As you follow winding Dunsmuir Ave north over the freeway, look for this park with its local native gardens and a vintage steam engine in front. A forest path from the riverside gardens leads to a small waterfall, but Mossbrae Falls are the larger and more spectacular of Dunsmuir’s waterfalls.
To reach the falls, park by the railroad tracks (there’s no sign), then walk north along the right-hand side of the tracks for a half-hour until you reach a railroad bridge built in 1901. Backtracking slightly from the bridge, you’ll find a little path going down through the trees to the river and the falls. Be extremely careful of trains as you walk by the tracks – the river’s sound can make it impossible to hear them coming.
