Friday, May 30, 2014

Kealakomo - Chain of Craters Road - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park


Kealakomo provides an overlook and picnic tables at mile 9.8 on Chain of Craters Road in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.  The is also the beginning of the 4-mile Nāulu Trail to Makaopuhi Crater and a connection to the Nāpau Trail.  We stopped during our February 2014 visit to the park.

Picnic platform

Grassland, lava fields and the sea

The darker lava from the 1974 flow is more recent than the brown lava

Lava fields and the coastline

A mile past Kealakomo, lava covers a scenic overlook on the road

An entrance fee of $10 provides a seven-day pass to visit the park.  Other entrance options include the Hawai`i Tri-park Annual Pass for $25 for twelve month access to three parks in Hawai'i, an America the Beautiful Annual Pass for $80 for twelve months access to most national parks and forests or a Senior Pass for a one-time fee of $10 for those age 62 or over for access to most national parks and forests.

The park website is http://www.nps.gov/havo/index.htm.

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