| Date |
Distance |
Time |
Elevation Gain |
Average Moving Time |
Year to Date Miles |
| 4/13/2026 |
3.1 miles |
2 hours 14 minutes |
300' |
1.9 mph |
87.8 |
Parking: - Devastation Trailhead, Intersection of Chain of Craters Road and Crater Rim Drive
Map:- Gaia GPS app
- National Park map
- There are multiple trails starting from this trailhead. Take the Byron Ledge Trail. Pass the Kilauea Iki Spur. Pass the Byron Ledge Spur. Descend down to the crater floor. Walk a short way across the crater floor. Turn around at the intersection with the Halemaumau Trail which leads away from the crater.
Someone recommended hikes from the Devastation Trailhead to us. There were multiple ones, and we started with this one. It was hot out. I did my best to cover myself in sunscreen, whereas my friends wore sun hoodies. The hike goes along the edge of the crater where the eruptions have been happening. And then it descends to go briefly across the crater floor. Say what? This was crazy and exhilarating. We could clearly see equipment on the crater floor - scientific equipment and maybe cameras (there are live webcams from the crater floor that are played inside the Volcano House). So cool! Loved, loved, loved this experience!
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We saw these signs in a few places.
This is saying to go view eruptions from the trail behind us (Old Crater Rim Drive) |
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| We took the Byron Ledge Trail next to the Halema-uma'u Crater |
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| Pink Knotweed |
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| Ohi'a Lehua |
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| We are now on the crater floor! Mind blown! |
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| Shiny reticulite from previous eruptions. |
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| And we lived to take a group photo lol |
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| Back off the crater floor, we came across this bird on the trail |
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| This may have been from the next hike...not sure. |
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| Bamboo Orchid |
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| Pu'upua'i Cinder Cone |
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