Custer Gallatin National Forest · Montana

Palisade Falls

0.6 mi of trail, end to end · about 250 ft of climbing · 6,882 ft–7,140 ft · asphalt surface · trail No. 433 · trail class 5 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking

Picnic areas

6,882 ft 7,140 ft · 0.5 mi high 7,140 ft

Along the way Palisade Falls Picnic Area

Trailhead Palisade Falls Trailhead 6,879 ft Drive there

Palisade Falls Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

Popular 1/2 mile nature trail, fully accessible and paved, providing views to Palisade Falls. Picnic area and accessible vault toilet at trailhead. No drinking water available.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.