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Kīlauea Iki Crater Trail – Kīlauea Iki West Overlook loop from Kilauea Military Camp

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Hawaiʻi County

Volcano

Kīlauea Iki Crater Trail – Kīlauea Iki West Overlook loop from Kilauea Military Camp

Hard

2.5

(10)

hikers

Kīlauea Iki Crater Trail – Kīlauea Iki West Overlook loop from Kilauea Military Camp

05:04

17.9km

390m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 15, 2026

Tips

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Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.95 km

Crater Rim Trail

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Definitely impressive, the view of the Kilauea crater, even if it's not active, like ours unfortunately.

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4.56 km

Kaluapele Crater

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Nice path with great views

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5.83 km

View of the Kīlauea eruption zone

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easy to reach super viewpoint for the view of the eruption zone

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6.51 km

Kīlauea Caldera North Overlook

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Hikers have a view across Kīlauea Caldera to Halemaʻumaʻu crater, Kīlauea's active lava pit. The caldera is about two miles across.

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10.3 km

Kīlauea Iki Crater Trail

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Like a lunar landscape! Too beautiful!!!

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12.6 km

Nāhuku (Thurston Lava Tube)

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The 180m long walk-in cave has a special origin: it is a lava cave. So go through it and become aware that 500 years ago hot lava flowed through it.

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13.6 km

Kīlauea Iki East Overlook

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In clear skies a great view of the caldera. An easy way to walk with kids too

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14.0 km

Viewpoint

14.5 km

Hikers look into the crater of Kīlauea Iki, or "Little Kīlauea", which last erupted in 1959. The flat base of the crater below used to be a lava lake; elevated areas of the lakebed were once floating islands of rock which collapsed from the crater walls into the molten lake.

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17.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.1 km

3.40 km

1.39 km

1.25 km

469 m

230 m

Surfaces

5.58 km

5.55 km

3.24 km

1.83 km

1.15 km

475 m

Elevation

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Today

Thursday 9 July

23°C

12°C

59 %

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Kīlauea Iki Crater Trail – Kīlauea Iki West Overlook loop from Kilauea Military Camp

Crater Rim Trail

Kaluapele Crater

View of the Kīlauea eruption zone

Kīlauea Caldera North Overlook

Kīlauea Iki Crater Trail

Nāhuku (Thurston Lava Tube)

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