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| | Backcountry hiking here in Hawaii is a must. Can’t wait to get out in the fresh air, Crater Rim Trail in Hawaii County, Hawaii is such a perfect place. Here in Hawaii backpacking is the great thing to do. A normal amount of precipitation falls here at Crater Rim Trail; throughout January this region sees the most rain; June is when it's the driest. Now, this is roughly a 1.5-day trek, so better have big backpack to fit all the stuff you need. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. The total elevation difference for |
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this backcountry hiking trail is 474 feet, and that is lower than average. You spend the whole hike in roughly the same elevation zone, so you won’t have to worry about different climate zones along your hike. Summertime brings highs in the 60's to Crater Rim Trail, and the nighttime
| | is quite cooler of course, regularly in the 50's. High temperatures all through the wintertime are normally in the 60's while Crater Rim Trail nighttime low temperatures all through the wintertime are in the 40's. This is a vicinity covered with lots of great outdoors hiking trails. This is a long great outdoors hiking trail, so make sure you bring plenty of supplies. Every backpacking and hiking trail in Hawaii is different from the others. Sometimes this great outdoors hiking trail gets really dry, so don’t forget to check for any current fire restrictions | |
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before you go. Crater Rim Trail is a very long wilderness hiking trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this great outdoors hiking trail pleasant for hard core backpackers looking for adventure. Hiking and backpacking trails for backpacking, and backpacking
can be found all over Hawaii, and one of those is Crater Rim Trail in Hawaii County. Crater Rim Trail is not very in close proximity to Hilo at all, but it is a perfect retreat from the town. Being 10.6 miles long; it's longer than many backpacking and hiking trails.
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about the general area: A good location in the vicinity of Crater Rim Trail is Kahele, and do schedule some time to pop by Halap if you have a chance. Some perfect nature is available in Klauea Forest Reserve; don’t forget to pop by Ka Desert if you're here at Crater Rim
Trail. The panoramas at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park will blow your mind. You'll need more than a day to discover everything Crater Rim Trail has to offer, you can camp at Nmakanipaio Campground.
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Location of Trailhead: Latitude 19.43, Longitude -155.2821 - - Directions and Road Map
Total hiking length = 10.6 miles
Total climbing distance = 5.4 miles
Difficulty : Difficult
Casual Hiking Pace:
1.5 days
Fast Hiking Pace:
5.5 hours
Total elevation difference: 474 feet

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2 miles away
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2 miles away
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Halemaumau Trail, Hawaii County
County
, 0 miles away, 3 hiking miles, 469 feet elevation difference |
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Byron Ledge Trail, Hawaii County
County
, 0 miles away, 3.9 hiking miles, 444 feet elevation difference |
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Devastation Trail, Hawaii County
County
, 1 miles away, 0.5 hiking miles, 56 feet elevation difference |
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Sulphur Banks Trail, Hawaii County
County
, 1 miles away, 0.5 hiking miles, 58 feet elevation difference |
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Napau Crater Trail, Hawaii County
County
, 7 miles away, 11.4 hiking miles, 663 feet elevation difference |
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Kau Desert Trail, Hawaii County
County
, 7 miles away, 5.6 hiking miles, 2266 feet elevation difference |
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Maunaiki Trail, Hawaii County
County
, 7 miles away, 3.8 hiking miles, 145 feet elevation difference |
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Volcano Kilauea Accommodations, Volcano, Big Island
, 2 miles away |
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Kilauea Volcano Cottages, Volcano, Big Island
, 2 miles away |
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Sea Mountain, Pahala, Big Island
, 20 miles away |
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Hilo Seaside Hotel, Hilo, Big Island
, 25 miles away |
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Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, Hilo, Big Island
, 25 miles away |
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