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Distance: 11 miles (18 km) loop/ Level: Strenuous 5-8 hours/ Time: 5-8 hours

The Crater Rim trail circles the Kilauea Caldera. The trail head starts at Volcano House, passes steaming vents, Thomas A. Jagger museum, dips south along the road and then to the southwest rift of Kilauea covered by 1971, 1974 and before 1924 lava flows. Take the short one-quarter mile Halemaumau Trail to view the steaming “fire pit” and feel the magic of the earth creation.