Sylvan Lake Road Map

Sylvan Lake — Exploration Print

This exploration print features Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park, South Dakota, and is part of the Road Map series designed to connect photography with the experience of place. Each piece in this collection is created to encourage a deeper relationship with the landscapes we return to, both visually and physically.

The photograph is overlaid with the primary roadway leading to Sylvan Lake, labeled by name and mapped directly across the image. The print also identifies the general location where I was standing when capturing the photograph, anchoring the scene in a specific moment within the park. A compass at the bottom of the print indicates the direction I was facing at the time, offering orientation and context within the surrounding landscape.

Created as interactive artwork, this piece invites the viewer to trace the road, follow it in real life, and experience the destination beyond the frame. Whether revisiting a familiar place or discovering it for the first time, the Sylvan Lake Exploration Print serves as both a visual memory and an open invitation. To return, to wander, and to fully immerse yourself in the landscape time and time again.