Palisade Pioneer Campground
Its sites are reservable through ReserveAmerica (Utah State Parks), and camping costs Single site $35/night, double $70; $20 per extra vehicle. Palisade Pioneer Campground is a State Park campground near Sterling, Utah.
Reservable: ReserveAmerica (Utah State Parks)

- Managed by
- State Park
Palisade Pioneer Campground sits inside Palisade State Park. Its hours, entrance fee, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
Palisade Reservoir and golf course: A Sanpete Valley resort lake since the 1860s, open to electric-motor and non-motorized boats, beside an 18-hole desert-canyon golf course and OHV trails in Six-Mile Canyon. (stateparks.utah.gov)
Getting a site
- Managed by
- State Park
- Reservations
- ReserveAmerica (Utah State Parks) Book a site
- Fee
- Single site $35/night, double $70; $20 per extra vehicle
- Entrance fee
- $15 per vehicle Monday-Thursday, $20 Friday-Sunday and holidays
- Booking window
- Four-month rolling window (plus up to 13 nights beyond it)
- Cancellations
- $8 fee (plus the $8 reservation fee) if cancelled 4+ days before arrival; later cancellations also forfeit one night
Sources: stateparks.utah.gov, accessed 2026-09-29; utahstateparks.reserveamerica.com, accessed 2026-09-29
What's there
- ✓ Fire rings
- ✓ Pets allowed
On site: Fire rings and pets allowed.
Rules
- Quiet hours
- 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
- Generators
- Allowed outside quiet hours
- Pets
- Allowed
Source: stateparks.utah.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Access and cell service
- Elevation
- 5,883 ft
Cell coverage by carrier (FCC map)
- AT&T
- 4G LTE; 5G mapped about 0.2 mi away
- T-Mobile
- 4G LTE and 5G (7/1 Mbps)
- Verizon
- 4G LTE
Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection, data as of December 31, 2025
Outdoor coverage each carrier reports to the FCC at this campground's map point, and the nearest mapped coverage within about half a mile. The FCC map only includes 4G LTE at 5/1 Mbps or better and 5G; a weaker signal, a text, or an emergency call may still get through, but don't count on it. These are carrier predictions, not measurements, and can be wrong either way: real service in canyons, under trees, and inside a tent or vehicle is often weaker. 5G speeds are the FCC's 7/1 and 35/3 Mbps tiers. This product uses the FCC Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the FCC.
39.2062, -111.6657 in Sanpete. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Around Palisade Pioneer Campground
Palisade Pioneer Campground sits on Palisade Reservoir, 0.2 miles from the lake's mapped center point. Stocking record and species: Palisade Reservoir fishing on fishypedia.com.
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Sources
- stateparks.utah.gov (fireRings, reservationWindow), accessed 2026-09-29
- stateparks.utah.gov (fee, entranceFee), accessed 2026-09-29
- utahstateparks.reserveamerica.com (reservationSystem, reservationWindow, cancellationPolicy, town), accessed 2026-09-29
- services1.arcgis.com (coordinates), accessed 2026-09-29
- epqs.nationalmap.gov (elevationFt), accessed 2026-09-29
- stateparks.utah.gov (quietHours, generatorsAllowed, petsAllowed), accessed 2026-09-29
- broadbandmap.fcc.gov (cellCoverage), accessed 2026-09-27
Photo credits
- Photo 1: James Brooks from Juneau, Alaska, CC BY 2.0