Lassen Volcanic National Park
National park of the United States.
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.

Cottonwood has 15 notable places within 60 miles, among them 2 national park units. Roughly 764K visitors a year make it to Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area. Lassen Peak lies 43 mi out, the pick for a day trip.

National park of the United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Head to the north for most of the 5 on the list.
Orange: Cottonwood. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
These 15 are all within 60 miles.
National park of the United States.
State park in Weaverville, California.
National Recreation Area located in northern California.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Cottonwood →
Lassen Volcanic National Park: en:User:Mav, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lassen Peak: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Burney Falls: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bidwell Park: Saopaulo1 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Shasta–Trinity National Forest: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mossbrae Falls: Pinecar at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Turtle Bay Exploration Park: DimiTalen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cascade Theatre: Publichall, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area: RoyalMayfair, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chico Air Museum: Bsudicky, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Loomis Museum: DimiTalen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dunsmuir Botanical Gardens: Daniel Mayer (talk · contribs), CC BY-SA 3.0 · McConnell Arboretum & Botanical Gardens: Daderot, CC0 · Museum of Northern California Art: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0