Hawaii hiking trails - Keauhou Trail, Hawaii County

   
  Keauhou Trail is a wilderness hiking trail quite far from Hilo, but there's tremendous natural attractiveness waiting here for you along it. Backcountry trekking here in Hawaii is something that is always fun to do. Hawaii is an outstanding outdoors state. Every single Hawaii wilderness hiking trail is well worth a backcountry walk. Ok, you've been cooped up too long, time to get out in the fresh air a bit, and Keauhou Trail in Hawaii County, Hawaii is just what you need. There are many great wilderness hiking trails in Hawaii, and Keauhou Trail in
    Hawaii County is one of them. Keauhou Trail is 13.8 miles long; it's a long backcountry hiking trail. Keauhou Trail frequently gets a lot of rainfall; all through the month of March you get the most rain around here, and the driest of the months is June. There is only one trailhead,
so you'll be backpacking it in and back out. Don’t forget to check for any current restrictions or closures before you go. Throughout the warm days of summer, highs frequently are in the 60's at Keauhou Trail. When the night sets in temperatures dip down into the 50's. Highs all through the winter are frequently in the 60's, and after the sun is down all through the winter temperatures at Keauhou Trail dip into the 40's. This wilderness trail has a total elevation difference of 2,698 feet, and that is higher than average. This is a great outdoors hiking  
trail that is quite long, so do pack enough food to last the whole trip. Different parts of Keauhou Trail are at very different elevations, and that means that some parts of the backcountry hiking trail could be very different from other parts of it. This trek should take you about 2 days, so better have big backpack to fit all the stuff you need. This is one of many backpacking trails in the surrounding vicinity. The length of Keauhou Trail is on the longer side having an average number of uphill miles which makes this backpacking trail pleasant for hard core backpackers looking for adventure.

Briefly about the general area:
A fine place near Keauhou Trail is Kahele, and camping is available at Nmakanipaio Campground. Do schedule some time to stop by Keauhou Point close to Keauhou Trail if you have a chance; close by you'll locate a wooded region called Naulu Forest.
Do pay a visit to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park if you're here at Keauhou Trail.

Location of Trailhead: Latitude 19.3382, Longitude -155.2042
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Total in and out hiking length = 13.8 miles

Total climbing distance = 5.8 miles

Difficulty : Difficult

Casual Hiking Pace: 2 days

Fast Hiking Pace: 8 hours

Total elevation difference: 2698 feet


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 Trails Near Keauhou Trail:
Puna Ka Trail, Hawaii County County , 3 miles away,  20.8 hiking miles, 607 feet elevation difference
Halape Trail, Hawaii County County , 3 miles away,  14.2 hiking miles, 2922 feet elevation difference
Hilina Pali Trail, Hawaii County County , 4 miles away,  9.6 hiking miles, 1823 feet elevation difference
Naulu Trail, Hawaii County County , 4 miles away,  4.2 hiking miles, 632 feet elevation difference
Napau Crater Trail, Hawaii County County , 5 miles away,  11.4 hiking miles, 663 feet elevation difference
Kalapana Trail, Hawaii County County , 7 miles away,  35.4 hiking miles, 2831 feet elevation difference
Devastation Trail, Hawaii County County , 7 miles away, 0.5 hiking miles, 56 feet elevation difference
 Camp Grounds Near Keauhou Trail:
Nmakanipaio Campground, Hawaii County, 10 miles away
 National Parks Near Keauhou Trail:
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park - HI , 8 miles away
 Hotels Near Keauhou Trail:
Chalet Kilauea Collection, Volcano, Big Island , 9 miles away
Kilauea Volcano Cottages, Volcano, Big Island , 9 miles away
Volcano House, Hilo, Big Island , 13 miles away
Sea Mountain, Pahala, Big Island , 19 miles away
Inn at Kulaniapia, Hilo, Big Island , 25 miles away

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