Hiking Team: Dave Miller, Rosie Miller
Date: March 6, 2025
A short but exciting .7-mile loop trail that first took us by ruins of a small Hale Noa, a traditional thatched roof Hawaiian house. Next information signs explained how the nearby Hala Forest was restored as now there are dozens of hala trees bearing fruit (Photo#2). A unique Banyan Tree (Photo#3) was along this section of the trail. The most beautiful part of the trail was the black sand beach (Photo#4) and the Pools of ‘Ohe’o. As Pipiwai Stream drops down the mountain, under the road to Hana and through ‘Ohe’o Gulch (also called the Seven Sacred Pools), it creates a beautiful waterfall and seven pools of water. (Photo’s 5, 6, 7) show the waterfalls, pools and where it empties onto the black sand beach and into the ocean.
