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Upper Mesa Falls

Upper Mesa Falls is a waterfall on the Henrys Fork in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest. Upstream from , it is roughly 16 miles away from . Upper Mesa Falls is roughly 114 feet high and 200 feet wide.
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  • Type: Waterfall
  • Description: waterfall on the Henry Fork in Idaho, United States
  • Also known as: “Big Falls”, “Mesa Falls”, “Upper Falls”, and “Upper Falls Henrys Fork”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Big Falls Inn.

Tourism office
Photo: Kathleen Pilley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , also known as Upper Mesa Falls Lodge, is located near . It was built in 1907. It is on the western bank of Henrys Fork at Upper Mesa Falls in the Targhee National Forest.

Upper Mesa Falls

Latitude
44.18765° or 44° 11′ 16″ north
Longitude
-111.32976° or 111° 19′ 47″ west
Elevation
5,614 feet (1,711 metres)
Height
115 feet (35 metres)
Open location code
85PC5MQC+33
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1516861032
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­waterfall
Geo­Names ID
5611085
Wiki­data ID
Q37966
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Satellite Map

Discover Upper Mesa Falls from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“Upper Mesa Falls” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “上梅沙瀑布”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اپير ميسا فالس”
  • French: “Chutes Upper Mesa”
  • French: “Upper Mesa Falls”
  • Mazanderani: “آپر مزا ئوشار”
  • Mazanderani: “ئوشار آپر مزا”
  • Persian: “آبشار آپر مزا”
  • Persian: “ابشار اپر مزا”
  • Tajik: “Апер Меса”
  • Tajik: “Обшори Апер Меса”
  • Tajik: “Шаршараи Апер Меса”
  • Urdu: “اپر میسا آبشار”
  • Western Panjabi: “اپر میسا آبشار”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Gerrit and Warm River.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lower Mesa Falls and Snake River Butte.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Upper Mesa Falls”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.