Thurston Lava Tube, Volcanoes National Park, Hawai'i

Date	Distance	Time	Elevation Gain	Average Moving Time	Year to Date Miles
4/14/2026	0.4 miles	12 minutes	57'	2.1 mph	96.9

Parking: 

• Thuston Lava Tube, Crater Rim Drive

Map:

• Gaia GPS app
• National Park map 

Directions:

• Cross the street and follow the signs for the lava tube. It is a loop hike.

After visiting the sea arch, we decided to do a night hike of the lava tube. We had done this hike before, but we wanted to do it when the lights inside the lava tube go out, at 8pm. We got there a few minutes too early, but we did the hike anyways. The lights in the lava tube were still on. We had a group of people follow us - they also wanted to hike the lava tube, but they had no headlamps, so they hiked in and out using the light from ours. After the hike, we returned to our cabin.