Kahili Access

Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge Information for Owners

Seacliff owners may access the F&W preserve trails up Kahili Mountain to the crater view at Makapili and Mokolea.

Orientation is Required

Take a fun trail walk with Elizabeth to learn the regulations intended to protect the numerous nesting seabirds at Crater Hill.

Contact Elizabeth Freeman to set up your orientation.

Ongoing Access

Notify F&W before entering. Seacliff owners may access the preserve most of the time. The only exception is when there are eradication (like pig hunting) or other work projects underway.

  • Text Jenn Waipa at Fish & Wildlife 24 hours before accessing the trails. Include your name, hike date/time, and number of people.

  • Access the trails via one of the two access points.

  • Stay on the trails. Respect the wildlife and culture.

  • Leave gates properly locked.

Need the gate code?

Call Elizabeth at 808 639-8564

Trails

This is an overview of the trail system and access points. If you hike all of the trails, the total distance is about 2 miles out and back from the main access.

1) The Pedestrian Trail

From the top of Makana’ano, we enter through the F&W gate in their new Predator-Proof Fence and follow the roads currently used by the Fish and Wildlife Department. The existing roads are maintained by F&W and have become the path that Seacliff residents have used when walking in the Refuge. Our Seacliff Deeded Easement has not been maintained and, in some places, is not even passable. Certain areas have actually fallen off the cliff!

Follow the Pedestrian Trail on the F&W Road till the end of Jorgen Lien’s Property until you see a Road going down the hill off the Main Road. Please don’t go out all the way to Mokalea Point!

During Albatross season, one passes many nesting Albatrosses. Please give them a wide berth.

2) Lighthouse Vista

A new clearing with views of the Kilauea Lighthouse, Anini, mountains, and distant Haena. Most of the North Shore is visible from this point.

3) Overlook platform

The powerful viewpoint from the old crater rim. Walk along the F&W Road until you reach a grassy area and veer left. Continue through the grass until you reach the Overlook Platform on your left. The F&W does Whale Counts from this Platform.

4) Mokalea Easement

There is a Lower Gate in the new Predator Proof Fence. To access it, walk from the Cul de Sac at the bottom of Makana’ano along the Lot 16 Driveway. About 40 feet past a No Trespassing Sign, you will see a Pink Surveyor’s Tape tied to a Christmasberry Tree on the left. Follow that trail until you reach the Gate. This easement meets up with the Pedestrian Trail. Continue right along the F&W Road until you reach the end of Jorgen Lien” 's Property ( Be sure not to go out all the way..there are F&W cameras, to Mokalea Poin, and you will be identified.)

Interested in the Lighthouse? Visit the F&W Official Website

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— Albert Einstein

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