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, 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), a group of peaks in the Sierra Nevada range of east-central California ** Palisade Glacier, 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, a neighborhood * Palisade, Colorado * Palisade, Minnesota * Palisade, Nebraska * Palisade, Nevada * Palisades, New York * 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), 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, Idaho * Palisades Interstate Parkway, 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), 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'' * "The Palisades", a song by Childish Gambino on his '' STN MTN / Kauai'' EP

Other

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