Burney Falls and Lassen Volcanic Park are just 40 miles apart. We went here and camped at Manzanita in Lassen, on our way back from Crater Lake in Oregon. The Drive down CA 89 was beautiful. For the most part we were inside the Lassen National Forest region, there was minimal traffic and it was scenic.Burney Falls was on our way to the Manzanita campground. It's like any other fall, but the nice bit was in that water was flowing out of all levels on the rocks through hundreds of crevices. We didnt really see anybody swimming in the pool of water, but we did get close enough to get sprayed completely by the mist. It was , however, amazing that around just a waterfall, there was a hugely popular state park teeming with campers!Lassen Volcanic park was brilliant. we missed one very important trail that taks one through the devastated area caused by the volcanic peak, but we did hike to Bumpass Hell - a very active volcanic zone, with boiling lakes, steam rising from holes, boiling molten rock and sulphur fumes from the core of the earth. The pictures do no justice. one has to actually visit to just "hear" bubbling molten rock and the fumes. Have seen nothing like this before and dont know if there are any other such places where one can experience a volcanic zone from inches away.
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