Flathead Lake
Somers Beach State Park
Public day-use state park with walk-in shoreline
Not determined here; use Montana HAB guidance and park alerts
Yes. Montana FWP lists swimming at Somers Beach State Park. The day-use shoreline is reached on foot from the parking area and is open from sunrise to sunset. The page says the wide sandy beach is accessible when Flathead Lake is below full pool, from fall through spring.
Plan the access
- Access status
- Montana FWP lists swimming at the state park
- Who can use it
- Public day-use state park with walk-in shoreline
- Manager
- Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
- Published hours
- Sunrise to sunset; day use only
- Published fees
- Montana residents who pay the $9 state parks fee with vehicle registration have no daily entrance fee; nonresidents $8 per vehicle or $4 walk-in/bicycle/bus passenger
- Reservation
- No day-use reservation stated on the manager's page
- Lifeguards
- Not stated on the manager page
- Parking
- Parking lot with vault latrine, flat gravel paths, then walk-in lakeshore access; capacity and parking fee not stated
- Water conditions
- Not determined here; use Montana HAB guidance and park alerts
Confirm before leaving
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The refuge closure is next door
The adjacent U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service waterfowl production area is closed from March 1 through July 15, including its open beaches. The manager's page describes that closure for the WPA and says the state park borders it on the east; it does not say the closure applies to the state park itself.
A shoreline, not a developed guarded beach
The official page lists swimming, gravel paths, a parking lot, and a vault latrine. It does not state lifeguard coverage, a buoyed area, or a day-use reservation system.
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Access facts last checked against the linked manager on 2026-10-25. This date is not a water sample or a promise of present conditions.