Visitor Area/Center
- Kilauea Visitor Center
- Make Kilauea Visitor Center your first stop when entering the Park. Rangers are on duty in the visitor center from 7:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily and will provide
- Thomas A. Jaggar Museum
- The Thomas A. Jaggar Museum is a museum on volcanology with displays of equipment used by scientists in the past to study the volcano, working seismographs, and an exhibit
- Volcano Art Center
- Volcano Art Center lies next to the Kilauea visitor center. It is housed in the historic original Volcano House built in 1877. During the nineteenth century, many visitors to
Scenic
- Crater Rim Drive
- This 10.6-mile (17.1 km) road circles the summit caldera and takes you through desert and rain forest, and provides access to scenic stops and short walks. Allow one to
- Chain of Craters Road
- This 19-mile (30 km) one-way drive descends 3,700 feet (1,128 m) to the coast and ends where lava has covered 10-miles of road since 1983. Allow at least three
Campground
- Nämakanipaio Campground
- At 4,000 feet (1,213 m) in elevation. It is a large, open grassy area with tall eucalyptus and ?ohi?a trees. This campground has restrooms and water. Fires are allowed
- Kulanaokuaiki Campground
- At 3,200 feet (975 m). There are eight walk-in campsites with picnic tables?two are wheelchair accessible. There is an accessible vault toilet; however, no water is available and campfires
Trail
- Crater Rim Trail
- Crater Rim Trail encircles Kilauea's summit Caldera closely following the path of Crater Rim Road. This is a challenging and long day hike, that passes through varied terrain, including
- Devastation Trail
- Devastation Trail leads visitors one mile over the cinder out fall and through a forest recovering from Kilauea lki's 1959 eruption.
Along the path you'll find such volcanic formations as:
- Earthquake Trail
- This trail takes visitors along a one mile stretch of road that was destroyed by a magnitude 6.6 Mauna Loa earthquake in 1983. This route will take you past
- Halemaumau Trail
- Halemaumau Trail begins at the Kilauea Visitor Center, descends 400 feet through rain forest, crosses the desert-like Kilauea Caldera and ends at Halemaumau Overlook. The trail is three and
- Iliahi Trail
- Iliahi (Sandalwood) Trail leads through a rain forest, past steam vents and offers views of Kilauea Caldera, Halema'uma'u Crater and Mauna Loa. This hike is rated easy to moderate
- Kilauea Iki Trail
- The Kilauea Iki Trail descends 400 feet through rain forest, crosses the crater floor, passes Pu'u Pua'i cinder cone and returns via the crater's rim. This trail follows a
- Kipuka Puaulu Trail
- Kipuka Puaulu Trail is a short loop through an upland forest oasis surrounded by lava flows from Mauna Loa. This forest is an old-growth forest of koa and ohia
- Napau Trail
- Napau Trail begins on Chain of Craters Road at Mauna Ulu parking lot. It leads into the park backcountry and eastward to the East Rift Zone. Along the seven
- Puu Huluhulu Trail
- The Pu'u Huluhulu trail crosses 1973 and 1974 lava flows, through kipuka and passes lava trees. It climbs 150 feet to the summit of Pu'u Huluhulu Cinder Cone. On
- Puu Loa Petroglyphs Trail
- The trail to Pu'u Loa Petroglyphs leads two miles eastward from Chain of Craters Road. This trail traverses older lava flows to one of Hawai'i's most extensive petroglyph fields.
