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0 0.1 0.5 1 Mile Hiking Distances Pu'unianiau Supply Trail to Halemau'u Trail 2.3 m / 3.7 km P Ranger station 378 Paved road (975 ft / 297 m elevation change) Hosmer Grove A Restrooms To Kahului .7 mi G Trail 1.1 km Halemau'u Trailhead to - (one way) Supply Hiking trail U Parking or overlook * valley rim: 1.1 miles / 1.8 km Park A Wheelchair accessible Headquarters Trail (400 ft / 123 m elevation change) L * Hölua: 3.7 miles / 5.9 km Visitor Center 3.5 mi Public telephone 5.6 km 1.1 mi O 7000ft - 2134m 1.8 km (1050 ft / 320 m elevation change) ' 1.1mi 1.8 km Trail segment Picnic area distances * Silversword Loop: 4.6 miles / 7.4 km Halemau'u Trailhead O Hiker pick-up 7990ft - 2436m (840 ft / 256 m elevation change) K Water (non-potable 3.5 mi 2.6 mi 5.6 km Road segment 4.2 km Hölua in Wilderness Area) Cabin distances * Kapalaoa: 7.2 miles / 11.6 km Leleiwi Overlook Primitive campsite (740 ft / 226 m elevation change) 8840ft - 2694m (permit required) Outhouse Outhouse * Palikü: 10.3 miles / 16.6 km Hölua Primitive cabin 6.1mi (permit required) (1619 ft / 493 m elevation change) 9.8 km Cabin and campsite 6940ft - 2115m Outhouse Ranger Palikü Shelter Ranger .15 mile / .24 km (one way) Campground Cabin Shelter Leleiwi Overlook: H a Campground l Kalahaku Overlook e Hanakauhi (50 ft / 15 m elevation change) 9324ft - 2842m m a 8907ft u 'u 2715m T Silversword No left turn ra Loop travelling uphill il Pä Ka'oao Trail: .2 mile / .32 km (one way)

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E Kawilinau il N Keonehe'ehe'e Trailhead to - (one way) Tra Honokahua T u R mau' 1.1 mi Y Haläli'i Hale * first overlook .25 mile / 0.4 km Nä Mana o ke Akua 1.8 km Haleakalä Pu'u o Mäui Pu'u Nole (50 ft / 15 m elevation change) Keonehe'ehe'e 6646ft Trailhead Kama'oli'i Pu'u Naue Visitor Center 2026m 'Ö'ilipu'u * Kapalaoa Cabin: 5.6 miles / 9 km 9740ft - 2969m 1.6 mi 2.6 km Ka Moa o 1.5 mi Palikü Ka Lu'u o ka 'Ö'ö 2.4 km Cabin and campsite (2490 ft / 759 m elevation change) Pu'u'ula'ula Pu'u Maile 6380ft - 1945m Summit Pä Ka'oao * Palikü: 9.2 miles / 14.8 km 10023ft - 3055m 2.2 mi KÏPAHULU VALLEY 3.5 km Pu'u o Pele BIOLOGICAL (3360 ft / 1024 mRESERVE elevation change) Keonehe'ehe'e (S 3.9 mi liding Sands) Trail CLOSED TO ENTRY 6.3 km K Haleakalä 1.7 mi 2.7 km Kapalaoa A Palikü to - (one way) Observatories Cabin Haleakalä (closed to public) Haupa'akea 7250ft - 2210m 8201ft U * Park Boundary in Kaupö Gap: 3.7 mi / 5.9 km 2500m 3.7 mi 9159ft 5.9 km 2792m P (2500 ft / 762 m elevation change)

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PARK BOUNDARY Haleakalä National Park 3880ft 1183m Summit Area Lower half of trail is on private land. Permission to pass is extended to hikers as a courtesy. Summit Area Headquarters Halemau`u Leleiwi Haleakalä Pu`u`ula`ula Kalahaku Hosmer Grove Visitor Center Trailhead Overlook Visitor Center Summit Overlook Haleakalä

National Park Elevation 6750ft/2059m Elevation 7000ft/2134m Elevation 7990ft/2436m Elevation 8840ft/2694m Elevation 9740ft/2969m Elevation 10,023ft/3055m Elevation 9324ft/2842m

Interpretive Programs are offered Just one mile below the This Visitor Center is usually The Halemau`u Trail begins A short, .5 mile (.8km) This small stone building at The top of the ! This overlook is a great place daily to help you get the most Headquarters Visitor Center the first stop for park visitors, here and leads through the round-trip trail begins across the edge of the cliff is a Here you can enjoy great to get out and take a look, from your visit. Check at the is the turn-off to Hosmer offering park information, shrubland to dramatic views the road from the parking historic visitor center – it has 360-degree views, ahinahina but it is only accessible when Headquarters Visitor Center for Grove. Here you can enjoy a permits, sales, interpretive at the valley rim before de- lot and brings you to a wind been sheltering park visitors (silversword), and an you are heading DOWN the the current schedule. short trail through the native program information and scending into the Wilderness shelter with an impressive since 1936. Park staff are enclosed viewing area to mountain. Please do not try shrubland habitat. This is a flush toilets. Area. This is the launching view of the cindercones and available from sunrise until get out of the wind. to turn into this overlook good place to look for at point for many backpacking cliffs of the Wilderness Area. 3pm daily to answer help you when you are up-bound, it is least four honeycreepers – If you are planning to hike trips, with overnight parking plan your visit and answer At 10,023 feet (3055m), a dangerous curve. If you plan to hike, be sure you are native forest birds which can in the park during your visit available. Be sure you have The ecosystem here is a your questions. Be sure to this is an extraordinary place prepared for the unique summit be spotted here regularly. please stop here to get the the necessary permits before boundary zone between the inquire about any interpre- for any celestial viewing – Great views down the conditions. You will be hiking in latest on trail conditions, beginning any overnight sub-alpine shrubland and tive programs that may be watch the clouds change, mountain are accessible a Wilderness Area where you are The small parking lot along safety information and any adventure. the alpine cinder-desert, with offered during your visit. take in a sunset, or enjoy an from the parking lot, or take responsible for your own safety. the Hosmer Grove Road is necessary permits. many unusual native species. unparalleled view of the stars. the short path and stairs to also the meeting point for A 2.2 mile (3.5km) round- The rocky landscape is home Just outside the Visitor a different perspective You need to carry sufficient water, the Waikamoi Preserve hikes This is also the best spot trip hike takes you through to rare endemic insects and Center the Pä Ka`oao Trail The `ähinahina, or silversword viewpoint of the cindercones sunscreen, first aid kit, clothing led by park staff. Inquire to get your Junior Ranger the native shrubland to the plants and the cliffs below leads 100 ft (30m) up to the can be seen here. This unique along the summit . appropriate for a sun-intense, at the Headquarters Visitor started on an engaging rim of the erosional valley the overlook are the seasonal top of great overlook point. plant grows as a compact On a clear day you might shade-free environment where you Center for availability as the self-guided children’s where the 1000 foot (305m) nesting grounds of `ua`u – Walk slowly up the .4 mile rosette for years before if spot the highest peaks of Preserve is strictly off-limits program. Ask at the desk cliff drops away below you endangered burrowing (.6km) round-trip trail – sends up an enormous Hawai`i Island in the distance, could be enveloped in thick clouds except with a guide. for a Junior Ranger book if revealing the volcanic history seabirds. If you visit at sunset you’ll quickly notice the high blooming stalk of purple Mauna Kea and , or rain with no notice. you are visiting with a child of the mountain. between the months of elevation conditions! flowers, signaling the end of 85 and 100 miles (137 and Temperatures can range from The Supply Trail is also 7 to 12 years old. March and October you may its lifecycle. It can take 5-50 169 km) to south-southeast. 30-80f degrees (0-27c) - on the accessible from this point, A popular 11-mile (17.8km) be lucky to hear the haunting On the opposite end of the years for the plant to bloom. same day. leading uphill through the The Hawai`i Natural History full-day hike ends at this calls of a bird returning to parking lot you will find the It relies on tiny native insect native alpine shrubland to Association, a non-profit trailhead, but begins at the its nest. A flashlight will see trailhead of Keonehe`ehe`e pollinators who live among meet up with the Halemau`u supporting the work of Keonehe`ehe`e Traihead you safely back to your car, Trail (Sliding Sands Trail). the rocks here. Please stay on Trail after 2.3 miles (3.7km). Haleakalä National Park, 7 miles (11km) up the but should never be used to This trail through the colorful the trails so that both plants Permits are required (and are has a sales outlet here road. The park cannot offer spotlight the birds. cinder desert leads deep and insects can continue their free) for overnight trips into the featuring high-quality shuttles for hikers, but one into the Wilderness Area partnership. Wilderness Area and are available educational books and way to do this hike is to take Obviously, all vistors must and can be a starting point at the Headquarters Visitor fun souvenirs. advantage of the “hiker pick- always stay on marked trails for a short stroll or a 3-day Center until 3pm daily. up” spot available here. Park here and throughout the backpacking trip. Want to know the name of in the lot, then walk across entire park. This is a very something you saw? Stop by the road and follow the short sensitive environment – and talk with us! path to the marked pull-off especially for those who area along the road. Another make it their home. In an emergency, call 9-1-1. park visitor can now give you A payphone is available at the a lift to the Haleakalä Visitor Why stay on trail? These areas are Headquarters Visitor Center. Center where you can start significant to those who live here. You are visiting your trip. We strongly recom- a park with sensitive cultural sites and the home of mend that you leave your car here at this trailhead’s some of the world’s rarest species of plants and Come prepared. No food, water or parking lot early in the day animals. Haleakalä National Park is here to protect gas is sold in the park. before you begin your hike. these sites, these species and their habitats. Please Getting a ride from another be respectful and help us protect these resources by visitor is much easier in the walking only on marked trails at all times. morning than later in the day For information on seasonal when there are fewer drivers It’s the law. visitor center hours: heading up the mountain. 808-572-4400 www.nps.gov/hale