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Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Day Hike - Devastation Trail

Devastation Trail

This trail is a paved path through a forested area that was devastated by falling cinder  from the spectacular lava fountains of the 1959 Kilauea lki eruption.

Of interest: Plants, birds, insects, cinder, olivine, Pele's hair and tears, tree molds, cinder and spatter cone.

  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Distance and hiking time: 1 mile roundtrip, 45 minutes
  • Distance from Visitor Center to trailhead: 4 miles.
  • Trail begins at the Devastation Trail parking lot on Crater Rim Drive or just beyond the end of the Pu`u Pua`i Overlook parking area.
  • Wheelchair and stroller accessible paved path.
  • Stay on the trail.
  • Do not climb the Pu`u Pua`i cinder cone.
 

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Last Updated: January 28, 2008 at 17:02 MST