It is about 358 kilometres (222 mi) long[1] — 64 kilometres (40 mi) of which is unpaved from the Moose Mountain Creek crossing north until the intersection with Highway 1.

[3] Highway 47 begins at the Noonan–Estevan Highway Border Crossing and heads north towards Estevan running alongside the Boundary Dam Reservoir and providing access to Woodlawn Regional Park.

At 13th Ave, Highway 47 turns north and heads out of the city towards the Estevan Bypass.

[8] It carries on north from Melville through Willowbrook, Springside,[9] and Buchanan[10] on it way to its northern terminus at Preeceville.

[11] From south to north:[12] Media related to Saskatchewan Highway 47 at Wikimedia Commons