Introduction
When you enter the easement from Cottage Park Road there is an open area that is about the same level as the road. The area is a circular segment with one side to your immediate left and the other side 60 degrees to your right. A slope begins at a radius of approximately 150 feet. This slope leads down to strip of land that is slightly higher than the lake. The preserve is on the left behind the lots.
The following pictures are of the easement at street level, slope, and lake level. Also there are pictures from some clean-up projects and some arial pictures of the docks.
The 4-digit numbers under the pictures are for identification only. The pictures were taken between 1980 and 2024.
Street Level

0706 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement 2019

0705 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement 2019

0704 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement 2019

0506 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement After Slab Removal 2018

0208 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement 1981-97

0209 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement 1981-97

0409 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement 2018-19

0205 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement 1981-97

0206 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement 1981-97
Slope

0207 Slope: Homeowners' Easement 1981-97

0204 Slope: Homeowners' Easement 1981-97

0707 Slope: Homeowners' Easement 2019

0708 Slope: Homeowners' Easement 2019

0709 Slope: Homeowners' Easement 2019
Lake Level

0408 Lake Level: Homeowners' Easement 2018-19

1201 Lake Level: Homeowners' Easement 1980s

1202 Lake Level: Homeowners' Easement 1980s
Docks

1101 Docks: Lake High Water 2019

1102 Docks: Lake Low Water

1103 Docks: Lake Low-Low Water

1104 Docks: HOA

1105 Docks: HOA

1106 Docks: 2023

1107 Docks: 2024
Projects
The following are pictures from clean-up projects. Most of the work was related to some people "cleaning up" one area of the easement and dumping in another area of the easement. Many of the trees were over grown with vines. The far right street level had wood piled around a metal shed with a fence behind it. The shed was setting on a concrete slab that was about four times its size.
Projects: Lake Level Cleanup

0101 Lake Level: Homeowners' Easement CLeanup 1981-97

0102 Lake Level: Homeowners' Easement Cleanup 1981-97

0103 Lake Level: Homeowners' Easement Cleanup 1981-97

0104 Lake Level: Homeowners' Easement Cleanup 1981-97
Projects: Street Level Cleanup

0108 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement Cleanup 1981-97

0107 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement Cleanup 1981-97

0202 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement Cleanup 1981-97

0203 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement Cleanup 1981-97

0301 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement Cleanup 2018-19

0303 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement Cleanup 2018-19

0304 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement Cleanup 2018-19

0401 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement Cleanup 2018-19

0402 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement Cleanup 2018-19
Projects: Street Level Slab Removal

0502 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement Slab Removal 2018

0504 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement Slab Removal 2018

0503 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement Slab Removal 2018

0505 Street Level: Homeowners' Easement Slab Removal 2018
Projects: Slope Cleanup

0403 Slope: Homeowners' Easement Cleanup 2018-19

0407 Slope: Homeowners' Easement Cleanup 2018-19

0201 Slope: Homeowners' Easement Cleanup 1981-97
Nature Preserve

0601 Nature Preserve 2017-19

0602 Nature Preserve 2017-19

0603 Nature Preserve 2017-19

0604 Nature Preserve 2017-19

1005 Nature Preserve Dumping

0605 Nature Preserve 2017-19

0606 Nature Preserve 2017-19
Dumping Problems

0701 Dumping Problems: Homeowners' Easement 2019

0702 Dumping Problems: Homeowners' Easement 2019

0703 Dumping Problems: Homeowners' Easement 2019

1001 Dumping Problems: Homeowners' Easement

1002 Dumping Problems: Homeowners' Easement

1003 Dumping Problems: Homeowners' Easement

1004 Dumping Problems: Homeowners' Easement