Mesa Falls Scenic Byway
Mesa Falls Scenic Byway is a State Scenic Byway in Idaho. Within Idaho it covers roughly 30 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Mesa Falls Scenic Byway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
State Route 47 loops off the highway between Ashton and Island Park to reach Upper and Lower Mesa Falls, the last major undammed waterfalls on the Henrys Fork of the Snake River. The Upper Falls drops nearly 115 feet in a broad curtain that throws spray over a historic boardwalk and overlook. The byway runs through lodgepole pine forest on the western edge of the greater Yellowstone country.
- Upper & Lower Mesa Falls
- Henrys Fork
- greater Yellowstone country
- historic overlook
- SR-47
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.