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Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Nāhuku Lava Tube
- Type: Place
A 500-year old cave where a river of lava once flowed.
Tumacácori National Historical Park
Melhok Ki (ocotillo and mud house)
- Type: Place
The O'odham word for house is "ki" (kee). Melhok (pronounced moo' ro) is the word for the plant known in Spanish and English as "ocotillo." The particular structure that you see here is a modern construction of a traditional O'odham dwelling, made of mesquite timbers, ocotillo sticks, and mud.
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Maunaiki Trail
- Type: Place
The Maunaiki Trail is a 16-mile one-way hike through lava fields to the Mauna Iki and Puʻu Koaʻe cones, showcasing the park's distinctive volcanic landscapes and ecosystems.
Craters Of The Moon National Monument & Preserve
Robert Limbert
- Type: Person
Robert Limbert, one of the most famous Idahoans, made multiple trips into what is now Craters of the Moon to map, photograph, film, and write about his findings in this incredible place.
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Entrance Station
- Type: Place
The entrance station at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park is an essential starting point for any park visit and is where you are required to purchase an entrance pass or present an existing pass to gain access to the park.
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Volcano House
- Type: Place
The historic Volcano House hotel has existed in various places and forms on the rim of Kīlauea since 1846
Workforce Management
National Parks of the Pacific Islands
- Type: Article
Writing Prompt: Article written by Jadyn Pando for "A Day in the Life of a Fellow" Article Series. Jadyn is a NPS Workforce Management Fellow, in partnership with Northwest Youth Corps
- Type: Article
Between 1915 and 1917, six companies of the 25th Infantry were present in what is now Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. In that time, they assisted in investigations of a lava lake at Halemaʻumaʻu, were among the first soldiers to visit Kilauea Military Camp, and constructed the precursor to the modern day Mauna Loa Trail, which still exists today.
- Type: Article
Nonexplosive calderas are located at the summit of most large shield volcanoes, like Kīlauea and Mauna Loa in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park. They form during VEI 0-1 (Effusive to Severe) eruptions that drain the shallow magma chambers located beneath them. Nonexplosive calderas can contain pit craters, which are smaller collapse structures, as well as lava lakes that can be active for periods of time.
- Type: Article
Shield volcanoes are typically very large volcanoes with very gentle slopes made up of basaltic lava flows. Mauna Loa and Kilauea in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park are shield volcanoes.
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Uēkahuna
- Type: Place
Uēkahuna is an important site for Native Hawaiian ritual and cultural practice. At the highest point on the rim it presents visitors with spectacular vistas of Kaluapele, Mauna Loa, and surrounding areas.
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Kīlauea Iki Overlook
- Type: Place
The Kīlauea Iki Overlook peers into the volcanic crater that hosted the jawdropping lava fountains and lava lake in 1959.
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Devastation Trail
- Type: Place
The Devastation Trail meanders gently through a landscaped covered in cinders from the 1959 eruption of Kīlauea Iki
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Puʻupuaʻi Overlook
- Type: Place
Look into Kīlauea Iki crater from a perch next to the massive cinder cone created by lava fountains in 1959
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Hilina Pali Overlook
- Type: Place
This CCC-era stone shelter sits on the southern flank of Kīlauea with dramatic, sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean and coast below.
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Kaʻauea
- Type: Place
Kaʻauea is a place on the northern rim of Kīlauea, referenced in Hawaiian chants and oral histories going back hundreds of years.Today it is home to a kahua hula platform and a newly constructed hale, a traditional-style Hawaiian house.
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Kūpinaʻi Pali (Waldron Ledge)
- Type: Place
Trail along an old road damaged by an earthquake in 1983 with panoramic views of Kaluapele
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
The Kahuku Unit
- Type: Place
Located on the volatile shoulders of Mauna Loa, the Kahuku ranch was once one of the biggest cattle ranches in Hawaiʻi, producing beef and hides for more than 150 years.
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Volcano Art Center Gallery (1877 Volcano House)
- Type: Place
The first western-style building on the rim of Kīlauea, currently housing the Volcano Art Center gallery
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Ainahou Ranch House and Gardens Cultural Landscape
- Type: Article
The 'Ainahou Ranch House and Gardens is located within Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, approximately four miles south and down slope from Kilauea Caldera. The 13.3-acre historic site sits within a native mesic forest at an elevation of 3000 feet. Within this forest, gardens that surround a unique craftsman house create an exotic setting which reflects the site's development by renowned horticulturalist, Herbert C. Shipman from 1941 to 1971.