Every Lake
Keuka Lake
The crooked lake: a Y-shaped Finger Lake with wineries on every bluff.
- 31 ft · first step
- 62 ft
- 93 ft
- 124 ft
- 155 ft
- 186 ft · bottom
About Keuka Lake
Keuka Lake is the only branched Finger Lake, a Y about 20 miles long with Bluff Point rising between its two arms, 186 feet deep and set in the heart of New York wine country. The name is Iroquois for 'canoe landing'.
Penn Yan at the northeast arm, Branchport at the northwest and Hammondsport at the south — where Glenn Curtiss flew the first public flight in America in 1908 — are the villages. Dr. Konstantin Frank's vinifera revolution started on Keuka's slopes.
- 8 roads engraved around the shore, 4 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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Keuka Lake depth chart, in wood
This is a Keuka Lake depth chart you can hang: 6 stacked layers of birch, each one a depth contour — 31 ft, 62 ft, 93 ft, 124 ft, 155 ft and deeper, down to the deepest hole at about 186 ft. The lake covers about 0.2 square miles, and 8 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 Keuka 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 Keuka 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 Keuka Lake.
Keuka 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 Keuka Lake; the bigger boards carry more shoreline roads and place names.
Is it made from real depth data?
Yes. Keuka 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 186 ft
- 0.2 square miles of water
- 8 shore roads engraved, 4 named
- Title block, compass rose and depth markers
- Birch plywood, keyhole hanger, made in Waterford, PA
