Hilo and the Puna Coast are significant for the historic 2018 eruption, beginning at Mackenzie State Recreation Area. The journey includes hiking along a closed highway and viewing unique geological features shaped by volcanic activity.

• 🌋 Mackenzie State Recreation Area features a now-closed highway impacted by a 40-foot tall wall of lava leading to the sea.
• 🏖️ Isaac Hale Beach Park showcases lava floes that spared the park's infrastructure while destroying everything around it; picnic-style lunch is served here, weather permitting.
• 🌳 Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is home to Kilauea Iki Overlook and offers views of the Kilauea Caldera and Halema’uma’u Crater, with a roundtrip hike of about 2 miles past Sulphur Banks.
• 🐦 Look for endemic birds like the yellow ‘amakihi and red ‘apapane during the hike through ancient forests of tree ferns, some up to 1,000 years old.
• 🚫 Evidence of the 2018 eruption includes a rock slide on your left upon reaching the floor of Kilauea Caldera, where Halema’uma’u Crater has formed a deep pit due to lava lake drainage.

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