Palm trail, lower trailhead Loop via Palm trail
2.7 mi
Distance
1 hrs 35 min
Time
terrain
338 ft
Elev Gain
Overview
Hike or ride your bike through scenic pastures and along the eruption fissure from the devastating 1868 eruption of Mauna Loa.
On the evening of April 7th, 1868, five days after the 7.9-magnitude earthquake, lava burst forth from a fissure on the Kahuku Ranch, about ten miles inland from the coast. The main lava flow was about a mile wide, with three smaller branches and managed to reach the ocean within four hours.
Getting Started
The trailhead begins in the Kuhuku unit of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
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