Upper Palisades Lake
- Jun–Sep
- best months
Is Upper Palisades Lake open right now?
No closures listed
The Forest Service lists no closures for Caribou-Targhee National Forest.
As of · Source: USFS · Caribou-Targhee National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Upper Palisades Lake is a 122-acre lake near Irwin, Idaho, at about 6,609 feet. It is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
- Upper Lake BenchHiking0.6 mi
- Dry CanyonHiking0.6 mi
- Little Palisades PeakSummit2.1 mi
- Fogg HillSummit5.2 mi
- Palisades CreekCamping5.3 mi
- Big ElkCamping7.7 mi
- Big Elk Creek Boat RampBoat launch7.7 mi
- Palisades Dam Boat LandingBoat launch8.3 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Palisades ReservoirLake fishing · ~14 min drive
- South Fork of the Snake River: Conant Boat AccessRiver fishing · ~24 min drive
- Snake RiverRiver fishing · ~25 min drive
- Elk Exhibition PastureLake fishing · ~35 min drive
- Jackson Ranger DistrictRiver fishing · ~32 min drive
- Teton RiverRiver fishing · ~32 min drive
- Taggart LakeLake fishing · ~44 min drive
- South Fork of the Snake River: Byington Boat AccessRiver fishing · ~52 min drive
- Snake RiverRiver fishing · ~55 min drive
- Bailey LakeLake fishing · ~45 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Little Palisades PeakSummit · ~4 min drive
- Palisades CreekRock climbing · ~10 min drive
Little Elk CreekHiking · ~12 min drivePhoto: Anton Molodtsov, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Mail CabinMountain biking · ~13 min drivePhoto: Matt Berger
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/sheriff_woody_pct, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Big ElkFloat trip · ~13 min drive
Best time to visit Upper Palisades Lake
Best months: June–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
30° / 11°
10 wet
Feb
35° / 14°
9 wet
Mar
45° / 22°
10 wet
Apr
56° / 27°
12 wet
May
66° / 35°
13 wet
Jun
75° / 41°
10 wet
Jul
85° / 46°
8 wet
Aug
84° / 44°
8 wet
Sep
75° / 37°
8 wet
Oct
59° / 29°
8 wet
Nov
43° / 20°
9 wet
Dec
32° / 12°
9 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Swan Valley, ID, 8 mi away at 5,397 ft. The station sits about 1,200 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
