Kalaupapa Trailhead

Kalaupapa Trailhead is in Maui County, Hawaii, and is located on Kalaupapa Trail. Kalaupapa Trailhead is situated nearby to the peak Puʻulua, as well as near the scenic viewpoint Kaulaupapa Lookout.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Molokai and St. Francis Catholic Church.

Molokai

Photo: Travis.Thurston, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Molokaʻi or Molokai is the fifth most populated of the eight major islands that make up the Hawaiian Islands archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

St. Francis Catholic Church

Church

Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.

St. Francis Catholic Church is situated 2½ km northeast of Kalaupapa Trailhead.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kalaupapa and Kauhakō Crater.

Kalaupapa is a small unincorporated community and Hawaiian home land on the island of Molokaʻi, within Kalawao County in the U.S. state of Hawaii. In 1866, during the reign of Kamehameha V, the Hawaii legislature passed a law that resulted in the designation… Kalaupapa is situated 2½ km northeast of Kalaupapa Trailhead.

Kauhakō Crater

Locality

Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us.

Kauhakō Crater is a volcanic crater located in Kalawao County, Hawaii, United States. The crater was formed between 230,000 and 300,000 years ago, as the result of the eruption of volcano Pu'u' 'Uao. Kauhakō Crater is situated 4 km northeast of Kalaupapa Trailhead.

Kualapuʻu

Village

Photo: Sanba38, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kualapuʻu is a census-designated place on the island of Molokai in Maui County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 2,110 at the 2020 census. Kualapuʻu can be literally translated as "hill overturned", but is thought to be a corruption of Puʻuʻuala: "sweet potato hill". Kualapuʻu is situated 4½ km southwest of Kalaupapa Trailhead.

Kalaupapa Trailhead

Type: Tourist attraction
Address: Kalaupapa Trail
Category: tourism
Location: Maui County, Hawaii, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude

21.17151° or 21° 10′ 17″ north

Longitude

-156.99888° or 156° 59′ 56″ west

Open location code

73H552C2+JC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5752251822

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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