McArthur Burney Falls Memorial State Park

From the south entrance of Lassen Volcanic National Park there is a scenic byway to Lake Almanor. From what I saw, the lake itself is little more than a large mud puddle. However the road passes through 3 of California's less visited counties: Tehama, Plumas, and Lassen. This area is essentially where the Sierra Nevada Mountains die out and the Cascade Range begins...

The scenic byway makes a wide circle around LVNP and swings north to McArthur Burney Falls Memorial State Park. MB Falls is 129 feet tall, the sixth largest waterfall in the USA. It is spring-fed from above and within the falls; never dry even in summer...it pours 100-million gallons of water per day! Teddy Roosevelt called McArthur-Burney Falls the eighth wonder of the world.

The park has camping and a visitor center with store. Unfortunately being late in the season, both the store and visitor center are closed until spring. There are some 3-5 miles of hiking trails to the park. However most visitors simply walk to the falls overlook, take a few pictures, then down a short path to the base of McArthur-Burney Falls. Like a mini-Niagra, a cold mist envelopes you at the bottom of the falls. The temperature there is a constant 65 degrees even in summer.