Madison Arm Resort, near West Yellowstone, Montana, is a fantastic spot for those looking to enjoy the great outdoors while being close to the wonders of Yellowstone National Park. With stunning lake views and a variety of accommodation options, including tent sites, RV spots, and cabins, it caters to all kinds of campers.

The campground is known for its friendly staff and well-maintained facilities, including clean showers and restrooms. Visitors have highlighted the convenience of amenities like a small store and a fish cleaning station, making it easy to settle in and enjoy your stay. One camper noted, “The view from our tent site was incredible,” which sums up the experience many have had here.

For those eager to explore, Madison Arm Resort is right on the water, perfect for fishing, kayaking, or just soaking up the sun. The surrounding area offers plenty of shade and trees, providing a comfortable atmosphere for relaxation. While the road to the campground can be a bit rough, the beautiful scenery and peaceful environment make it well worth the trip. Whether you're planning a quick stop or a longer adventure, this campground is a solid choice for your next getaway.

Madison Arm Resort RV Resort & Campground, only minutes from Yellowstone National Park, is located just off Highway 191 and Highway 20. We offer perfect summer camping with very special facilities including, RV sites, tent campsites, and cabins among pine trees, wildlife and mountain vistas. And do we have activities... boating, fishing, swimming. We're close to white water rafting, hiking, biking, back packing, mountain climbing, horseback riding, golf, and tennis Here you'll intimately experience the grandeur of the Yellowstone wilderness. This is a great overnight destination as you enjoy sightseeing Yellowstone National Park or it is a great fishing vacation. Hebgen Lake has abundant trout fishing - whether you use a wet or dry fly, troll, tube, or bank fish, you are sure to find the fishing enjoyable. Our resort has marina facilities that include boat and motor rentals, canoes, kayaks, launch ramp, docking, and fuel. Boat slips are equipped with convenience outlets to allow charging of your electric trolling motor battery. Madison Arm Resort is open from May 15th to October 1st.

Madison Arm Resort

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Madison Arm Resort is set in the most beautiful place on the edge of the lake. You have to drive down a desolate dirt road for a solid 5-7 minutes to get the campground, but it was fun going around the curves in our SUV. I haven't seen inside their cabins (so I can't say anything about those), but the campsite for our tent was a decent size. it could have been a little further away from the other sites, it was right next to other tent sites with no barrier or space at all. There were pretty bad mosquitos on the first and last night we were there, but I'm sure just time of year for that. The Resort offers showers and bathrooms, they are small and relatively clean. The women's bathroom has a bad smell to it, can't figure it out. The laundry facilities they said they had (one washer and dryer) were both down for the three nights we were there :( which was disappointing. Overall, it was a breathtaking location to camp while exploring Yellowstone and the Tetons. We would stay here again.

Beautiful setting

This campground sits right on Hebgen Lake. It's near the town of West Yellowstone. You can drive to Yellowstone National Park from here. There are atv trails right next to the campground. Owned by very friendly and helpful local people. You can rent boats, paddle boards, and kayaks. There's a swimming area at the lake. There are on site showers and bathrooms. There's water/power RV sites and full hookup sites. Also tent sites. Our family camps here a lot and we are never disappointed with our stay. Love the views.

Relaxing 

This campground has a boat dock, cabins, boats for rent, paddle boards for rent, kayaks for rent, water/power sites, full hook up sites, rv and tent sites, bathrooms, showers, store, firepits, firewood for sale, friendly people, boat trailer parking, sells fishing licenses, atv trails nearby.

Enjoyable

Stayed at a tent sight. Had no reservations and felt lucky to find a place to stay. We had just come down from back country camping and we glad to see showers and a store! The owners were wonderful people, the camp and bathrooms were clean, and most of the other folks camping were nice.

This place fits all needs. They have a small store, wood to purchase (for camp fires), a camp sink (to wash dishes), boats to rent, and, did I mention HOT SHOWERS? My husband and ourn2 nieces throughly enjoyed our trip and will be returning. (Lot’s of wildlife to see as well)

Beautiful View

We camped here during the July 4th holiday. There is a 5 mile long dirt road for the drive in. Be aware of changing road conditions due to the weather. All sites were packed full. Even though it was busy there was still friendly people.

Calm

I would love to give this campground 5 stars - the hosts were lovely. It's a beautiful, peaceful piece of property. Lots of trees, surrounded by mountains and a glass lake. If you are tent camping, there are gorgeous sites along the water and you get amazing sunset views each night. HOT showers, laundry facilities, and an outdoor kitchen for cleaning your catch if you head out on the lake. Ladies bathroom needs some better ventilation, but the showers were a nice size.

If you are RVing and staying here to spend your days touring Yellowstone… you just have to take note. It's a long, bumpy 5 mile drive into the camp (making it wonderfully quiet!). It was fine the first day, but it got old, especially after driving around Yellowstone all day. They also, if needed, pack the RVs in some weird spots. Where we thought it was a through road next to us, ended up being a RV spot later in the week…and we lost our pretty sunset views. It also was awkward for both of us as we were perpendicular to them.

If you plan on spending more than 4 nights there, you will love the serene getaway of it! If you are only there to sleep while visiting Yellowstone, you will find its location a bit of a hassle.

Escape on the Lake

\*\*\*READ OTHER WATER ISSUE REPORTS ON GOOGLE!!!! \*\*\* DO NOT NOT NOT drink this water!!!! We are boondocking just outside Madison Arm, still in the National Forest, and we stopped in to see if we could fill our 60 gallon water bladder. And if so, how much would it cost. The owner said we could fill our 60 gallons for free, and ran out about 28 gallons into it and told us we'd have to pay $60. Because we only got 28 gallons she charged us $45. She specifically said we could fill it for free. When we got home, we noticed the water was bad, tea colored and dumped it on the ground. We will be filing a grievance with the National Forest, as this was a classic robbery. And we couldn't even use the water we paid $45 for. ABSOLUTE CROOKS!!!!!!!!! The state park down the road charges $10 for the whole year. We should have driven the extra couple miles and gone there, but we pulled in and asked, and she said it was free and to go ahead.  
  
The ironic part is we worked for the National Forest up in Montana last year. We know that these fees are regulated for the concessionaires and this is not supposed to happen. You can NOT tell someone they can go ahead and fill their water bladder for free and then change your mind and demand money. $45 for 28 gallons that I had to dump on the ground is NOT ok!

DO NOT camp here! If you do - DO NOT DRINK THE WATER

Just a quick night away from home
Rough road getting there a little washboard so go slow
Rates are good and very peaceful 

Wonderful stay

Can’t say enough about the location (close to Yellowstone NP) and the facilities, absolutely beautiful 10/10.
On the other hand the hosts /owners are not helpful or accommodating to any travelers. The number of rules are worth a photo, the rudeness  is almost a worth going there to experience to believe it. They are also not following cdc guidelines (none of the staff wears a mask). 
If you decide to go, keep your kids inside at all times, this is not a kid friendly place (unfortunately as it has so much potential). I would love to see the hosts getting better at customer services and reducing the amount of strict rules so we could come back and recommend to friends. We also spoke with others and all had the same experience. 

Amazing location, hosts not so much

We left one day to chance on our roadtrip in our teardrop camper. We were so glad we stumbled upon this spot! It was right next to the lake. The spots were nice and spaced out. Bathrooms were good enough. Little store on site to pick up basics. 

Quiet and Quaint

Campers were a little close but it was nice. 

Great in a pinch

The resort is close to Yellowstone and has some beautiful views from camp, however it is not easy to navigate with an RV/Trailer. The resort itself is a fun little place with boat rentals and full hookups available. It’s just outside West Yellowstone where you can get just about anything you need on your trip in/out of the park. Getting settled in was stressful however, as the resort is 5-miles down a windy gravel road. The full hookup spots are packed in tight and hard to navigate with larger vehicles (there are some really odd angles that you have to back into). Also, the hookups for our site were located on another sites lot and no matter how we positioned our trailer our cables couldn’t reach the box. Working with the staff to resolve this wasn’t wasn’t easy. They weren’t apologetic about the the location of the hookups despite it being advertised as such, but we were able to find a solution after half an hour of talking with them. 

Convenient Location, Hard to Navigate

So don’t use GPS to navigate to it will take you on a brutal 6 mile unkept dirt road. There is a easy route in ask for directions. Camping is tight but big enough view of lake from just about everywhere. So if you are in a pinch and can’t find any same day stays try this one. 

Tuff to find gem in yellowstone

We drove 14 hours to get here and they were closed before 9 pm 
Sept 14, 2020 very disappointing and dishonest if you ask me. Turned us away without somewhere to sleep AFTER DARK. 

They close earlier than posted

$40-$45 for literal postage stamps of camp site. To make things worse, ATVs and trucks come in and out late into the night... headlights, engines, yelling... all right next to you.

Spent most of the sleepless night looking into the free, dispersed campsites I wish I had stayed at.

Total ripoff

Had a blast at Yellowstone and Jackson Hole. We stayed in tents at Madison Arm, they had a store, firewood, food, tables, fire rings,

Good priced tent campground

Second time we stayed here, first time was in the back by the road and yes there were a few rigs and atvs but was more quiet than most campgrounds with regular traffic. Second time we had a spot on the lake, great access to the beach and a couple trails for walking the dogs. 
The facilities were clean and the staff were very nice. West Yellowstone was a short drive, I enjoyed the solitude away from the highways. 
The boys enjoyed the kayak rentals, it would have been nice if someone helped launch them and putting them away. 

Had a great time 

Returned to Madison Arm after 28 years. Nice campground, modest accommodations, on a beautiful lake

Nice quiet campground

Off the beaten path location with a gorgeous lake just west of Yellowstone. It's a long dirt road to the campground but totally worth it.

We tent camped for two nights and though it was a little cramped with our neighbors we were happy to be right  on the lake.

The bathrooms need some TLC and improved airflow but that is our only complaint.

Great location

Overall, we really enjoyed it here. The dirt road off of the highway is pretty rough, but they warn you about that. Lots of shade/trees all around the campground. Some of the spots are pretty tight, but you don’t feel like your neighbors are on top of you. 

Shade and water views

Right on the lake, full hookups and lots of amenities. Spent full days on the water - had to paddle board a bit to get to a nicer beach/swimming area but it made for a fun day. 

Great spot on the lake

Great people work here. Has been owned and operated by the same family since 1977. 

Great Base Camp For Yellowstone

After staying and KOA style campgrounds this was the treat of our trip. Could not have been happier with the grounds and view and friendly staff

Best View in West Yellowstone

Beautiful 360 Mountain View on a lake! Nice showers(free) and bathroom is clean. 

Nice campground

We just returned from a stay at Madison Arm resort on Hebgen and I was very impressed. They had showers, a small store, fish cleaning station and plenty of bear proof garbages. They offer cabin, RV rentals, Rv and tent sites. We enjoyed our stay and the view from our tent site. 

Beautiful views, very accommodating staff

Beautiful camp ground right on the lake with full hooks ups. 

Off the Beatin Path

Little on the pricier end however there are a number of amenities such as laundry (additional cost), dish wash station, and hot showers at no additional cost. 

Tent sites were a bit small but do-able and it was nice being on the water. 

Quick access to west Yellowstone.  

Nice place for a quick stop

Driving to the campsite on a washboard gravel road was rough and dusty. The park is nice with lake views. The camp host was phenomenal. Our cord did not reach the electrical box so they loaned us an extension. I was a little disappointed with the shower pressure. It was a great place to stay and see Yellowstone 

Close to Yellowstone West Entrance 

I’m not sure why this place isn’t 5/5! We booked this site last minute as we have been exploring Yellowstone with no registrations for overnight stays. We called at 6pm (when they close) looking for space and the host said she will stay open for 30 mins till we get there. She was so very sweet and welcoming. Site was very clean, bathrooms were the cleanest we have experienced at camp sites. And the BEST views! Nice to have a designated sink for washing dishes. No bear boxes but kept everything in the car and we were good. Very bumpy road to get to the campground but sometimes it takes a rough road to get off the beaten path :) only thing was that each site has big metal fire pits and ours was totally missing. The sites next to us were vacant so we just stole the one from there. 

Gorgeous views and clean site

I visited Madison Arm as a quick stopping point/overnight on a longer road trip in late September. There were hardly any people there as it was their last week of operation for the season.
The office closes at 5 but I called at 5:50 when I arrived and someone quickly came to get me checked in. When I was looking on the website, some sites were reservable while others were first come, first serve. I don’t know if that was because of the day of the week or because they were so close to closing, either way I figured they wouldn’t be too full.
There are two tent sections; one by the lake and the other is way out of the way, far from the bathrooms. My spot was beautiful.
My only complaint, so to speak, was the showers. They only had curtains for privacy, no doors. Again, there was hardly anyone there when I visited so it wasn’t an issue, but that’s something I find important.

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