Established Camping
Palisades Campground
About
Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Land Management
The Palisades Recreation Area is located on the Upper Madison River, 5 river miles upstream of Ruby Creek Recreation Area and 25 miles south of Ennis. The campground has 10 camping sites with 2 accessible vault toilets and a campground host pad. A separate day use site with a paved boat launch and parking area is located near the campground.
Fee Info
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
Stay Connected
- WiFiUnknown
- VerizonUnknown
- AT&TUnknown
- T-MobileUnknown
Site Types
- Tent Sites
- Standard (Tent/RV)
Features
For Campers
- Phone Service
- Toilets
- Alcohol
Sweet little stop
There are only about 8 camp spots but it’s beautiful and creek running through the sites. The vault toilets were clean.
Quiet in thick wooded area
Not a lot of spots but the ones they do have nice fire rings, tucked away spots for tents, bear boxes and picnic tables. The sites are kinda close to one another so if you’re looking for private this is probably not it. A couple of bathrooms. We have not seen a pay station so not sure if it costs or not. One review said it did. Close to town of Red Lodge where you can get supplies, gas, etc. was able to easily get down the road with our 13 ft travel trailer. We had a couple of bars of internet!
Small remote campground on the Madison River
Palisades campground is a small 11 site campground on the shore of the Madison River. This campground is in the open as it has no trees in the campground, so you will have no protection from the wind or sun, and minimal privacy. The sites are nicely spread apart. While at first glance it does not look like the greatest area for a tent due to the small boulders in the area, on closer look I found plenty of good spots to set up a tent, this is due to the large amount of room either between sites or behind each site. Two accessible vault toilets serve the campground. Each site has a picnic table and a metal fire ring, most sites also have a bear locker for food storage, but some sites will need to share. Water is available in the summer season. Nearby day use area has a boat launch. No trash service is available so be ready to haul out your trash. Cost is $12 a night.
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Location
Palisades Campground is located in Montana
Directions
Located approximately 25 miles south of Ennis, on the west side off of US Highway 287.
Address
Dillon Field Office
1005 Selway Drive
Dillon, MT 59725
Coordinates
44.99585 N
111.65943 W