
- 17 ft
- 26 ft
- 35 ft
- 44 ft
- 52 ft · bottom
About Copake Lake
Copake Lake sits in the town of Copake, Columbia County, New York, a few miles from the Massachusetts border near Bash Bish Falls and Taconic State Park. It covers about 376 acres with roughly five miles of shoreline, most of it lined with private camps and year-round houses rather than public land. The town is rural, reached off the Taconic State Parkway and Route 22, and the lake functions as its summer center, pulling weekenders from both the Berkshires to the east and New York City to the south.
The lake's modeled maximum depth is around 52 feet, enough to hold largemouth bass, pickerel, and panfish, and it sees both organized bass tournaments and ordinary dock fishing through the season. A public launch and beach supplement the private shoreline, and motorboats, sailboats, and kayaks share the water. In winter, anglers set up ice shanties once it freezes. The lake's outline is long and irregular rather than round, following the shape of the valley between the surrounding Taconic hills.
- 74 roads engraved around the shore, 18 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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Copake Lake depth chart, in wood
This is a Copake Lake depth chart you can hang: 6 stacked layers of birch, each one a depth contour — 9 ft, 17 ft, 26 ft, 35 ft, 44 ft and deeper, down to the deepest hole at about 52 ft. The lake covers about 0.6 square miles, and 74 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 Copake 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 Copake 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 Copake Lake.
Copake 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 Copake Lake; the bigger boards carry more shoreline roads and place names.
Is it made from real depth data?
Yes. Copake 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 52 ft
- 0.6 square miles of water
- 74 shore roads engraved, 18 named
- Title block, compass rose and depth markers
- Birch plywood, keyhole hanger, made in Waterford, PA
