Wender·Vista
Echo Lake Franconia
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileNew Hampshire
in Franconia Notch, at the foot of Cannon Mountain

Echo Lake Franconia

— — a lake that holds the mountain twice.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“A 28-acre lake at the foot of Cannon Mountain, in Franconia Notch State Park. The aerial tramway runs from the western shore; the granite ridge that once held the Old Man of the Mountain looks down from the south. The beach is shallow and sandy. On a still morning the reflection doubles Cannon's face on the surface, and the loons do most of the talking.

from the studio
Echo Lake Franconia
— bring it home

Echo Lake Franconia, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Echo Lake Franconia

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Echo Lake covers about 28 acres at an elevation near 1,931 feet, lying at the northern end of Franconia Notch State Park in Grafton County, New Hampshire. Its outlet feeds Lafayette Brook and the Gale River. Cannon Mountain rises 4,080 feet directly above the southern shore; the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway runs from a base station beside the lake. The Franconia Notch parkway, the only stretch of US Interstate built as a single carriageway to protect the notch, passes the eastern shore.

— the water

The lake is cold, fed by mountain streams off Cannon and Lafayette, and shallow at the swimming beach on the eastern shore. State Parks operates a sand beach with a small day-use fee from late June through Labor Day, and rents canoes and kayaks by the hour. Loons nest along the quieter shore most summers; signs ask paddlers to keep distance. Past the outlet, water drops into the basin that once fed the Profile House, a grand hotel that stood at the notch until it burned in 1923.

— the visit

Open year-round for views; the beach and boat rentals operate from late June through Labor Day weekend. A small per-person day-use fee applies in season; the lot fills by 11 a.m. on July and August weekends. The Franconia Notch parkway has a signed exit for Echo Lake Beach. The Cannon Aerial Tramway ticket booth sits across the access road. Allow ninety minutes for a swim and a short paddle; allow half a day if combining with the tramway or the Flume Gorge to the south.

— where
United States · Franconia, Grafton County, New Hampshire
— within
Franconia Notch State Park
— elevation
588 m · 1,931 ft
— position
44.1797° N · 71.6967° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
1 km S
Cannon Mountain
4,080-foot peak and ski area
3 km S
Profile Lake
former Old Man of the Mountain reflecting lake
8 km S
Flume Gorge
natural granite slot canyon
6 km N
Franconia village
northern gateway village
N
Echo Lake Franconia
Cannon Mountain
Profile Lake
Flume Gorge
Franconia village
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Echo Lake Franconia — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

The one in Franconia Notch State Park at the foot of Cannon Mountain. A second Echo Lake sits near North Conway under Cathedral Ledge; the two are about an hour apart by car.

Roughly 28 acres at an elevation near 1,931 feet, glacially shaped and shallow at the eastern beach. Cannon Mountain rises 4,080 feet directly above the southern shore.

Yes, at the state park beach on the eastern shore, open late June through Labor Day with a small per-person day-use fee. The water is cold and the bottom is sandy.

Non-motorised craft only. State Parks rents canoes and kayaks by the hour from the beach. Private paddleboards and kayaks are welcome; gas motors are not permitted on the lake.

The Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway carries passengers from a base station beside the lake to the 4,080-foot summit. It has run since 1938; the current cars date to 1980.

The Old Man profile collapsed in 2003 from a granite ledge above Profile Lake, three kilometres south of Echo Lake. A memorial plaza at Profile Lake marks the former site.

— about the piece in your home

It's been a meaningful gift for customers with ties to Franconia and Cannon. The lake is the first view many skiers remember. A Medium or Large with a handwritten note carries well.

The piece reads at home in Mountain-modern, Cabin-traditional, and Biophilic rooms. Lake blues and granite greys sit against pine, white shiplap, or a deep forest-green accent wall.

Yes. The Voynich palette gives a Mountain-modern wall its colour anchor, paired with wool throws, blackened steel hardware, and a single hand-thrown ceramic vessel on the mantel.

A single Large holds a console. Above a sofa, a four-tile Mural reads at scale; a nine-tile Mural anchors a long great-room or stair-landing wall.

Yes, in Dura Satin or Matte. Both finishes resist humidity and scratching and clean with a soft cloth and plain water.

A microfibre cloth and water. No household sprays. The colour lives in the ceramic surface beneath a thin glossy finish and will not lift or fade.

Yes. Reid Wender curates the WenderVista atlas from a single studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. The work is not licensed from other artists and is hand-finished in-house.

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