Spring Meadow Lake State Park

State park in Montana, United States

46°36′44″N 112°04′33″W / 46.61222°N 112.07583°W / 46.61222; -112.07583^[1]Area61 acres (25 ha)^[2]Elevation3,921 ft (1,195 m)^[1]Established1981^[3]Governing bodyMontana Fish, Wildlife & ParksWebsiteSpring Meadow Lake State Park

Spring Meadow Lake State Park is a public recreation area covering 61 acres (25 ha) just west of Helena, Montana. Once the site of a gravel pit and factory, the state park centers around a man-made, spring-fed lake,^[4] which is used for swimming, fishing, non-motorized boating, and scuba diving.^[5] The park also offers picnicking, a mile-long trail around the lake, and ice fishing and ice skating in winter.^[6] Largemouth bass, westslope cutthroat trout, yellow perch, and pumpkinseed are the main catches.^[7] A fishing pier was added to 30-acre (12 ha) lake in 2011.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Spring Meadow Lake State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Spring Meadow Lake State Park". Montana Office of Tourism. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
^ "Park Origin by Date". Montana State Parks. 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
^ "Spring Meadow Lake State Park". Montana Kids. Travel Montana. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
^ "Montana State Parks Guide". Montana State Parks. 2014. p. 21. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
^ "Spring Meadow Lake State Park". Montana State Parks. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
^ "Fishing". Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks. April 28, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
^ "Spring Meadow Lake fishing pier". Helena Independent Record. August 7, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2018.

External links

Spring Meadow Lake State Park Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Spring Meadow Lake State Park Trail Map Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks

Protected areas of Montana

Federal

National parks	Glacier Yellowstone
National monuments	Little Bighorn Battlefield Pompeys Pillar (BLM) Upper Missouri River Breaks (BLM)
National battlefield	Big Hole
National historical parks and historic sites	Grant–Kohrs Ranch NHS Nez Perce NHP
National historic and scenic trails	Lewis and Clark NHT Nez Perce NHT Continental Divide NST Pacific Northwest NST
National recreation area	Bighorn Canyon
National Wildlife Refuges	Benton Lake Black Coulee Bowdoin Charles M. Russell Creedman Coulee Grass Lake Hailstone Hewitt Lake Lake Mason Lake Thibadeau Lamesteer Lee Metcalf Lost Trail Medicine Lake Ninepipe Pablo Red Rock Lakes Swan River UL Bend War Horse
National Forests	Beaverhead–Deerlodge Bitterroot Custer Flathead Gallatin Helena Kootenai Lewis and Clark Lolo
National Wilderness	Absaroka–Beartooth Anaconda–Pintler Bear Trap Canyon Bob Marshall Cabinet Mountains Gates of the Mountains Great Bear Lee Metcalf Medicine Lake Mission Mountains Rattlesnake Red Rock Lakes Scapegoat Selway–Bitterroot UL Bend Welcome Creek
National wild and scenic rivers	East Rosebud Creek Flathead Missouri

State

State parks	Ackley Lake Anaconda Smoke Stack Bannack Beaverhead Rock Beavertail Hill Big Arm Black Sandy Brush Lake Chief Plenty Coups Clark's Lookout Cooney Council Grove Elkhorn Finley First Peoples Buffalo Jump Fort Owen Frenchtown Pond Giant Springs Granite Ghost Town Greycliff Prairie Dog Town Hell Creek Lake Elmo Lake Mary Ronan Lewis and Clark Caverns Logan Lone Pine Lost Creek Madison Buffalo Jump Makoshika Medicine Rocks Missouri Headwaters Painted Rocks Parker Homestead Pictograph Cave Pirogue Island Placid Lake Rosebud Battlefield Salmon Lake Sluice Boxes Smith River Somers Beach Spring Meadow Lake Thompson Falls Tongue River Reservoir Tower Rock Travelers' Rest Wayfarers West Shore Whitefish Lake Wild Horse Island Yellow Bay
State forests	Clearwater Coal Creek Lincoln Lubrecht Experimental Stillwater Sula Swan River Thompson River
Wildlife Management Areas	Amelia Island Aunt Molly Badlands Beartooth Beckman Big Lake Blackfoot-Clearwater Blackleaf Blue Eyed Nellie Bowdoin Buffalo Head Park Bull River Calf Creek Canyon Creek Canyon Ferry Dodson Creek Dodson Dam Dome Mountain Ear Mountain Elk Island F Island Flathead Lake Flathead River Fleecer Mountain Fox Lake Freezout Lake Fresno Reservoir Fresno Tailwater Gallatin Garrity Mountain Grant Marsh Gravelly-Blacktail Haymaker Hinsdale Horseshoe Lake Howard Valley Isaac Homestead Judith River Kootenai/Falls Kootenai/West Kootenai/Woods Ranch Lake Helena Lost Creek Lower Stillwater Lake Madison-Bear Creek Madison-Wall Creek Milk River Mount Haggin Mount Jumbo Mount Silcox Nevada Lake Ninepipe North Swan Valley CE Pablo Ray Kuhns Robb-Ledford Rookery Roundhom Sanders Seven Sisters Silver Gate Silver Run Smith River Sun River Swan Lake Thompson-Fisher CE Three Mile Threemile Vandalia War Dance Island Warm Springs