Trail to Napau crater
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 22.47 mi
- Elevation gain
- 285 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Difficult
- Elevation loss
- 571 ft
- Max elevation
- 3,398 ft
- TrailRank
- 30
- Min elevation
- 0 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Time
- 3 hours 4 minutes
- Coordinates
- 142
- Uploaded
- September 12, 2008
- Recorded
- August 2008
near Volcano, Hawaii (United States)
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Itinerary description
This is ca. 7 miles (one way) hike to Napau crater in Volcano NP. It starts from the parking lot and goes to the overview of the active volcano Puu Oo. Since a shorter hike (from outside of Volcano NP) to it is closed, this is the best way to get there. Potentially, you can hike around Napau crater closer to Puu Oo, but it is hard to do in one day. Most of the hike till Makaopuhi crater is on the recent lava field and on the open sun. The last 2 miles you would be going through the jungle.
GPS was only turned on for short time periods to save battery, so use trail markings and common sense
GPS was only turned on for short time periods to save battery, so use trail markings and common sense
Waypoints
Car park
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Napau trail start
Parking lot
Panorama
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Old pulu factory
Old factory walls
Panorama
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Napau crater overlook
You can view Puu Oo - the actual active volcano from here. There is a campgound near the overlook
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