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Trip 4

Kalopa State Park—Nature Loop

Distance: ¾ mile

Elevation gain: 30 feet

Hiking time: 1 hour

Topos: Honokaa 7½

Difficulty: Very easy, tennis shoes okay

Highlights: Kalopa’s Nature Loop offers an excellent opportunity to see native Hawaiian plants in their natural setting. The attractive day-use pavilion should tempt you to stay for a picnic in spite of the area’s raininess.

Driving instructions: From Hilo, drive northwest on Highway 19 for 37½ miles—not quite as far as the turnoff to Honokaa. At the signed turnoff for Kalopa State Park, turn inland and follow country roads according to a series of signs for a zigzagging 3⅓ more miles to the entrance of Kalopa. Follow the road through Kalopa another ⅓ mile, past the caretaker’s cabin. At a fork, curve right, passing a handsome day-use pavilion, to the parking area near Kalopa’s cabins, 41½ miles. (See ssss1 for information on renting the cabins or camping at Kalopa.) Park here (or, if there isn’t room, park back down the road at the day-use pavilion and walk back to this parking lot).