palisade A palisade, sometimes called a stakewall or a paling, is typically a row of closely placed, high vertical standing tree trunks or wooden or iron stakes used as a fence for enclosure or as a defensive wall. Palisades can form a stockade. Etymo ...

is a steel or wooden fence or wall of variable height, usually used as a defensive structure. Palisade, palisades or palisading also may refer to:

Geology

Columnar basalt Basalt (; ) is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon. More than 90% of a ...

, a common extrusive igneous (volcanic) rock formed from the rapid cooling of basaltic lava exposed at or very near the surface of a planet ** List of places with columnar jointed volcanics ;Canada * Jasper Palisade, a mountain formation in Jasper National Park, Alberta ;United States * Palisades Sill, an intrusive igneous body that forms the cliffs largely following the southern portion of the Hudson River **

The Palisades (Hudson River) The Palisades, also called the New Jersey Palisades or the Hudson River Palisades, are a line of steep cliffs along the west side of the lower Hudson River in Gateway Region, Northeastern New Jersey and Downstate New York, Southeastern New York ...

, cliffs along the Hudson River in the US states of New York and New Jersey *

Palisades (California Sierra) The Palisades (or the Palisade Group) are a group of peaks in the central part of the Sierra Nevada in the U.S. state of California. They are located about southwest of the town of Big Pine, California. The peaks in the group are particularly s ...

, a group of peaks in the Sierra Nevada range of east-central California **

Palisade Glacier The Palisade Glacier is a glacier located on the northeast side of the Palisades (California Sierra), Palisades within the John Muir Wilderness in the central Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada of California. The glacier descends from the flanks ...

, California * The Palisades (Napa County), a mountain range in the northern San Francisco Bay Area, California * The Palisade (Colorado), a butte in Mesa County, Colorado * Palisade Head, a headland on the North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota * Mississippi Palisades State Park, encompassing cliffs along the Mississippi River in northwestern Illinois * Kentucky River Palisades, cliffs along the Kentucky River in central Kentucky

Communities

;Canada * Palisade, Saskatchewan * The Palisades, Edmonton ;United States *

Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California Pacific Palisades is a neighborhood in the Westside region of the city of Los Angeles, California, situated about west of downtown Los Angeles. Throughout January 2025, the majority of Pacific Palisades was severely affected and destroyed by ...

, a neighborhood *

Palisade, Colorado Palisade is a statutory town in Mesa County, Colorado, United States. It is part of the Grand Junction Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,565 at the 2020 census, down from 2,692 in 2010. The community was named for the cl ...

Palisade, Minnesota Palisade is a city in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 162 at the 2020 census. The Mississippi River flows through the area. History Palisade was incorporated in 1922. The post office began in 1910. Palisade was n ...

* Palisade, Nebraska * Palisade, Nevada *

Palisades, New York Palisades, formerly known as Sneden's Landing (pronounced SNEE-dens), is a hamlet in the town of Orangetown in Rockland County, New York, United States. The area referred to as Snedens Landing is located within the eastern portion of Palisad ...

* Palisades, Texas * Palisades Park, New Jersey * The Palisades, Washington, D.C., a neighborhood

Places

* Palisades Amusement Park, former amusement park in Bergen County, New Jersey **

Palisades Park (Freddy Cannon song) "Palisades Park" is a song written by Chuck Barris and recorded by Freddy Cannon. Background Barris wrote a song about an amusement park and it was suggested he use the name of an amusement park as the title. One night he was in Manhattan when ...

, a hit song by Freddy Cannon ** Palisades Park (Counting Crows song), a song by Counting Crows * Palisade Avenue (Hudson Palisades) in Hudson and Bergen, New Jersey * Palisades Center, a major shopping center in West Nyack, New York * Palisades Charter High School, in Los Angeles, California *

Palisades Dam Palisades Dam () is an earth-fill dam in the western United States, on the upper Snake River in eastern Idaho. Located in Bonneville County near the Wyoming border, the dam was completed in 1957. Providing irrigation water, flood control, ...

, Idaho *

Palisades Interstate Parkway The Palisades Interstate Parkway (PIP) is a controlled-access parkway in the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York. The parkway is a major commuter route into New York City from Rockland and Orange counties in New York and Bergen County in ...

, a highway in New York and New Jersey *

Palisades Nuclear Generating Station The Palisades Nuclear Generating Station is a moth-balled nuclear power plant located on Lake Michigan, in Van Buren County's Covert Township, Michigan, on a site south of South Haven, Michigan, USA. Palisades was operated by the Nuclear Man ...

, in Van Buren County, Michigan * Palisades School District, in northeastern Bucks County, Pennsylvania * Palisades Tahoe, a ski resort in Olympic Valley, California

Biology

* Palisade cell, a type of cell found in plant leaves *

Palisade (pathology) In histopathology, a palisade is a single layer of relatively long cells, arranged loosely perpendicular to a surface and parallel to each other. A rosette is a palisade in a halo or spoke-and-wheel arrangement, surrounding a central core or hub. ...

, a single layer of relatively long cells

Music

* Palisades (band), an American post-hardcore/hardcore band from Iselin, New Jersey * Palisades (music venue), a former live music venue in Bushwick, Brooklyn * "Palisades", a song by Angels of Light from the album '' Everything Is Good Here / Please Come Home'' * "Palisades", a song by Puressence from the album ''

Don't Forget to Remember "Don't Forget to Remember", also called "Don't Forget to Remember Me", is a country ballad recorded by the Bee Gees, from the album ''Cucumber Castle''. The song was written by Barry and Maurice Gibb. It was produced by the band with Robert Stig ...

'' * "The Palisades", a song by Childish Gambino on his '' STN MTN / Kauai'' EP

Other

Hyundai Palisade The Hyundai Palisade () is a mid-size crossover SUV manufactured and marketed by Hyundai Motor Company since late 2018, replacing the Maxcruz (also known as Santa Fe XL outside of South Korea) as the flagship SUV under the Hyundai brand. Th ...

, a 2018–present South Korean mid-size SUV * PALISADE (software), an encryption software library * Palisades Toys, a company that produced action figures and other collectibles *

Palisades Fire The Palisades Fire was a highly destructive wildfire that began burning in the Santa Monica Mountains of Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County on January 7, 2025, and grew to destroy large areas of Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, P ...

, a catastrophic wildfire that burned in Pacific Palisades, Topanga and Malibu, California in January 2025 {{Disambiguation