IdahoReservoirBonneville County

Palisades Reservoir

Palisades Reservoir covers about 16,000 acres in Idaho. It lies in Bonneville County. USFS Caribou-Targhee NF / USBR manages it.

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CountiesBonneville County

Coordinates43.2351, -111.1089

Surface area16,000 acres

Managed byUSFS Caribou-Targhee NF / USBR

Swimming beaches on Palisades Reservoir

No named swimming beach is mapped yet for this lake. Access is through agency day-use areas and boat ramps listed below. We add beach pages only when we can confirm a name, coordinates and an operating agency.

Palisades Reservoir on the map

Lake center, swimming spots and access points.

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Weather and water temperature

Air temperature and wind from Open-Meteo. Water temperature only when the lake has a public sensor.

Weather data by Open-Meteo

What to know before you go to Palisades Reservoir

There is no beach on record at Palisades Reservoir in the datasets this guide reads. Shoreline access on lakes like this one is often informal and unsigned.

This page shows no water level for Palisades Reservoir because no agency publishes one that can be read automatically. We check the public feeds daily, so this page will fill in if one appears.

Water temperature is not measured at this lake by any public agency we read. Most Idaho day-use areas open for the summer season and close outside it. Algae blooms are seasonal and local: look for posted signs at the ramp or park entrance.

The closest lakes in this guide are Blackfoot Reservoir (Idaho, 33 mi), Ririe Reservoir (Idaho, 40 mi) and Jackson Lake (Wyoming, 51 mi). Idaho has 26 lakes on this site in total.