Mesa Falls Scenic Byway
Mesa Falls Scenic Byway is almost 29 miles long. The major attractions are Upper and Lower Mesa Falls. We traveled the length of the byway, seeing both of the falls and found a nice campground shortly after leaving the byway. The entire drive was absolutely beautiful!
Lower Mesa Falls is created by Henrys Fork of the Snake River plunging 65 feet between columns of basalt. The viewing platform, 1/4 mile away was built in the 1930's by the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Mom really did have a leash on me in this picture but, thanks to photo editing, it doesn't show.
As we continued our drive along the byway, the scenery remained beautiful and we saw some pretty wild flowers too!
Upper Mesa Falls, also created by the Henrys Fork of the Snake River, falls 114 feet over 1.3 million year old compressed volcanic ash.
Historic Big Falls Inn, now the visitor center at Upper Mesa Falls,
is an attraction in itself.
is an attraction in itself.
Historic Big Falls Inn
Click on the picture above to read about the history of Big Falls Inn.
After leaving the Mesa Falls Scenic Byway we headed south on highway 20 a short way to Riverside Campground and spent the night.
I was glad to stop for the night because it had been a long day
and I was ready to get some sleep!
and I was ready to get some sleep!
Mesa Falls Scenic Byway
