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Your Madison Valley base camp starts here. Lot 181 in The Shining Mountains is 8.564 acres of open, platted land with a build site that looks straight at Sphinx Mountain. Picture a great room and covered deck framed on that peak, with the Madison Range running the horizon and big western sky overhead. The fishing begins before you leave the neighborhood. Cold Creek Pond sits just down the road from the home site and holds cutthroat. Ownership in The Shining Mountains also carries a privilege few lots in the valley can offer: private access to Upper and Lower Haypress Lakes, reserved for subdivision owners only, with rainbows in the lower lake and browns and rainbows in the upper. Minutes away, the Madison River delivers some of the finest trout water in Montana, and nearby State land opens the door to hunting, hiking and backcountry days in every season. Build the recreation lodge you have always wanted and come back year round, from spring runoff and summer evening hatches to fall hunts and winter snow. At 8.5-plus acres with established subdivision roads on recorded 60-foot easements, you have room to site your home, well and outbuildings exactly where the views and the sun want them. Protective covenants preserve the character of the neighborhood: residential use, generous setbacks, architectural review and no further division below 5 acres, so your view corridor stays wide open. Unincorporated Madison County keeps the building process straightforward for owner-driven projects. Vacant land with no existing structures; buyer to install private well and onsite septic and contact NorthWestern Energy to run electrical. Buyer to verify all information. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

• Acres
  8.56
• Days on Market
  0

Additional Features

• Association Fee
  350.00
• Association Fee Frequency
  Annually
• Association
  Yes
• City
  Ennis
• Contract Status Change Date
  2026-10-30
• Directions
  South on Varney, Right Turn on Shining Mountains Loop Road, Right on Dry Creek Road, First Parcel to the left just after Buckboard Trail, You hsould see the listing sign from there.
• Documents Count
  5
• Latitude
  45.237124
• Listing Contract Date
  2026-10-30
• Listing Key
  1194139005
• List Price
  230000
• Longitude
  -111.809506
• Lot Features
  Adjacent To Public Land
• Lot Size Acres
  8.56400
• Lot Size Square Feet
  373048
• MLS Area Major
  Madison/ Beaverhead/ Jefferson
• MLS Area Minor
  7 M M - Madison - Madison Vly
• MLS Status
  Active
• Original List Price
  230000
• Originating System Name
  S W M T
• Parcel Number
  0027156500
• Photos Count
  44
• Postal Code
  59729
• Property Sub Type
  Unimproved Land
• Property Type
  Land
• Standard Status
  Active
• Subdivision Name
  Shining Mountain Unit I
• Tax Annual Amount
  1027.94
• Tax Legal Description
  SHINING MOUNTAINS SUB NO 1, S11, T07 S, R02 W, Lot 181, ACRES 8.564, PLAT 4/41
• Tax Year
  2026
• Unit Number
  181
• Unparsed Address
  T B D Lot 181 Shining Mountain Sub N O 1 181
• Utilities
  None

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