Temperatures are heating up in Death Valley National Park so if you want to hike its lower elevations this season, you had better go soon. One trail not to be missed is the one from Zabriskie Point through Golden Canyon.

Located in the Black Mountains, which flank Death Valley proper to the east, this point-to-point hike starts in the Furnace Creek badlands and finishes up near Badwater Road. Of course, if you can't arrange to get picked up at the terminus, you can start at either end, travel as far as you feel comfortable, and return the way you came.