Every Lake
Knight Lake
697 acres and 14 miles of shoreline outside Allentown, Pennsylvania.
- 6 ft · first step
- 11 ft
- 17 ft
- 23 ft
- 28 ft
- 34 ft · bottom
About Knight Lake
Knight Lake lies in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, a few miles from Allentown, the state's third-largest city. It covers about 697 acres, with a shoreline that runs roughly 14 miles — a long, uneven perimeter for that acreage, the kind of shape produced when a stream valley is filled rather than when a single basin is carved by ice. The Lehigh Valley sits south of the region's last glacial advance, so lakes here are typically built rather than left behind: a dam set across a creek, backing water up into the folds of the surrounding hills.
The area around it mixes small Lehigh Valley towns with farmland and second-growth woods, close enough to Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton for an afternoon trip but quiet enough that the lake stays mostly local. At a maximum depth of about 34 feet, it is shallow enough to warm through by midsummer and to freeze over most winters, a pattern common to small Pennsylvania impoundments rather than the deeper lakes farther north. It draws the people this kind of water usually draws: anglers working the shallows, paddlers, and a handful of families who keep a small boat tied up for the season.
- 6 shore towns named, with a star on each
- 162 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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Knight Lake depth chart, in wood
This is a Knight Lake depth chart you can hang: 6 stacked layers of birch, each one a depth contour — 6 ft, 11 ft, 17 ft, 23 ft, 28 ft and deeper, down to the deepest hole at about 34 ft. The lake covers about 1.2 square miles, and 162 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 Knight 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 Knight 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 Knight Lake.
Knight 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 Knight Lake; the bigger boards carry more shoreline roads and place names.
Is it made from real depth data?
Yes. Knight 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 34 ft
- 1.2 square miles of water
- 162 shore roads engraved, 18 named
- Title block, compass rose and depth markers
- Birch plywood, keyhole hanger, made in Waterford, PA
