Rays, not vibes.
From each waterfront lot's shoreline, 120 rays go out every 3° until they hit land. What the rays see becomes six measures. Each one is ranked against all 697 waterfront lots, then blended by your faders.
Water seen
Total open water swept by the rays: the size of the lake that fills your view.
Default weight 30%. Measured in acres.Sun
Average open water within ±30° of the sun's bearing. "All year" scores the middle of the sunset arc, 240°–300°. Pick a month and it follows the real sun: about 301° in late June, 239° in late December. Flip to sunrise and it mirrors to the east.
Default weight 20%. Lake Viking sits at 39.9° N.Longest look
The single longest sightline across water.
Default weight 15%. Rays stop at about 1.3 miles.Wide views
How many degrees of the compass have at least 1,500 ft of open water.
Default weight 15%.Water around
The share of the compass with lake within 250 ft of the lot. Points score high, coves score low.
Default weight 10%.Quiet
Distance to the nearest busy spot you've ticked: marina, beaches, clubhouses, campgrounds, dam, airstrip. Anything 1,500 ft or farther counts as fully quiet.
Default weight 10%.What it doesn't know
- Trees, slope, houses, docks and boathouses. A high lot with a clear bank beats a low wooded one with the same geometry.
- Lot lines come from the association's 2012 lot map. Lots may have been combined since.
- "Faces" is the direction from the lot to its nearest shoreline, a rough stand-in for where the house would look.
- West-facing glass means hot July afternoons. The sunrise toggle is there for a reason.
- The horizon view is drawn from the same rays. Far shores sit low, close shores loom, and trees are invented.
Source: Viking Valley Association lot map (lakevikingmo.com/maps-real-estate). The "original ranking" is the default weights with year-round sunset. Scores are 0–100, relative to all 697 waterfront lots on the map.