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Visitor's Center
Volcano Art Center Gallery
Crater Rim Drive
Kilauea Iki Trail
Thurston Lava Tube
Halema`uma`u Crater

Our Favorite Places In The Park

Halema`uma`u Crater
This is one of Hawai`i island's most sacred and awe-inspiring places. When you look inside the giant crater, try to imagine it as it was from 1905 to 1924 when it was filled with a lake of molten lava. Prior to 1924 the crater was only 1,500 feet in diameter. Suddenly in 1924 the lake began draining. Huge chunks of the crater's walls and floor fractured and collapsed into the pit. Then groundwater entered the hot cracks in the walls and floor and boiled up creating steam that caused repeated explosions for over a week. The large blocks of lava that now dot the landscape shot out of the crater that week. All of this short-term upheaval opened Halema`uma`u Crater to its present diameter of 3,000 feet. At that time its depth was 1,200 feet, but subsequent eruptions have filled the crater to a depth of 280 feet.

A final word about visiting the volcano-- this is a rough and wild place. And it is also a place held sacred by the Hawaiian people. Follow the park's safety guidelines and please show honor and respect for the privilege you have of visiting this place.

For detailed information to help you plan your visit see the Park's web site at www.hawaii.volcanoes.national-park.com or call the visitor's center at (808) 985-6000.

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