Panamint Springs is far from fancy, but offers a summer weather bonus: Due to the site's 2,000-foot elevation, it's typically 10 degrees cooler here than Furnace Creek or Stovepipe Wells. Other nearby sites to explore include a "forest" of Joshua trees at Lee Flat (the species is not common in the park) and Father Crowley Vista, where darkly mysterious lava flows drain into multicolored Rainbow Canyon.