The Big Island's southernmost volcanoes, Mauna Loa and Kilauea , jointly constitute HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK , thirty miles from Hilo and eighty from Kailua. It's possibly the most dramatic of all the US national parks; as well as two active volcanoes, of which at least one is likely to be erupting at any given time, it includes desert, arctic tundra, and rainforest.

Evidence is everywhere of the awesome power of the volcanoes to create and destroy; no map can keep up with the latest whims of the lava flow. Whole towns have been engulfed, and what were once prized beachfront properties lie buried hundreds of yards back from the sea

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

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• Chain of Craters Road
• Kilauea Caldera

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