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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
No month meets all three rules below at this spot.
- J5°-5°148
- F5°-5°116
- M6°-5°162
- A6°-5°146
- M8°-3°99
- J10°-3°121
- J10°-2°181
- A10°-1°179
- S10°-1°154
- O9°-2°147
- N7°-3°183
- D6°-5°182
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
- 4.2 km · 2.6 mi (agency length field)
- Source
- USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- Data from
- National Park Service
- Mountain
- Mauna Loa Summit Cairn (mountain, 4,161 m; GeoNames)
- Nearest town
- 30 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
- 19.4934, -155.5770
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.
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Mauna Loa Trail
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Mauna Iki Trail
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