Highlight (Segment) • Trail
Footprints Trail — Kaʻū Desert
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This Highlight goes through a protected area
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Ka'u Desert Wilderness
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Zachary
October 17, 2023
Running
There is a shelter located 0.84 miles down the trail, marking a region where 200-year-old footprints of native Hawai'ians may be seen fossilized in lava. The footprints within the shelter were improperly preserved and are hard to make out, but the eagle eyed runner may be able to spot other well preserved footprints nearby. Once thought to mark the steps of a retreating army, the origin of the footprints is unknown.
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