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

Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area sees about 764K visitors a year. Look within 40 miles for the 8 places to visit; none is inside Paynes Creek. They include 3 museums, a national park and a mountain. Further afield, Burney Falls is 48 mi from the centre.

National park of the United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Most of the 8 out of town lie to the northwest.
Orange: Paynes Creek. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Nothing is inside Paynes Creek itself; these 14 are 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 Paynes Creek →
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 · 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