Starry Night Lodging & RV - Ennis

Campground in Ennis, MT • 107 RV Sites

Starry Night Lodging and RV in Ennis, Montana, earns its evocative name from the Madison Valley's exceptional dark sky conditions, where 6,800-foot elevation, an absence of light pollution across dozens of miles in every direction, and over 300 days of annual sunshine combine to produce nighttime skies of extraordinary depth and clarity—one of the most compelling and consistently underrated reasons to seek out this corner of southwestern Montana. Located in Madison County between the Madison Range and the Gravelly Range, the property serves as a superb base for exploring a corridor that ranks among the most storied for fly fishing, wilderness access, and regional history in the American West. Accommodation options include full hookup RV sites with water, electric, and sewer connections, cabin rentals for guests seeking enclosed lodging, and tent camping areas for traditional campers drawn to the open valley environment. The property's design takes advantage of the Madison Valley's sweeping open sightlines, with sites oriented to capture views of the surrounding mountain ranges across the broad meadow grasslands that define the valley floor. The setting feels genuinely western in a way that more heavily developed Montana destinations sometimes lose—wide, quiet, and oriented toward the landscape rather than toward organized programming. The Madison River defines the landscape and the culture of Ennis more completely than perhaps any other single geographic feature defines a Montana town. Designated one of the state's premier blue-ribbon trout fisheries, the Madison is recognized worldwide among fly fishing enthusiasts for consistent populations of wild brown and rainbow trout that average impressive size across a long, accessible stretch of productive water ranging from riffled pocket water to broad, wadeable glides. Multiple outfitters operating from Ennis offer guided wade fishing and float fishing services covering the full range from first-time anglers learning the basics to experienced guests targeting the river's most technical holding water. Yellowstone National Park's west entrance at West Yellowstone is approximately 90 minutes southeast via US-287, placing all of the park's geothermal basins, wildlife corridors, and backcountry access within comfortable day trip range. The adjacent ghost towns of Virginia City and Nevada City—two of Montana's most thoroughly preserved gold rush communities from the 1860s territorial period—sit 14 miles west of Ennis and provide a legitimately absorbing half-day excursion through frontier mining history, with a narrow-gauge railroad connecting the two sites seasonally. Earthquake Lake, formed overnight during the catastrophic 1959 Madison Canyon rockslide that dammed the river and buried a campground, tells a dramatic geological story visible from the highway with interpretive facilities provided by the U.S. Forest Service. Starry Night operates seasonally from late spring through early fall, with June through September representing the prime window for river access, comfortable valley temperatures, and the clear atmospheric conditions that make the nighttime sky most spectacular. Fishing season opens the earliest visitors in late spring, and the combination of summer warmth and the river's peak productivity in July and August drives the highest occupancy. Reservations for midsummer weekends fill well in advance among the fly fishing community, and guests planning to visit during the Madison's peak hatches should secure accommodations as early as possible.

Campground rules and policies

Check-In Procedure
- Check-In: 1 PM
- Check-Out: 11 AM
- While each park attempts to accommodate your exact spot request, the on-site manager has the ultimate decision for spot placement.Quiet Hours
- Quiet hours are 10 PM to 8 AM.Visitor Policy
- Visitors must check in at the office upon arriving at the campground.Speed Limit
- Speed limit 5 MPH.Children Policy
- Children are welcome with an accompanying adultPets Policy
- We understand that your pet is part of the family and goes wherever you do.
- We gladly welcome your furry friends, so long as they are well-behaved and not aggressive!
- Pets must be leashed at all times when outside of your camping unit, cannot be left alone outdoors at any time and are not allowed inside any building on property.
- Please clean up after your pets!Refund Policy
- All refunds will be issued to the payment method used for the original booking and will post within 5-10 business days.
- Refunds will not be issued due to weather, acts of nature, early departure, misrepresentation or evictions.Office Hours
- Our office hours are 8:00 am - 8:00 pm.Equipment Policy
- Guest is fully responsible for ensuring all equipment is compatible with the site length and/or site type.
- Choose a site based on the total length of your equipment.
- Some site types do not accept any towing units, so please ensure that you have entered the correct RV type and length at the time of booking.
- Guests who misrepresent their RV type and/or length may be turned away at check-in.Refund Policy
- All refunds will be issued to the payment method used for the original booking and will post within 5-10 business days.
- Refunds will not be issued due to weather, acts of nature, early departure, misrepresentation or evictions.Initial Deposit
- An initial deposit is charged when the reservation is booked.Scheduled Deposit
- 7 days before arrival, 100% of the reservation balance will be collected. If a reservation is booked "last-minute" (within the scheduled time frame), 100% of the remaining balance will be collected.