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.
