Every Lake
Grapevine Lake
The Army Corps dammed Denton Creek in 1952, five miles from where DFW's runways sit today.
- 10 ft · first step
- 20 ft
- 30 ft
- 39 ft
- 49 ft
- 59 ft · bottom
About Grapevine Lake
Grapevine Lake formed in 1952 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed a dam across Denton Creek, part of a flood-control system built after repeated flooding along the Trinity River basin. The reservoir sits in Denton and Tarrant Counties, bordered by the city of Grapevine on its south shore and Flower Mound, Southlake, and Coppell along its edges. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport lies just a few miles south, and flight paths cross the lake's northern coves.
The lake covers roughly 8 square miles of surface area and holds a shoreline shaped by dozens of narrow fingers and coves rather than one open basin, a result of flooding the branching creek beds that fed Denton Creek before the dam went in. Sailboats are common on the open water near the dam, where the Grapevine Sailing Club has raced since the 1960s, while the upper coves near Twin Coves and Murrell Park draw pontoon boats and anglers working for striped bass and catfish.
- 2 shore towns named, with a star on each
- 2,473 roads engraved around the shore, 3 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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Grapevine Lake depth chart, in wood
This is a Grapevine Lake depth chart you can hang: 6 stacked layers of birch, each one a depth contour — 10 ft, 20 ft, 30 ft, 39 ft, 49 ft and deeper, down to the deepest hole at about 59 ft. The lake covers about 8.4 square miles, and 2473 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 Grapevine 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 Grapevine 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 Grapevine Lake.
Grapevine 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 Grapevine Lake; the bigger boards carry more shoreline roads and place names.
Is it made from real depth data?
Yes. Grapevine 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 59 ft
- 8.4 square miles of water
- 2473 shore roads engraved, 3 named
- Title block, compass rose and depth markers
- Birch plywood, keyhole hanger, made in Waterford, PA
