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Address:\u00a0Highway 130 and Leilani Avenue<\/p>\n

From May to September, 2018 lava drained from Mauna Kea and Pu’u o’o crater drained out and a new rift zone opened toward the coast in Leilana Estates.\u00a0 A great video that is summarizes the activity was created by the USGS and can be viewed here:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/havo\/learn\/photosmultimedia\/videos.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After September, 2018 the activity is over, but there are interesting steam vents and up close road closures to witness.\u00a0 You will see many “No Trespassing” signes, but use your judgement.\u00a0 If you are simply staying on a public road closer to the flow, nobody is going to get excited.<\/p>\n

Stop 1:\u00a0 End of Highway 132 and Lava Tree National Monument<\/p>\n

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As you head down highway 130 after Pahoa you will turn left on highway 132.\u00a0 This was the road that used to take to down to the coast and south along the coast to the popular Champagne Ponds tide pools.\u00a0 The lava blocked out huge blocks of this highway with a 20 foot tall lava river.\u00a0 Simply head down 132 about 5 miles and it ends.<\/p>\n

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This is a park deep in Pahoa for those that are looking to spend the time to travel to this area.\u00a0 This pool isn’t high on my list and I only recommend stopping by if you are staying a week or more and want to spend a full day visiting the lave flows in Kalapana and have extra time to take the long way home along the coast on Highway 137.\u00a0 It is also convenient if you are traveling to the boat landing at Isaac Hale landing to see the lave flow and are nearby.<\/p>\n

If you are expecting a sauna type warm pond you will be disappointed.\u00a0 It is somewhat warm depending on the tide, but you may not notice any difference at all.\u00a0 I am also bothered by the fact that there aren’t toilet facilities conveniently where they should be so it is going to be used by young swimmers as a large toilet.\u00a0 That said, the pool is pretty, I just wouldn’t bother jumping in.\u00a0 It is quite interesting that you are witnessing a lava warmed spring.\u00a0 It is based on the fact that the lava rock you see is a sponge.\u00a0 There are no rivers in this part of the Island because the water soaks right into the rock.\u00a0 This is despite hundreds of inches a year of rain.\u00a0 Where does this water go after it sinks into the rock?\u00a0 It seeps out into the ocean at a very quick rate.\u00a0 Here, the hot lava system is close enough to the surface to warm the water seeping into this area.\u00a0 That’s pretty cool.<\/p>\n

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Address:\u00a0Highway 130 and Leilani Avenue From May to September, 2018 lava drained from Mauna Kea and Pu’u o’o crater drained out and a new rift zone opened toward the coast in Leilana Estates.\u00a0 A great video that is summarizes the activity was created by the USGS and can be viewed here: https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/havo\/learn\/photosmultimedia\/videos.htm. After September, 2018 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1263,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLeilani Estates 2018 Lava Flow - Hilo Vacation Homes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Big Island vacation rentals on the Hilo side. 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