Trails › North America › United States of America › Hawaii › Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
North Pit Trail
North Pit Trail other trails nearby (tap a dot to open it)
Get directions · Google MapsApple Maps
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain) · OpenStreetMap · Basemap: OpenFreeMap (OpenMapTiles, © OSM contributors).
7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
No month meets all three rules below at this spot.
- J6°-4°144
- F6°-5°114
- M6°-5°158
- A7°-4°143
- M8°-3°97
- J10°-2°119
- J11°-1°177
- A11°-1°175
- S10°-1°150
- O9°-2°142
- N8°-3°178
- D6°-4°178
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
- 4.9 km · 3.0 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Nearest town
- 31 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo (Hawaii County, Hawaii) · GeoNames
- Park or forest
- Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
- Connects to
- Observatory Trail (at its start or end)
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Hawaii
- Continent
- North America
- Route centre
- 19.5040, -155.5784
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.