Spring Meadow Lake State Park is a public recreation area covering just west of
Helena,
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...
. Once the site of a gravel pit and factory, the
state park centers around a man-made, spring-fed lake,
[ which is used for swimming, fishing, non-motorized boating, and scuba diving.][ The park also offers picnicking, a mile-long trail around the lake, and ice fishing and ice skating in winter.][ ]Largemouth bass
The largemouth bass (''Micropterus salmoides'') is a carnivorous freshwater gamefish in the Centrarchidae ( sunfish) family, a species of black bass native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico, bu ...
, westslope cutthroat trout
The westslope cutthroat trout (''Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi''), also known as the black-spotted trout, common cutthroat trout and red-throated trout is a subspecies of the cutthroat trout (''Oncorhynchus clarkii'') and is a freshwater fish in t ...
, yellow perch
The yellow perch (''Perca flavescens''), commonly referred to as perch, striped perch, American perch, American river perch or preacher is a freshwater perciform fish native to much of North America. The yellow perch was described in 1814 by Sam ...
, and pumpkinseed
The pumpkinseed (''Lepomis gibbosus''), also referred to as pond perch, common sunfish, punkie, sunfish, sunny, and kivver, is a small/medium-sized North American freshwater fish of the genus ''Lepomis'' (true sunfishes), from family Centrarchi ...
are the main catches.[ A fishing pier was added to lake in 2011.][
]
References
External links
Spring Meadow Lake State Park
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
Spring Meadow Lake State Park Trail Map
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
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Protected areas of Lewis and Clark County, Montana
State parks of Montana
Meadows in the United States