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Haleakalā summit road, Haleakalā National Park, Hawaii

The road up Haleakalā, Maui's House of the Sun: from the Park Headquarters Visitor Center through the shrubland to the crater rim and the 10,023-foot summit, then Kalahaku Overlook on the way down. Māui and the sun, the road built in 1935, a valley that isn't a crater, silverswords, nēnē and the old rest house.

28 min of audio · 13 miles · Read the transcript

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    1. Start in the right placeThis tour begins at Park Headquarters Visitor Center. Start while parked; the first story plays when you arrive.
    2. Let's hear itSelect this phone as the car's Bluetooth audio source and set a comfortable volume. Download the tour while you still have signal.
    3. Stories meet you thereYour phone's location starts each story automatically. Music flows straight into the narration. Keep this page open; it keeps the screen awake for GPS.
    4. You're ready to exploreDownload the tour before you drive up the mountain, and fill your tank first: there is no gas, food or EV charging in the park. The entrance fee is $30 per private vehicle (good for three days, cards only). To enter between 3 and 7 a.m. (sunrise) you need a $1 sunrise reservation per vehicle from Recreation.gov, booked in advance; none are sold at the gate. Press Start at the Summit District entrance station: the welcome plays on the way to Park Headquarters. Kalahaku Overlook is the last stop, visited on the way back down, so drive past it going up. The summit is often below freezing at dawn; bring warm layers.

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    Facts from Haleakalā National Park (NPS) pages: place pages for each stop, the history of the Haleakalā Highway, the summit area, moʻolelo and deities, geology, nēnē, ʻuaʻu and silversword pages, and the NPS Hawaiian place-name pronunciation guide. Music: Liliʻuokalani, Aloha ʻOe, waltz medley, Hawaiian guitar duet by William Smith and Walter K. Kolomoku, Edison Blue Amberol 2701 (1915), UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aloha_oe_waltz_medley.ogg), public domain. Narration is AI-generated. Not an official National Park Service product.