![]() This pool isn’t high on my list and I only recommend stopping by if you are staying a week or more and want to spend a full day visiting the lave flows in Kalapana and have extra time to take the long way home along the coast on Highway 137. This is a park deep in Pahoa for those that are looking to spend the time to travel to this area. Simply head down 132 about 5 miles and it ends. ![]() ![]() The lava blocked out huge blocks of this highway with a 20 foot tall lava river. This was the road that used to take to down to the coast and south along the coast to the popular Champagne Ponds tide pools. Stop 1: End of Highway 132 and Lava Tree National MonumentĪs you head down highway 130 after Pahoa you will turn left on highway 132. If you are simply staying on a public road closer to the flow, nobody is going to get excited. You will see many “No Trespassing” signes, but use your judgement. A great video that is summarizes the activity was created by the USGS and can be viewed here:Īfter September, 2018 the activity is over, but there are interesting steam vents and up close road closures to witness. From May to September, 2018 lava drained from Mauna Kea and Pu’u o’o crater drained out and a new rift zone opened toward the coast in Leilana Estates.
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