Palisade State Park - Arapeen in UT -- Campground & RV Camping in Utah
Palisade State Park - Arapeen in UT
UT State Parks allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
Palisade State Park sits in Sanpete County near Sterling, offering diverse recreation around Palisade Reservoir created in the 1860s when settler Daniel B. Funk dammed Sixmile Creek as a summer resort destination. The desert canyon setting provides tent, RV, and cabin camping, along with boating (non-motorized and electric motor), fishing, swimming, and hiking. An 18-hole golf course sits on park grounds, and Six-Mile Canyon with off-highway vehicle trails extends recreation options beyond the reservoir.
Grounded in stateparks.utah.gov · read August 24, 2026The road in has not been measured -- unknown, not bad.
Rattlesnake Peak stands 2,730 ft above the site, 2.5 miles southeast. The Palisade Lake shoreline is 0.1 mi off. Exposed here -- the nearest through road is 0.1 miles off, a 22-site campground. Night skies measure Bortle 3 -- a dark rural sky. The nearest town, Manti, is 4.3 mi off.
September normals 41–77°F, 1.1″ rain. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.