Brush Lake State Park, State park with white sandy beaches near Dagmar, United States.
Brush Lake State Park surrounds three sides of Brush Lake, a 280-acre (110 ha) body of water four miles east of Dagmar, Montana. The lake is sixty feet deep and highly alkaline, and the park's 450 acres cover the northern half of the shoreline. The southern portion of the lake remains in private hands.
A summer resort was founded at the lake in the early 1900s and later expanded to include a bar, cafe, and dance hall. The state purchased the land around 2004 and established the park to make the area accessible to the public.
Hans Christian Hansen filed homesteading papers in 1914 and built a summer resort on the lake. A bar and cafe were added by 1920, and a dance hall followed in the 1940s. The site drew residents of nearby communities to the lake's spring-fed water.
The park is open from May through December and has twelve camping sites, with ten offering electric connections and two double sites with power hookups. Visitors should plan their trips according to seasonal availability and facility conditions.
Brush Lake is spring-fed and highly alkaline, and its mineral content keeps fish from living in it. The lake is 60 feet deep and covers 280 acres, so the water stays clear and deep. Swimmers share it with no fish at all.
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