Handcrafted in Minnesota · Since 2020

Layered wood maps of the lakes you love.

Every Laser Lakes piece is hand-finished Baltic birch — the shoreline of your lake, cut in eighteen layers, sanded by hand, and signed by Nate. Made one at a time in our Minnesota workshop.

Burntside Lake Map — hand-cut 18-layer Baltic birch, signed by Nate
Burntside Lake · MN18-layer Baltic birch
Made by hand · Nate
The catalog

Search for your lake.

Hundreds of contour files cut and ready. If yours isn't in the list, Nate cuts it from scratch — same price, same lead time, every time.

53 lakes in the catalog · 53 total
The pieces

Every piece, hand-cut
in Minnesota.

Maps. Shadowboxes. Coasters. Cabin signs. Wildlife. Every piece starts at Nate's laser, ends at his hand.

Build it

Configure your heirloom.

Five steps. Real-time price. No charge until Nate confirms the quote and sends the Stripe link.

Step 1 of 5

Which lake?

Pick from Nate's catalog, or enter your own — every order gets a hand-cut file either way.

My lake isn't in the list →
Ten Mile Lake Map · close-up showing the 18-layer Baltic birch construction

The Difference is in the Details

One workshop. One Nate. One map at a time.

Laser Lakes started with a single map, made for a family who wanted something on their cabin wall that meant more than another framed print.

Five years later, every piece still leaves the workshop signed in pencil on the back. No outsourced fulfillment, no drop-shipping, no "made by Laser Lakes design team" — just Nate, the laser, and a stack of Baltic birch that came in last Tuesday.

Featured by OneLaser as a national maker example.

The Stories

On walls across the Northwoods

The finished piece brought happy tears to our Mom. Nate captured everything perfectly — even the little island we used to swim to.

Aimee · Minnesota

60th birthday gift · Burntside Lake

Hung above the fireplace at the cabin. Three weeks from order to door. Could not believe the level of detail.

Mark · Brainerd Lakes Area

Anniversary · Ten Mile Lake

I bought one for my dad's retirement and three more for my siblings. Now everyone has a piece of the lake we grew up on.

Sarah · Saint Paul

Family commission · Mille Lacs

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Be First To Know

New maps + holiday ornaments

One short email when a new lake gets added or the seasonal ornaments are back in stock. No spam — Nate writes them himself.