Hikes in Maui (Hiking Trails)

Hiking Haleakala on Maui

On Maui you can hike up at 10,000 feet where you will be above the clouds, or you can hike at sea level, whether by the ocean on impeccable sandy beaches, or inland in amazing landscapes of waterfalls, wilderness, and peace.

Iao Valley State Park

Trailhead Directions: Main Street to the end.
Type:
1 mile hike round trip.

Highlights:
Iao Needle

Nakallele Blowhole

Trailhead Directions: Highway 30. 16 miles N. of Lahaina.
Type:
1 mile hike round trip.

Highlights:
lava formations, blowhole.
lava formations, blowhole.

Makaluapuna Point / Flemming Beach

Trailhead Directions: Highway 30, 9 miles past Lahaina. Turn left past Kapalua to Flemming Beach.
Type:
1.5 mile hike round trip .

Highlights:
Lava formations, tide pools.

Olowalu Petroglyphs

Trailhead Directions: Highway 30. 6 miles S. of Lahaina.
Type:
1 mile hike round trip.

Highlights:
Hawaiian petroglyphs

 

Things To Do Hikes in MauiHaleakala

Hiking trails in and around dormant volcano.

Hosmer Grove

Trailhead Directions: N. end of visitor parking area.
Type:
round trip: 1 mile, easy stroll.

Highlights:
Cedar, eucalyptus, spruce, pine, and junipers.

Halemauu Crater Rim Overlook

Trailhead Directions: From parking area.
Type:
2 miles round trip.

Highlights:
Views across Koolau Gap, Keanae Valley to the ocean.

Leleiwi Overlook

Trailhead Directions: On curve.
Type:
250 yards.

Highlights:
Views from Hana to Kihei and beyond.

Kalahaku Overlook

Trailhead Directions:Kalahaku Overlook parking area.
Type:
: Easy & short (60 yards).

Highlights:
Views of  cinder cones, silversword plants, exhibits of crater cones and lava flows.

White Hill

Trailhead Directions: Visitor Center parking lot.
Type:
1/2 mile round trip.

Highlights:
views in every direction.

Sliding Sands

Trailhead Directions: Visitor Center.
Type:
2 miles or further round trip.

Highlights:
Vastness inside crater.

Puu  Ulaula  (Red Hill)

Trailhead Directions: parking area.
Type:
200 yards

Highlights:
Highest spot on Maui. Overwhelming views of crater, Lanai, Molokai and Big Island.

Waikamoi Ridge Loop

Trailhead Directions: Between mile markers 9 and 10.
Type:
1 mile.

Highlights:
bamboo forest, huge paperbark, eucalyptus trees, picnicking.

Puohokamoa Falls

Trailhead Directions: Paia to mile marker 11.
Type:
300 yards.

Highlights:
waterfall, swimming pools, picnic area.

Keanae Arboretum

Trailhead Directions: Paia to mile marker 16.
Type:
3 miles.

Highlights:
Arboretum, domestic & foreign plants. Flowering & fruit-bearing plants.

Puaa

Trailhead Directions: Mile marker 22.
Type:
1/4 mile.

Highlights:
several picnic areas, waterfall, two swimming pools.

Waianapanapa State Park

Trailhead Directions: 17 miles past Keanae Arboretum.
Type:
1 mile round trip.

Highlights:
caves, swimming, lava.

Makahiku and Waimoku Falls

Trailhead Directions: 7 miles past Hana.
Type:
4 miles.

Highlights:
Waimoku Falls.

Oheo Gulch Pools

Trailhead Directions: 7 miles past Hana.
Type:
0.6 mile hike round trip.

Highlights:
Swimming & sunbathing.

Puu Olal Mavens Beach

Trailhead Directions: Makena State Beach.
Type:
1 mile hike round trip.

Highlights:
Views of Lanai, Molokini, and Kahoolawe. Tidepools and lava formations.

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