Devastation Trail

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Features Birding · Views · Wildlife

This is an easy, stroller and wheelchair accessible paved path through a starkly beautiful recovering landscape that was buried by falling cinder from the spectacular lava fountains of the 1959 Klauea Iki eruption. It is interesting to see life recover in this once completely devastated space.

Access the trail from either the Pu'u Pua'i parking lot or the Devastation Trail parking lot, both of which are located off of Crater Rim Drive. Be sure to bring all of the necessities: water, sunscreen, hat, and possibly rain gear. Be prepared for all types of weather conditions from sunny and scorching to damp and windy.

Although this area was completely destroyed during the 1959 eruption when it was buried in cinder, life is nevertheless regaining hold on the foreboding landscape.