Every Lake
Rockland Lake
Rockland Lake supplied New York City's ice by barge for nearly a century before refrigeration replaced it.
- 10 ft · first step
- 21 ft
- 31 ft
- 41 ft
- 51 ft
- 62 ft · bottom
About Rockland Lake
Rockland Lake sits in Rockland County, New York, a few miles from the Hudson River and roughly fifteen miles north of Paterson, New Jersey. In the nineteenth century the lake became one of the largest ice-harvesting sites feeding New York City, with the Knickerbocker Ice Company cutting blocks each winter and moving them by sled and barge down to the Hudson for shipment downriver. The industry employed hundreds of seasonal workers and ran for decades before mechanical refrigeration made lake ice obsolete in the early twentieth century.
Today the lake lies inside Rockland Lake State Park, established after the ice trade ended, and the property includes a public golf course along its northern edge. A path follows the roughly two-mile shoreline and draws runners, walkers, and anglers from Congers and the surrounding Hudson Valley towns. The lake covers about 247 acres and sits close enough to the New Jersey border that visitors come north from Rockland County's southern towns and from northern New Jersey to use the park.
- 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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Rockland Lake depth chart, in wood
This is a Rockland Lake depth chart you can hang: 6 stacked layers of birch, each one a depth contour — 10 ft, 21 ft, 31 ft, 41 ft, 51 ft and deeper, down to the deepest hole at about 62 ft. The lake covers about 0.4 square miles. The shape of the bottom is the real one from published soundings, so anglers recognise their drop-offs and points.
A Rockland 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 Rockland 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 Rockland Lake.
Rockland 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 Rockland Lake; the bigger boards carry more shoreline roads and place names.
Is it made from real depth data?
Yes. Rockland 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 62 ft
- 0.4 square miles of water
- Title block, compass rose and depth markers
- Birch plywood, keyhole hanger, made in Waterford, PA
