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HAWAII NATURE NOTES
THE PUBLICATION OF THE
NATURALIST DIVISION, HAWAII NATIONAL PARK
AND THE HAWAII NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION



JUNE 1959

MILEAGES

RoadsMiles

Park Boundary to:

Silversword Inn1.0

Hosmer Grove1.5

Park Headquarters2.0

Halemauu Trail5.6

Leleiwi Overlook8.4

Kalahaku Overlook10.1

Observatory12.1

Red Hill (Summit)12.8

CAA Station13.8

Halemauu Trail
Miles

Silversword Inn to:

Halemauu Trail Junction2.9

Holua Visitor Cabin5.9


Haleakala Park Road to:


Holua Visitor Cabin3.9


Holua Visitor Cabin to:


Silversword Loop9

Bottomless Pit2.3

Bubble Cave3.3

Kapalaoa Visitor Cabin3.8

Paliku Visitor Cabin6.3

Kaupo Village14.1

Sliding Sands Trail
Miles

Observatory to:

Holua Visitor Cabin7.4

Kapalaoa Visitor Cabin5.8

Bubble Cave6.5

Paliku Visitor Cabin9.8

Kaupo Village17.5

Miscellaneous Mileages:
Miles

Holua Visitor Cabin to Kapalaoa Visitor Cabin3. 8

Kapalaoa Visitor Cabin ta Paliku Visitor Cabin4.0

Paliku Visitor Cabin to Holua Visitor Cabin (Direct Route via Halemauu Trail)6.3

White Hill0.2

Crater Overlook Trail350 (feet)


A FEW STATISTICS

Area of the Crater19 Square miles
Circumference of the Crater20 Miles
Extreme length of the Crater7-1/2 Miles
Extreme width of the Crater2-1/2 Miles
Elevation of the summit of Red Hill10,005 Feet
Elevation of Puu o Maui8,133 Feet
Elevation of Park Boundary, Kaupo Trail3,847 Feet
Elevation of Park Boundary, Koolau Gap6,450 Feet
Area of the Haleakala Section, Hawaii National Park26.7 Square miles
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