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It’s been funny talking to people about their trips to Maui and how few people actually visit Haleakala National Park. I think visiting the volcano and its waterfalls are some of the best things ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Take a look at what fell in Upcountry Maui Friday. Cassie Coffin shared photos of hail on the ground at the entrance to Haleakala National Park. She took the photos at ...
The volcanic activity that began building Haleakala started about 2 million years ago, the volcano observatory said. Maui’s other main mountain, the West Maui Mountains, is considered extinct.
“Haleakala being a moderate threat is not at the top of the USGS list for adding instrumentation, but it is certainly not forgotten.” Volcano observatory officials travel to Maui every few ...
A view of the sun setting below the clouds on the top of Haleakala, a volcano on the island of Maui in Hawaii. (Kelsey Jukam/Courthouse News) (CN) — A Maui court has ruled that the historic Haleakala ...
Susan Seubert Entering Haleakala Crater, the enormous mouth of Maui’s largest volcano, in the Hawaiian Islands, feels like an exercise in sensory deprivation. At the crater floor, a desolate ...
Sharael Kolberg As a top attraction on Maui, Haleakala National Park is home to a dormant volcano crater with its desert-like landscape, sacred sites and a waterfall-laden tropical oasis near the ...
Maui's Haleakala volcano and the rest of the Hawaiian Islands formed out of molten lava as the Pacific plate drifted over the hotspot as three to four inches a year. Map Source: TASA Graphic Arts ...
West Maui and Molokai boast some of the ... The Cycle to the Sea ride starts on the Haleakala volcano at 6,700 feet above sea level, then rides down the mountain along hairpin turns and winding ...
On Maui, sit above the clouds and watch the sunrise from 10,023 feet up at the summit of Mount Haleakala. This impressive shield volcano covers more than 75 percent of the island and is home to ...