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

4.8 mi·3-6 hours hrs

Forested cinder cone with a black lava tree in the foreground

Maunaulu via Nāpau Trail

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

3.3 mi·2-4 hours hrs

Red blossoms of ʻōhiʻa lehua over a lava field

Visit Kahuku: Palm Trail

2.6 mi·1-2 hours hrs

Hikers on a scenic trail surrounded by ʻōhia trees.

Visit Kahuku: Kona Trail

2.4 mi·3-5 hours hrs

Trail through pastureland with old ʻōhiʻa trees.

Visit Kahuku: Glover Trail

2.4 mi·3-5 hours hrs

Pu‘u Loa Petroglyphs

Puʻuloa Petroglyphs Trail

1.4 mi·90 min hrs

Steam rising from a colorful geothermal area

Haʻakulamanu via Sulphur Banks Trail

1.2 mi·45 min hrs

Rays of sunlight through trees

Kīpukapuaulu Trail

1.2 mi·90 min hrs

Two people holding hands on a paved path through a cinder-covered landscape

Devastation Trail

1 mi·60 min hrs

Pit crater with stone wall in the foreground

Keanakākoʻi

1 mi·1-2 hours hrs

Floor of a volcanic crater with small trees growing out of lava at sunset

Halemaʻumaʻu Trail

0.8 mi·1-2 hours hrs

Two people walking on a paved path through a lava landscape at sunset

Footprints Area

0.8 mi·1-2 hours hrs

Grass-covered hill with trees below

Visit Kahuku: Puʻu o Lokuana

0.4 mi·120 min hrs

Overlook into a volcanic crater with trees in the foreground

Kūpinaʻi Pali (Waldron Ledge)

0 mi·60 min hrs

lava tube lit by orange electric light

Nāhuku Lava Tube Trail

0 mi·90 min hrs

Exposed edge of a volcanic caldera with vegetation on the rim

Crater Rim Trail

0 mi·1-6 hours hrs

A viewpoint of dramatic sea cliffs with a wayside exhibit in the foreground

Hōlei Sea Arch

0 mi·30 min hrs

Grass-covered hill with a tree underneath blue sky with puffy white clouds

Visit Kahuku: Kamakapaʻa Trail

0 mi·30 min hrs

Thurston Lava Tube Trail (Nāhuku)

0.3 mi·50 ft gain·0.5 hours hrs

Mauna Ulu Trail

3 mi·300 ft gain·2-3 hours hrs

Mauna Loa Summit Trail

15.2 mi·3,738 ft gain·6-8 hours hrs

A "no" symbol over a human hand feeding a goose

Keanakako'i Crater

Sulphur Banks (Ha‘akulamanu)

Ha'akulamanu (Sulphur Banks)

Floor of a volcanic crater with small ohia trees with red flowers

Kilauea Iki

0 mi·400 ft gain

Vegetation-covered entrance of a cave

Nahuku (Thurston Lava Tube)

Overlook looking towards a large volcanic caldera

Kupina'i Pali (Waldron Ledge)

Kīpukapuaulu Trail

Kipukapuaulu

A sunlit cinder cone in a gray volcanic landscape

Footprints and Maunaiki

Path next to a volcanic cinder cone

Uēaloha (Byron Ledge)

Nāhuku (Thurston Lava Tube)

Nāhuku via Puʻupuaʻi