Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Trails in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes

32 trails · 54.3 total miles

Forested pit crater surrounded by ferns

Visit Kahuku: Forested Pit Crater

strenuous
4.8 mi ·3-6 hours hrs
Forested cinder cone with a black lava tree in the foreground

Maunaulu via Nāpau Trail

easy_moderate
4 mi ·210 ft gain ·1-2 hours hrs
Volcanic crater with a large cinder cone on the left-hand side and a larger mountain beyond.

Kīlauea Iki Trail

moderate
3.3 mi ·2-4 hours hrs
Red blossoms of ʻōhiʻa lehua over a lava field

Visit Kahuku: Palm Trail

moderate
2.6 mi ·1-2 hours hrs
Hikers on a scenic trail surrounded by ʻōhia trees.

Visit Kahuku: Kona Trail

strenuous
2.4 mi ·3-5 hours hrs
Trail through pastureland with old ʻōhiʻa trees.

Visit Kahuku: Glover Trail

strenuous
2.4 mi ·3-5 hours hrs
Pu‘u Loa Petroglyphs

Puʻuloa Petroglyphs Trail

moderate
1.4 mi ·90 min hrs
Steam rising from a colorful geothermal area

Haʻakulamanu via Sulphur Banks Trail

easy
1.2 mi ·45 min hrs
Rays of sunlight through trees

Kīpukapuaulu Trail

easy
1.2 mi ·90 min hrs
Two people holding hands on a paved path through a cinder-covered landscape

Devastation Trail

easy
1 mi ·60 min hrs
Pit crater with stone wall in the foreground

Keanakākoʻi

easy
1 mi ·1-2 hours hrs
Floor of a volcanic crater with small trees growing out of lava at sunset

Halemaʻumaʻu Trail

moderate
0.8 mi ·1-2 hours hrs
Two people walking on a paved path through a lava landscape at sunset

Footprints Area

easy
0.8 mi ·1-2 hours hrs
Grass-covered hill with trees below

Visit Kahuku: Puʻu o Lokuana

moderate
0.4 mi ·120 min hrs
Overlook into a volcanic crater with trees in the foreground

Kūpinaʻi Pali (Waldron Ledge)

easy
0 mi ·60 min hrs
lava tube lit by orange electric light

Nāhuku Lava Tube Trail

moderate
0 mi ·90 min hrs
Exposed edge of a volcanic caldera with vegetation on the rim

Crater Rim Trail

easy
0 mi ·1-6 hours hrs
A viewpoint of dramatic sea cliffs with a wayside exhibit in the foreground

Hōlei Sea Arch

Unrated
0 mi ·30 min hrs
Grass-covered hill with a tree underneath blue sky with puffy white clouds

Visit Kahuku: Kamakapaʻa Trail

easy
0 mi ·30 min hrs

Thurston Lava Tube Trail (Nāhuku)

easy
0.3 mi ·50 ft gain ·0.5 hours hrs

Mauna Ulu Trail

moderate
3 mi ·300 ft gain ·2-3 hours hrs

Mauna Loa Summit Trail

strenuous
15.2 mi ·3,738 ft gain ·6-8 hours hrs
A "no" symbol over a human hand feeding a goose

Keanakako'i Crater

Unrated
0 mi
Sulphur Banks (Ha‘akulamanu)

Ha'akulamanu (Sulphur Banks)

Unrated
0 mi
Floor of a volcanic crater with small ohia trees with red flowers

Kilauea Iki

Unrated
0 mi ·400 ft gain
Vegetation-covered entrance of a cave

Nahuku (Thurston Lava Tube)

Unrated
0 mi
Overlook looking towards a large volcanic caldera

Kupina'i Pali (Waldron Ledge)

Unrated
0 mi
Kīpukapuaulu Trail

Kipukapuaulu

Unrated
0 mi
A sunlit cinder cone in a gray volcanic landscape

Footprints and Maunaiki

Unrated
0 mi
Path next to a volcanic cinder cone

Uēaloha (Byron Ledge)

Unrated
0 mi

Nāhuku (Thurston Lava Tube)

moderate
1.5 mi

Nāhuku via Puʻupuaʻi

moderate
7 mi

Explore Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

2 campgrounds, 150 trails, 1.4M annual visitors

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