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Distance: 0.3 miles loop / Level: very easy / Time: 15-20 min.

Take twenty minutes to hike through this perfect Lava Tube surrounded by beautiful tree ferns and native forest. The Thurston Lava Tube, “Nahuku” in Hawaiian, was formed by the underground flow of lava. The Tube is 450 feet long and 20 feet high.