Captain Cook Monument Trail
Trailhead Directions: Ocean side of Napo’opo’o Rd., approx. 200 yards W. of Hwy. 11 intersection.
Type: strenuous 4 mile round trip
Highlights: descends 1,400 ft to Captain Cook Monument. Swimming and snorkeling.
Pololu Valley Trail
Trailhead Directions: Hwy. 270, at mile marker 28, approx. 8 miles E. of Hawi.
Type: Strenuous, 4-mile trail.
Highlights: Pololu Valley, black sand beach.
Waimanu Valley Trail
Trailhead Directions: N. side of Waipio Valley, roughly 100 yards inland from Waipio Beach.
Type: Strenuous 9-mile switchback trail.
Highlights: 1,200 ft to top of ridge, then descend into Waimanu Valley.
Volcanoes National Park
(Permits required for overnight hikes.
Permits: Kilauea Visitor Center. 7-day limit).
Mauna Iki (Footprints Trail)
Trailhead Directions: Hwy 11, 1/4 mile E. of mile marker 38.
Type: Moderate 2 mile round trip.
Highlights: Historic footprints in lava, from 1790. Trail merges with Kau Desert Trail for longer hikes.
Mauna Loa Trail (Red Hill Route)
Trailhead Directions: End of Mauna Loa Rd.off Hwy. 11. Permit Required.
Type: Grueling, 39-mile round-trip trail to summit of Mauna Loa. Hikers may experience altitude sickness and hypothermia.
Highlights: Overnight 3 to 4 day hike, climb from 6,600 feet to 13,679 feet.
Mauna Loa Trail (Observatory Route)
Trailhead Directions: At Mauna Loa Observatory. Permit Required.
Type: Grueling, 12-mile round-trip trail to the summit of Mauna Loa. Hikers may experience altitude sickness and hypothermia.
Highlights: Overnight 1 to 2 day hike, climb from 6,600 feet to 13,679 feet.
Halemaumau Trail
Trailhead Directions: Crater Rim Trail, 0.1 mile N. of Volcano House.
Type: Moderate 3 miles.
Highlights: Kilauea Caldera and across hot arid caldera floor, to the Halemaumau Overlook. Good views of Halemaumau Crater.
Sulfur Bank Trail
Trailhead Directions: Kilauea Visitor Center.
Type: Easy half mile walk roundtrip.
Highlights: steaming sulphur banks.
Sandalwood Trail
Trailhead Directions: Volcano House.
Type: Easy, 0.7-mile trail.
Highlights: Good views of Kilauea Caldera.
Devastation Trail
Trailhead Directions: Crater Rim Road to Puu Puai Overlook.
Type: Moderate, 1 mile round trip.
Highlights: Ohia lehua forest. A 1959 eruption site. Passes by Pu’u Puai cinder cone. Great views of the Kilauea Iki Crater.
Thurston Lava Tube Trail
Trailhead Directions: 1 1/2 miles E. of junction of Crater Rim Road and Chain of Craters Road.
Type: Easy 0.3-mile loop trail.
Highlights: Lush fern forest, 450-foot-long lava tube, which is nearly 20 feet high in places.
Kilauea Iki Trail
Trailhead Directions: Thurston Lava Tube parking lot.
Type: Strenuous, 4-mile loop trail, excessive heat, lack of water.
Highlights: Kilauea Iki Crater, descending 400 feet to floor of crater.
Halape Trail
Trailhead Directions: Kipuka Nene Campground, off Hilina Pali Rd., approx. 5 miles S.W. of Chain of Craters Rd.
Type: Strenous 14 miles round trip.
Highlights: Barren tracts, descending 3,000 ft to ocean & coral beach.
Pu’u Loa Petroglyphs Trail
Trailhead Directions: Chain of Craters Rd. to the coast.
Type: Easy, 1 1/2 miles round trip.
Highlights:. large petroglyph field, with over 15,000 ancient petroglyphs etched into lava.
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