VA · depth model

Claytor Lake

The New River's lake, twenty-one miles long behind Appalachian Power's old dam.

12 inch$149Desk, bookshelf, hallway. The closing-gift size. · ≈ 3.6 lb 17 inch$249Over a sideboard or in a reading nook. · ≈ 7.2 lb 24 inch$399The over-the-mantel piece. Islands appear at this scale. · ≈ 14.4 lb 30 inch$599Statement wall. Two hangers, every town on the shore named. · ≈ 22.4 lb

Make it yours family name · a line of text · a star on your place

Family name on the title block A line under it Title block preview

Your place — a star and a name on the board

Add a laser-cut desk stand (12" and 17" only) +$29

Made to order in Waterford, PA. Ships in 7–10 days, free in the lower 48. Birch, 5 mm per layer, keyhole hanger built in. By ordering you agree to our terms — decorative art, not a navigational chart.

The layers of this board — each depth is engraved on its step

12 ft · first step
24 ft
35 ft
47 ft
59 ft
71 ft · bottom

71 ftmaximum depth

6.0square miles of water

6depth layers cut

545roads engraved on the 12"

12towns named

3.6 lbthe 12" on the wall (≈ 22.4 lb at 30")

The lake

About Claytor Lake

Claytor Lake was formed when Appalachian Power built Claytor Dam on the New River, with construction finishing in 1939 and the lake fully filled by the spring of 1940. It runs about 21 miles and covers roughly 4,470 acres between Radford and Pulaski in southwest Virginia, with Claytor Lake State Park on its southern shore. The dam is named for William Graham Claytor Sr., the power-company executive who oversaw its construction, and it still generates 75 megawatts. The New River Trail crosses the lake on an old rail bridge, and the lake holds Virginia state records for striped and spotted bass.

On the board

12 shore towns named, with a star on each
545 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

Why we cut this one

Claytor Lake is one of the lakes people ask us for by name — the kind of shoreline where the house has a name and the dock has a history. This board is cut from the same depth grid the configurator uses for all 104,419 lakes, so the shape is the real one.