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 Columnar jointing of volcanic rocks exists in many places on Earth. Perhaps the most famous basalt lava flow in the world is the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, in which the vertical joints form polygonal columns and give the impression of ...

;Canada * Jasper Palisade, a mountain formation in Jasper National Park, Alberta ;United States *

Palisades Sill The Palisades Sill is a Triassic, 200 Ma diabase intrusion. It extends through portions of New York and New Jersey. It is most noteworthy for The Palisades, the cliffs that rise steeply above the western bank of the Hudson River. The idea ...

, 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) The Palisades are a mountain range in Napa County, California. The Palisades are located in Robert Louis Stevenson State Park on the other side of California State Route 29 State Route 29 (SR 29) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Calif ...

, a mountain range in the northern San Francisco Bay Area, California *

The Palisade (Colorado) The Palisade is a three-mile (4.9-km) long butte in Mesa County, Colorado, located slightly north of the town of Gateway, Colorado, Gateway. Its elevation is . It is the most prominent geologic feature in both the eponymously named The Palisade Ar ...

, 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 The Kentucky River Palisades are a series of steep, scenic gorges and limestone outcroppings that stretch for approximately 100 mi (160 km), along the Kentucky River in central Kentucky in the United States. Geology The Kentucky Rive ...

, 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 is a village in Hayes and Hitchcock counties in the U.S. state of Nebraska. The population was 294 at the 2020 census. History Palisade was established at its current site in 1882, when the railroad was extended to that point. It wa ...

* 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 is a village in Randall County, Texas, United States. The population was 325 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Amarillo, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has ...

Palisades Park, New Jersey Palisades Park is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 20,292, an increase of 670 (+3.4%) from the 2010 census count of 19,622, which in turn reflected ...

The Palisades, Washington, D.C. The Palisades, or simply Palisades, is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., along the Potomac River, running roughly from the edge of the Georgetown University campus (at Foxhall Road) to the D.C.-Maryland boundary (near Dalecarlia Treatment Plan ...

, a neighborhood

Places

Palisades Amusement Park Palisades Amusement Park was a 38-acre amusement park located in Bergen County, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York City. It was located atop the New Jersey Palisades, lying partly in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, Cliffside Park and ...

, 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) "Palisades Park" is a 2014 song released by Counting Crows on Capitol Records as the lead single from the album '' Somewhere Under Wonderland''. Adam Duritz has said that the song is "about the best thing I've written in my life. It's an epic st ...

, a song by Counting Crows *

Palisade Avenue (Hudson Palisades) Palisade Avenue is the name given to a historic road which parallels the eastern crest of Hudson Palisades in northeastern New Jersey. It travels between Jersey City and Fort Lee, passing through Jersey City Heights, North Hudson, and C ...

in Hudson and Bergen, New Jersey *

Palisades Center Palisades Center is a shopping mall in West Nyack, New York, which as of December 2022, was the twelfth-largest in the United States by gross leasable space. It has also been one of the nation's most lucrative malls, producing $40 million in an ...

, a major shopping center in West Nyack, New York *

Palisades Charter High School Palisades Charter High School (usually colloquially known as Pali or Pali High and abbreviated as PCHS) is an independent charter secondary school in Los Angeles, United States. The high school serves the neighborhoods of Pacific Palisades, ...

, 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 Palisades Tahoe is a ski resort in the western United States, located in Olympic Valley, California, northwest of Tahoe City in the Sierra Nevada range. From its founding in 1949, the resort was known as Squaw Valley, but it changed its name in ...

, a ski resort in Olympic Valley, California

Biology

Palisade cell Palisade cell, also called palisade mesophyll cell are plant cells located inside the mesophyll of most green leaves. They are vertically elongated and are stacked side by side, in contrast to the irregular and loosely arranged spongy mesophyll ...

, 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) Palisades was an American rock music, rock band from Iselin, New Jersey. Formed in 2008 as Marilyn Is Dead, they changed their name to Palisades in August 2011 and signed to Rise Records. Palisades has released five studio albums; ''Outcasts'' i ...

, 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 Palisades Entertainment, LLC, better known as Palisades Toys, was an American manufacturing and distributing toy & collectibles company geared toward the adult collector market. Established in 1994, the company generally worked within the same v ...

, 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