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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Feb, Apr–Oct · highs 20–23 °C (68–73 °F)
- J20°17°233
- F20°16°185
- M20°17°268
- A20°17°179
- M21°18°129
- J22°18°78
- J22°19°128
- A23°20°124
- S23°19°145
- O22°19°169
- N22°19°279
- D21°17°260
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
- 6.6 km · 4.1 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain
- Keanabihopa (mountain, 646 m; GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 18 km SW of Volcano (Hawaii County, Hawaii) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
- Connects to
- Ka'aha Trail, Kaʻū Desert Trail (at its start or end)
- Best months
- Feb, Apr–Oct
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Hawaii
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 19.2951, -155.3089
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 centrePuʻukaone Trail
2.2 mi · 3.6 km · Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Hilina Pali Trail
3.0 mi · 4.9 km · Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Ka'aha Trail
3.2 mi · 5.2 km · Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Mauna Iki Trail
3.9 mi · 6.3 km · Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Kaʻū Desert Trail
4.4 mi · 7.0 km · Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Keauhou Trail
6.1 mi · 9.8 km · Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
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