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Kaʻū Desert Trail
On Maunaiki
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb, Apr–Oct · highs 21–25 °C (70–77 °F)
- J21°16°209
- F21°16°158
- M21°16°232
- A22°17°156
- M22°17°109
- J24°18°73
- J24°19°120
- A25°19°119
- S24°19°135
- O24°19°152
- N23°18°244
- D22°17°228
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Length
- 16 km · 10 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain
- Maunaiki (mountain, 921 m; GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 15 km NE of Pāhala (Hawaii County, Hawaii) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
- Connects to
- Ka'aha Trail, Kau Desert Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Feb, Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Hawaii
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 19.3123, -155.3735
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail centreMauna Iki Trail
4.1 mi · 6.7 km · Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Kau Desert Trail
4.4 mi · 7.0 km · Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Ka'aha Trail
5.4 mi · 8.7 km · Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Puʻukaone Trail
6 mi · 10 km · Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Hilina Pali Trail
7 mi · 12 km · Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Crater Rim Trail
10 mi · 16 km · Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
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