June 6th, 2023

Ennis Montana Real Estate For Sale

Ennis Montana Life

Ennis Montana Real Estate Below

The Tobacco Root Mountains to the northwest, the Madison Range to the east, and the Snowcrest and Gravelly Mountain Ranges to the south, all these ranges surround Ennis, Montana.

The Flathead, Bannock, and Shoshone Native American tribes called the Ennis Valley, “The Land of the Shining Mountains,” an apt description of this region of Southwest Montana, known for excellent hunting and fishing.

In 1863, while hiding from the Crow Indians, Bill Fairweather and party, on their way to Yellowstone Country, discovered gold in a gulch lined with Alder trees, which they aptly named Alder Creek.

At this time, this south-west Montana region was Idaho Territory and the discovery of gold precipitated a new gold rush, which has been recorded as the largest placer gold strike in world history, producing $10 million in its first year.

Photo Madison River Bear Trap Canyon Near Ennis MT
By painter, Jim Dick: Madison River Bear Trap Canyon, Near Ennis, MT

This town that Cowboy Magazine ranked a top 20 western town, was named for freighter, William Ennis.

Ennis showed up in Alder, Montana during the 1863 gold rush. Alder was 22 miles from where Ennis homesteaded along the Madison River…present day Ennis.

Ennis, Montana is famous for hunting, fishing, hiking and is west of Big Sky, Montana in the Madison River Valley.

Ennis Lake is formed by a dam in the Madison River just above Bear Trap Canyon, creating the Upper Madison River and the Lower Madison River. Big Sky, Montana is directly east.

Bill Ennis came into the area by crossing the tobacco Root Mountains, bringing oxen, mules, and horses. After arriving, he cut the area’s lush grass, hawking his hay in Virginia City for about $125/ton, the same price a ton of hay costs today!

Nearby Virginia City, Montana is only 12 miles west of Ennis, MT and was established in 1863. Virginia City, MT is the United States’ only complete and original mining town from that era.

Next door is Nevada City, Montana, which remains to this day a busy mining town in much the same way it has been for over 100 years. In 1864, this part of Idaho’s territory, along with Ennis and Virginia City, became Montana Territory.

Ennis, MT Looks And Feels Like A True Western Town

This small, idyllic western town is located in Montana’s Madison Valley, along the world famous Madison River, one of Montana’s finest trout fishing streams. The US government owns three million acres in the Beaverhead National Forest, near Ennis, Montana.

Ennis, Montana is 53 miles from Bozeman, Montana; 76 miles from Butte, Montana; 71 miles from Yellowstone National Park at West Yellowstone, Montana; and 71 miles from Dillon, Montana.

Ennis is along US Highway 287 and lies 48 miles south of Interstate 90 (I-90) at Three Forks, MT.

755 Jack Creek Road, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$9,995,000
TBD  MT-287, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$6,999,999Pending
19 Badger Road, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$2,950,000
136  Jack Creek Rd, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$2,600,000
7 Arrowhead Court, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$1,850,000
300 W Main Street, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$1,690,000
300 W Main Street, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$1,690,000
41  Two Bumps Road, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$1,570,000Contingent
24 Bull Wheel, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$1,495,000
113 Antelope Meadows Road, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$1,495,000
12  Indian Ridge Trail, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$1,350,000
7 Soaring Eagle Road, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$1,275,000
333 Shining Mountains Loop, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$1,120,000
320 +/-acres Cold Creek Retreat, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$960,000
320 +/-acres Cold Creek Retreat, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$960,000
124 E Two Bumps Loop, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$950,000Pending
12 Jordan Lane, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$949,000Contingent
22 Ennis Lake Road, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$899,000Contingent
216 Vujo Lane, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$895,000
5469  US Hwy 287  N, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$895,000
77  Madison Meadows Drive, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$855,000
11 Old Virginia City Highway W, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$850,000
11 Old Virginia City Highway W, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$850,000
438  Vujo Lane, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$850,000Pending
313  Otis Avenue, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$850,000Pending
27 Centennial Drive, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$845,000Pending
123 Antelope Meadows, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$835,000
67 Sky View Drive, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$829,000
6 Ramshorn Mtn Court, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$795,000
450 Loomis Way D, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$725,000
69 Haypress Lake Trail, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$699,000
109  Dry Creek, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$689,000
450 Loomis Way B, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$685,000
450 Loomis Way A, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$685,000
65  Antelope Meadows, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$680,000Contingent
5 Madison Drive, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$675,000
9 So. Field Court, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$649,000Contingent
204 Otis Avenue, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$625,000
206 Otis Avenue, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$625,000
TBD Jeffers Road, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$625,000
74 Two Bumps Loop E, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$599,999
31 Panorama Lane, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$559,000Pending
Lots 74 & 83 Mustang Ranches, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$547,000
839 Madison Avenue, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$520,000Contingent
207  Pearl Street, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$499,900
209  Pearl Street, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$499,900
140  Tobe Road, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$499,000
218 Vujo Lane, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$495,000Pending
223 Otis Avenue, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$495,000
184 Tobe Lane, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$485,000Contingent
10 Jeffers Loop, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$475,000
105  Otis Avenue, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$465,000
25 Dude Ranch Trail, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$450,000
111  W Main Street, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$427,000
141 Rachel Avenue, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$425,000
Lot 55 A  Shell Creek Rd, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$425,000
42 E Hawker Lane, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$424,000
TBD Prairie Way, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$400,000
25 E Waco Lane E, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$400,000
Lot 101 Pronghorn Meadows, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$399,000
440 Beaverhead, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$398,500Contingent
202 E Williams Street, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$370,000Contingent
102/104  Shining Mountains Loop Rd, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$350,000
38 Elk Valley Road, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$350,000
Lot 16  Pintail Ridge, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$345,000
Lot 64 Hayfield Loop Trail, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$325,000
Lot 83 Mustang Ranches, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$298,000Contingent
TBD Bull Trail - Pronghorn Meadows Lot 43, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$295,000Contingent
Lot 32 Shining Mountains Unit 2, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$275,000
Lot 105 Raghorn Court, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$275,000
Lot 65 Montana Way, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$275,000
10 S Boulder Road, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$275,000
22 Browtine Lane, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$270,000
16 Browtine Lane, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$255,000
Lot 132A Virginia City Ranches, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$250,000
Lot 74 Mustang Ranches, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$249,000
Lot 63 Hayfield Loop Trail, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$249,000
TBD E Hugel Street, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$239,900
Lot 234 Antler Trail, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$239,000Contingent
Lot 232  Spur Trail, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$229,000
Lot 19 Sky View, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$220,000Pending
Lot 233  Antler Trail, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$219,000
TBD Otis Avenue, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$214,000
TBD  Hilltop Trail, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$210,000
12 Montana Way, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$199,999
Lot 11 Soaring Eagle, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$199,000
Lot 72 Pronghorn Meadows, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$195,000Contingent
TBD Sky View Drive, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$195,000
51 Sky View Drive, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$192,000
Lot 157  Bobcat Trl, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$189,000
Lot 138 Pinecone Trail, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$185,000
Lot 90 Valley Garden Golf Village, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$179,000Contingent
Lot 33  Red Rock Trail, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$159,000Contingent
30 Lot, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$158,000
294 Two Bumps Loop, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$150,000Contingent
Lot 258 A Badger Road, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$150,000Contingent
Lot 41 Sky View, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$149,000
Lot 246  Badger Road, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$140,000
Lot 26 Stage Coach Trl, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$139,000
LOT 51  Ramshorn MT Court, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$132,000Pending
Lot 3 Block 10 North 40 Subdivision - Phase 4, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$119,900
Lot 4  Otis Ave, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$84,900
NHN Boiler Spring Trail, EnnisEnnis Real Estate$80,000Pending

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