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Map of Haleakalā National Park in Hawaii. The park is outlined and highlighted in green with the surrounding area in tan. The park has multiple arms that extend from the main park area towards the Pacific Ocean on the bottom right to just past Koʻolau Gap on the left. Dashed lines represent trails, and red lines are for roads.

Extended Description

Starting on the left side of the park, State Highway 378 winds into the northernmost area of the park. Now heading southward, it passes Hosmer Grove, where a campground, a picnic area, and self-guiding trails are available. Next, State Highway 378 passes the Park Headquarters Visitor Center (elevation: 7,000 feet, 2,134 meters), which is wheelchair accessible and where a public telephone is located.

Now zigzagging up the mountain ridge, State Highway 378 passes the Halemauʻu Trailhead (elevation: 7,990 feet, 2,436 meters), Leleiwi Overlook (elevation: 8,840 feet, 2,694 meters), and Kalahaku Overlook (elevation: 9,324 feet, 2,842 meters), before ending just past the Haleakalā Visitor Center (elevation: 9,740 feet, 2,969 meters). The Visitor Center is wheelchair accessible. Just past the Visitor Center is the Sliding Sands Trailhead, Puʻuʻulaʻula Summit (elevation: 10,023 feet, 3,055 meters), and the Haleakalā Observatories, which lie outside the park and are closed to the public.

From its trailhead, the Sliding Sands Trail heads east into the park’s Wilderness Area and passes Pā Kaʻoao, Magnetic Peak (elevation: 10,008 feet, 3,050 meters), and several cinder cones: from left to right, Ka Luʻu o ka ʻŌʻō, Kamaʻoliʻi, Puʻu o Māui, and Puʻu o Pele. It then splits into several interconnected trails that weave throughout the area. One branch heads north to link up with the Halemauʻu Trail, which from here extends both eastward to the other end of the trail cluster and northward to the Halemauʻu Trailhead; along this latter route, it passes the short Silversword Loop trail and the Hōlua cabin and primitive campsite (permit required), which sits at an elevation of 6,940 feet or 2,115 meters. A smaller trail, the Supply Trail, branches off from the Halemauʻu Trail near the Halemauʻu Trailhead and ends near Hosmer Grove.

Back in the Wilderness Area, the network of trail weaves through several more cinder cones dispersed throughout the area. From left to right, these cinder cones are Ka Moa o Pele, Halāliʻi, Puʻu Naue, Puʻu Nole, Puʻu Kumu, Mauna Hina, Nā Mana o ke Akua, Puʻu Maile, Honokahua, ʻŌʻilipuʻu, and Kaluaiki.

Back on the Sliding Sands Trail, the trail continues east through the Wilderness Area, passes Kapalaoa Cabin (elevation: 7250 feet, 2210 meters), and ends at its intersection with Halemauʻu Trail, which is situated at an elevation of 6,646 feet or 2,026 meters.

From this point, the trail becomes the Kaupō Trail (elevation 3,880 feet, 1,183 meters) and heads east to the Palikū Cabin and campsite (elevation: 6380 feet, 1945 meters), then down through the Kaupō Gap. It then travels southward out of the park to an unpaved road that leads into the town of Kaupō. A note reads that the lower half of the trail outside the park is on private land. Permission to pass is extended to hikers as a courtesy.

Back at the Palikū Cabin is a thick white line representing another administrative boundary within the park, found to the east just beyond the campsite. Starting from Kalapawili Ridge in the north, the boundary follows a ridge that runs towards the southeast and cuts off most of the easternmost quarter of the park as a distinct subunit, the Kīpahulu Valley Biological Reserve, which is closed to entry, from the rest of Haleakalā National Park.

A small portion of the parkʻs southeastern tip along the coast by Kukui Bay and Puhilele Point is open to the public. This section contains the Kīpahulu Visitor Center, which has a campground, ranger station, picnic area, and public telephone, as well as Kūloa Point, pools, ʻOheʻo Gulch, and the start of the Pīpīwai Trail. The trails winds up along the Palikea Stream, passing the Falls at Makahiku and ending at Waimoku Falls just before it reaches the boundary of the restricted biological reserve.

Legend

Along the top of the map is a scale that measures 0.1, 0.5, and 1 kilometer and 0.1, 0.5, and 1 mile.

To the right of the scale is a legend that reads as follows:

Red line for Paved road,

Red line with black semicircle for Parking or overlook,

Dashed gray line for Unpaved road,

Dashed black line for Trail, and

Black circular outline for Cinder cone.

To the right of the legend are eight symbols for Picnic area, Ranger station, Wheelchair-accessible, Self-guiding trail, Campground, Primitive campsite (permit required), Public telephone, and Airport.