Kīlauea Iki West Overlook – Kīlauea Iki Crater Trail loop from Kīlauea Iki

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Kīlauea Iki West Overlook – Kīlauea Iki Crater Trail loop from Kīlauea Iki

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Kīlauea Iki West Overlook – Kīlauea Iki Crater Trail loop from Kīlauea Iki

03:32

12.4km

280m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 10, 2026

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Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

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Parking

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799 m

Kīlauea Iki West Overlook

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Hikers look into the crater of Kīlauea Iki, or "Little Kīlauea", which last erupted in 1959. The flat base of the crater below used to be a lava lake; elevated …

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1.58 km

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1.97 km

Lava field

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Very nice tour, but you can't do it like that anymore because the volcano 🌋 has woken up again.

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2.68 km

Uēaloha (Byron Ledge Trail) to Halema'uma'u Crater

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A very nice way through the former lava fields. You can see how the ironwood trees manage to drive them out despite the enormous heat.

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5.63 km

Crater Viewpoint

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Currently best place to view lava at the end of a mile road walk.

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9.32 km

Kīlauea Iki Crater Trail

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Like a lunar landscape! Too beautiful!!!

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11.4 km

Fern Forest in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

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the forest of giant ferns forms a green contrast to the lava desert on the crater floor

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11.6 km

Fern Rainforest

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A small, beautiful rainforest stretches above the Lava Tube. The asphalt path leads to the entrance of the lava tube through the rainforest.

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12.3 km

Kīlauea Iki East Overlook

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In clear skies a great view of the caldera. An easy way to walk with kids too

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12.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.78 km

2.46 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.62 km

2.89 km

1.88 km

Elevation

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Highest point (1,200 m)

Lowest point (1,060 m)

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Tuesday 6 October

27°C

17°C

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Kīlauea Iki West Overlook – Kīlauea Iki Crater Trail loop from Kīlauea Iki

Kīlauea Iki West Overlook

Lava field

Uēaloha (Byron Ledge Trail) to Halema'uma'u Crater

Crater Viewpoint

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