Palisade Head
Palisade Head is a cliff in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 242 m. Mystical Mountain stands 470 m to the north, 3.6 miles off. North Shore Scenic Drive passes 0.3 miles off. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Height
- 102 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the North Shore Scenic Drive, National
- 2.8 mi off the Superior National Forest Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Palisade Head · 1 mi
- End of Shovel Point Overlook · 2 mi
- City Overlook · 3 mi
- North Shore Mining/Lake Superior Overlook · 3 mi
72 named places within 25 miles
- The Cascades: 1.5 mi
- Two Step Falls: 1.9 mi
- High Falls: 2.1 mi
- Illgen Falls: 2.6 mi
- Kramer’s Choice Rapid: 2.9 mi
- Palisade Head: 0.2 mi
- Raven Rock: 2.2 mi
- Mount Trudee: 2.3 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Mystical Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Black Beach: 2.5 mi
- Beaver River Beach: 5.7 mi
- Rocky Beach: 8.3 mi
- Pebble Beach: 11.5 mi
- Agate Beach: 16.9 mi
- Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center: 4.4 mi
- Little Marais Wildlife Management Area: 8.8 mi
- Caribou Falls Wildlife Management Area: West Unit: 12.8 mi
- Caribou Falls State Wayside: 13.1 mi
- Caribou Falls Wildlife Management Area: East Unit: 13.4 mi
- Anchor of the Madeira: 11.0 mi
- Geology of Minnesota: 11.5 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 17.2 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps Castle: 17.3 mi
- Jason Robert Feltl: 24.7 mi
- Tettegouche Rest Area: 1.4 mi
- Split Rock Lighthouse Overlook: 11.6 mi
- Gooseberry Falls Rest Area: 17.4 mi
- Cross River Wayside: 21.4 mi
- Crystal Bay Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Kennedy Landing Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Picnic Flow: 17.0 mi
- Davis Area: 17.2 mi
- Mariner Mountain Park: 4.4 mi
- School Forest Site: 4.6 mi
- Tofte Park: 24.5 mi
- Silver Creek Cliff Wayside Park: 24.8 mi
- Devil's Rock: 2.8 mi
- Big Chairs: 6.8 mi
- Father Baraga’s Cross: 21.4 mi
- Kennedy Cliff: 6.6 mi
- Caribou Falls: 13.2 mi
- Lafayette Bluff: 22.1 mi
- Finland Minnesota Historical Society: 5.6 mi
- Cross River Heritage Center: 21.3 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps Worker: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Palisade Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mystical Mountain | N 11° | 470 m | 3.6 mi |
| Carlton Peak | NE 42° | 465 m | 24.5 mi |
| Marshall Mountain | NNE 15° | 428 m | 4.0 mi |
| Palisade Head | WSW 251° | 284 m | 0.2 mi |
| Day Hill | SW 223° | 258 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:37 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 20:18 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 15:25 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 10 | 14 | 25 | 37 | 50 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 43 | 28 | 17 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wolf Ridge ELC, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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