Wayfarrow

Palisade

Ghost town · Eureka County, Nevada

Carlin quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:62,500)
Carlin quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Palisade is a ghost town in Eureka County, Nevada. It is one of 17 former communities in Eureka County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 14th among the 17 Nevada counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Palisade as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 40.6103° N, 116.1990° W.

Key facts

Nearest living townCarlin, NV
Distance to it8.9 miles
Coordinates40.61030, -116.19900

Open the location on a map

What's there now

Palisade is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Carlin, NV (population 2,164), about 8.9 miles away in a straight line. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

View of Palisade, Nevada from just north of Nevada State Route 781 (Palisade Bridge)-cropped
View of Palisade, Nevada from just north of Nevada State Route 781 (Palisade Bridge)-cropped · Famartin / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Palisade?

Palisade is in Eureka County, Nevada, at 40.6103, -116.1990.

How many ghost towns are in Eureka County?

Eureka County, Nevada has 17 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.