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Activity Categories: Landmarks, Fitness & Wellness, and ParksActivity Tags: Haleakalā National Park, Hawaii, Maui, and United States
Isolated in the mid Pacific, the Hawaiian Islands are the most remote major island group on Earth. They were formed as the Pacific Plate moved across a volcanic “hot spot” within the earth’s mantle. Lying 2,400 miles (3,862 km) from the nearest continent, they have never had connection to any other land mass. Natural crossings across this great expanse of ocean by animals and plants were extremely rare and very surprising occasions. After such accidental arrivals, and isolated from mainland populations, these pioneer organisms took strange courses of evolution and allowed a unique biota to develop.
Unaccustomed to mainland competition, however, these remote native island ecosystems are defenseless against mainland alien species, and have been decimated by new grazers, predators and diseases.
Haleakalā National Park, and its East Maui Watershed Partner neighbors, still harbor an astonishing relict of these native island ecosystems. The major effort of Haleakalā’s resource stewardship is to preserve intact this superb example of the Hawaiian Islands’ native ecosystems.
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1 Review on “Haleakalā National Park”
Haleakalā is an amazing national park to visit when you are on Maui. Lots of people just go for sunrise, find out how windy and cold it is at the summit, and leave shortly afterwards. But the park has so many hiking trails and natural beauty to enjoy. With a bit of planning it will be well worth your visit. Here are a couple of tips:
Seeing the sunrise on Haleakalā can be spectacular, but you will have to leave super early to get there in time. From the West side of the island you might have to leave as early as 3:15 am to get there in time for a 5:45am sunrise.
The summit at Haleakalā is over 3,000 meters high (10,000+ feet). It gets really windy and cold up there, especially if you go in time to see or photograph the sunrise, so be sure to bring long pants and a good jacket or 3-4 layers of clothes with you. Maui is a tropical island with lots of great beaches where shorts and t-shirts are usually over dressing, but you will not enjoy Haleakalā if you don’t plan on dressing warm enough.
Consider also visiting the summit during the day including later afternoons. If you are lucky with the weather, the view above the clouds is truly special.
Haleakalā is one of the many incredible National Parks the USA has to offer. If you are visiting the USA and/or planning on seeing a few of these parks during a year, considering picking up an annual National Park Pass. On Maui that pass will get you into both Haleakalā and the Pools at Ohe’o (Seven Sacred Pools) at no additional cost. They are both well worth visiting, and would otherwise cost you $15 each for entry (2016).