Twin Falls, Idaho. City and Business guide.

Welcome to Twin Falls, Idaho.

Twin Falls is the county seat and largest city of Twin Falls County, Idaho. As of the 2000 census Twin Falls population was 34,469.

Main Avenue and Shoshone Street, Twin Falls, Idaho. Taken by Faustus37, 25 May 2006.
If you have taken a better photo of Twin Falls. Please email us a copy and if we like it, we might use it. Twin Falls is the largest city of Idaho's Magic Valley region and the seventh largest in the state. As the largest city in a 100-mile (166-kilometer) radius, Twin Falls serves as a regional commercial center for both south-central Idaho and northeastern Nevada.

Twin Falls is the principal city of the Twin Falls, ID Micropolitan Statistical Area - the state's largest - which officially includes Jerome and Twin Falls Counties. The resort community of Jackpot, Nevada, in Elko County is unofficially considered part of the greater Twin Falls area.

Named after I. B. Perrine's ranch in the Snake River Canyon, Blue Lakes Boulevard is the main commercial road in Twin Falls. It begins at Perrine Bridge and runs north-south through the city. The intersection of Blue Lakes Boulevard and Pole Line Road south of Perrine Bridge is one of the busiest in Idaho. Blue Lakes Boulevard is heavily commercial between Perrine Bridge and Addison Avenue. The intersection of Blue Lakes Boulevard and Addison Avenue is known locally as Five Points because Shoshone Street leading into downtown Twin Falls also meets Blue Lakes at the location. South of Addison Avenue Blue Lakes Boulevard is more residential.

The Perrine Bridge, which spans the Snake River Canyon immediately north of the city, is one of only a handful of locations worldwide where BASE jumping is legal.

The Snake River Canyon forms the city's northern limits, separating it from Jerome County. There are three waterfalls in the immediate area. Shoshone Falls is located approximately five miles east of Twin Falls. Pillar Falls is located approximately 1.5 miles upstream from the Perrine Bridge while Twin Falls, the city's namesake, is located upstream of Shoshone Falls.


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Kimberly, ID (7.1 miles), Filer, ID (10.2 miles), Hansen, ID (11.3 miles), Jerome, ID (11.9 miles), Hollister, ID (16.5 miles), Eden, ID (17.9 miles), Buhl, ID (20.7 miles), Wendell, ID (22.1 miles).
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