Mesa Falls Scenic Byway and Johnny Sack’s Cabin Idaho.

The Mesa Falls Scenic Byway is the road that connected Ashton Idaho to Island Park Idaho before highway US 20 was put in. Leaving Ashton on the Byway the first turn off is Cave Falls which is 19 miles off the Byway. At first we decided not to go to Cave Falls because of the distance but decided to go on the way back to Ashton. The 19 miles turned out to be 5 miles of paved road and 14 miles of gravel road which takes you to a remote corner of Yellowstone. The second turn off was Lower Mesa Falls, after that was Upper Mesa Falls. A long the way we heard of a place called Johnny Sack’s Cabin which is in Big Springs ID near Island Park ID. Johnny Sack build his Cabin in 1929 with hand tools after leasing the cabin site from US Forestry for $4.15 a year. We couldn’t get in to see the inside of the cabin it was still closed from the winter season.

Lower Mesa Falls

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Upper Mesa Falls

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Johnny Sack’s Cabin

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Cave Falls

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2 thoughts on “Mesa Falls Scenic Byway and Johnny Sack’s Cabin Idaho.

  1. Sounds like you guys are learning a lot about fulltiming. The pictures that you are posting are beautiful. We have been to most of those falls around Island Park ID. We had a condo at Island Park in the winter. So we would take our snowmobiles to the cabin at Big Springs. It is a beautiful area. Enjoy your trip!

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    • Hi Al & Sue
      We’re glad you guys are enjoying the photos. Thank you for sharing that great story about Island Park it is a beautiful part of the country. It was a lot of fun to explore that whole area. We were disappointed that Johnny Sack’s Cabin wasn’t open the locals had told us about the amazing craftsmanship on the inside.

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