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738  ALASK A & HA W AI ‘ I

Hawai‘i threat to visitors. However, you
should stay out of closed areas;
Spreading over 4,035 sq miles (10,450 sq km), the island of no one knows how long the
Hawai‘i, also known as the Big Island, is more than twice the flow will continue or where it
size of all the other islands combined. Its natural wonders will next erupt.
include the earth’s most massive mountain, Mauna Loa,
which rises over 30,000 ft (9,150 m) from the ocean floor,
and Kīlauea, the most active volcano on earth, both of which
form part of the Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. Equally
fascinating are the island’s well-preserved cultural sites
within the Pu‘uhonua O Hōnaunau National Historical Park.
0 Hawai‘i (4,169-m) summit of Mauna Loa,
Volcanoes 150 miles (240 km) of hiking
National Park trails, and vast tracts of
wilderness that preserve some
Hawai‘i Belt Road (Hwy 11). Open of the world’s rarest species
24 hours daily. &  Kīlauea Visitor of flora and fauna. But it is
Center: Tel (808) 985-6000. Kīlauea Caldera and the lava
Open 7:45am–5pm daily. 7 Jaggar flows of its furious East Rift Zone
Museum: Tel (808) 985-6049. that draw most visitors. Two
Open 8:30am–8:30pm daily. 7 roads – Crater Rim Drive,
Volcano Art Center: Tel (808) 967- which loops around the caldera,
7565, (866) 967-7565. Open 9am– and Chain of Craters Road,
5pm daily. Closed Dec 25. 7 = which descends through the Lava fountains spewing from Kīlauea
Volcano House Hotel: Tel (808) 967-
7321. 7 0 ∑ nps.gov/havo recent outpourings – form a during the 1983 eruption
gigantic drive-through museum.
Encompassing about a quarter The present eruption started Key
of a million acres, this national in 1983 and produces slow- Major road
park includes the 13,677-ft moving lava, which poses no Minor road
Hiking trail
Steam vents
Kīlauea military camp 0 meters 1000
0 yards 1000
Hawai'i Belt Road Kīlauea Visitor Center & Volcano
Kīlauea Overlook
Art Center
Crater Rim Drive
MAUNA LOA Volcano House Hotel
Jaggar Museum Crater Rim Trail Sandalwood Trail VOLCANO
VILLAGE
NA'ALEHU
HILO
Crater Rim Drive
Hale ma'uma'u Trail J
KIL AUEA CALDER A Cra ter Rim Trail
J KIL AUEA
CR ATER
Kilauea iki Trail
Byron Ledge Trail Devastation Tr ail
Halem a'uma'u Trail
HALEMA'UMA'U J
CRATER

KEANAK AO'I
CR ATER Chain of Craters Road Thurston
Lava Tube
Crater Rim Drive
Crater Rim Trail EAST RIST
ZONE
Kīlauea Iki
Halema‘uma‘u Overlook Devastation Trail overlook
For keys to symbols see back flap

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