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Middle Palisade · 4,278 m · 4.3 km SE
Glacier · California

Palisade Glacier

4,155 m13,632 ft
Area
0.05 km²
Lowest point
4,029 m
Tonight
16°FPartly cloudy · Wind 10–16 mph NNE

Palisade Glacier in California, United States covers 0.05 km² and spans 4,029–4,155 m above sea level.

All facts
Highest point
4,155 m
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Glacier

Palisade Glacier: size and slope

Drawn to scale from the OpenStreetMap outline and the Copernicus 30 m terrain model.

26°Top 4,155 m126 m≈250 mTerminus 4,029 m
Vertical range
126 m
Mean slope
26°
Faces
eastmorning sun
3D map

Palisade Glacier 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 3 × 3 km

Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Palisade Glacier terrain and contours

50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Palisade Glacier elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Palisade Glacier weather

Today · Cloudy · 16 / 21°F (-9 / -6°C) · 17% chance of precipitation · Wind 10 mph NE

Palisade Glacier forecast for about 4,033 m.

  • Today16°21°17%10 mph NE
  • Sat21°28°–2–16 mph NNE
  • Sun24°33°–2–7 mph SW
  • Mon23°34°–6–14 mph SW
  • Tue24°35°1%2–18 mph WSW
  • Wed24°33°1%3–9 mph SW
  • Thu22°30°9%3–10 mph SW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:56 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Palisade Glacier

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Palisade Glacier, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest campsite

    3.4 km N

    +2 more within 3.6 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest parking

    Day Use Parking

    7.0 km ENE · +2 more within 7.1 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    Big Pine Creek Trailhead

    7.0 km ENE · +1 more within 8.0 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 8
PlaceDistance
Campsite3.4 km N
Campsite3.5 km N
Campsite3.6 km N
Parking7.0 km ENE
Day Use ParkingParking7.0 km ENE
Big Pine Creek TrailheadTrailhead7.0 km ENE
Day Use ParkingParking7.1 km ENE
Big Pine Creek TrailheadTrailhead8.0 km ENE
Slope

Slope

Share of the 3 × 3 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°
15.2%
Moderate, 15–30°
37.7%
Steep, 30–45°
26.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
20.9%
Steeper than 30°
47.1% of the 9 km² view
Relief in view
876 m low point 3,461 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 86.2%Water 6.8%Snow & ice 4.9%Grassland 1.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 1.5 km of Palisade Glacier.

NESW1 km2 km1234567
Summit list 7
  1. 1Barrett Peak4,258 m 0.3 km SSE
  2. 2Polemonium Peak4,298 m 0.4 km W
  3. 3Mount Sill4,316 m 0.5 km NE
  4. 4Apex Peak4,204 m 0.6 km NNE
  5. 5North Palisade4,343 m 0.6 km WNW
  6. 6Starlight Peak4,324 m 0.7 km WNW
  7. 7Thunderbolt Peak4,268 m 1.0 km WNW
Where it sits

Where Palisade Glacier sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Sierra Nevada36
Region
California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

More 1
More in the Sierra Nevada 6
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Downloads

Palisade Glacier downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-17)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Protected area
USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Panorama
Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast
Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia