Discover the most magical spots to pitch your tent or park your rig on your next Spring Meadow Lake State Park adventure.
Spend a family-friendly day on the water at Spring Meadow Lake State Park in Helena.
Spring Meadow Lake State Park is a beautiful day-use park in Helena, Montana. The lake is a popular spot for kayaking, canoeing, paddle boarding, and swimming, while its 0.8-mile trail laps the lake, giving visitors a chance to glimpse the park’s water birds, turtles, and muskrats. Fishers can cast for bass and trout from the park’s ADA-accessible dock in the warm months, but during winter, the lake freezes over and hosts ice skating and ice fishing. Although there is no campground here, there are a variety of Hipcamps and RV parks with full hookups in Helena, and many scenic campgrounds nearby in the nearby Helena National Forest.
Spring Meadow Lake State Park is fun to visit year-round. Spring visitors may see scruffy Canada gGeese goslings chasing their moms. Come summer, the lake is a popular way to beat the heat among locals. Because of its urban location, the park tends to be more accessible in winter than more remote parks in Montana, making it a great place to try ice fishing and ice skating close to town.