Haleakala National Park

Welcome to the Haleakala Volcano Gallery. Here you will find helpul links below as green buttons if you are planning a visit to drive up yourself or hire a professional. Pictures below are designed to give you a flavor of the landscape. Enjoy the tidbits of fascinating information where you may feel like you “are on a different planet . . .”

It all begins with the name- Haleakalā means "House of the Sun".

This massive, dormant volcano that forms most of Maui, and is the third-tallest mountain on Earth from its base on the seafloor rises up just over 10,000 ft to the summit top and over 30,000 ft from the ocean floor far below!

Haleakala National Park offers spectacular, simply stunning views from so many vantage points, including sunrise, and is home to multiple endangered species like the nēnē goose, as well as rare plants. The summit also houses astronomical observatories for research.

Enjoy the photos below that I have taken over a period of years. I hope they give you a sense of the wonder and “unearthly” landscapes in the crater and surrounding cliffs. The view is 360 and you can see other islands on a clear day.

Sunrise is spectacular, see the links below if you are interesting in either driving up yourself (make a reservation) or want to hare a professional company like Valley Isle tours (an excellent, top rated company) I have used myself in the past.

I have included a few helpful links below to help make a fun trip up including pricing, time of year, passes avaialable and a link to the Haleakala website.

Sunrise over mountain peaks with clouds in the sky.
The Haleakalā Visitor Center at a high elevation with mountain views, a stone building, and a clear blue sky.
Two women stand on a winding mountain road, looking at the distant mountains and clouds in the sky, in black and white.
A barren desert landscape with dark, jagged rocks scattered on reddish-brown soil under a clear blue sky.
View of a mountain summit with a clear blue sky, featuring several observatory buildings, including a large white dome, atop the rugged, barren terrain.
A mountainous landscape beneath a clear blue sky with clouds below the mountain peaks and dry, rocky terrain in the foreground.
View of an observatory with telescopes on a mountain under a clear blue sky, with a stone pathway leading to it.
A volcanic mountain with a reddish crater and dark slopes, surrounded by snow and rocky terrain.
A white observatory with multiple domes and telescopes situated on a dark rocky terrain under a clear blue sky.
Scenic view of a winding mountain road with volcanic terrain in the foreground, mountains in the distance, and a clear blue sky above.
Landscape view from a mountain with rocky terrain in the foreground, several mountain peaks in the middle ground, and a cloud-filled sky with blue above in the background.
A volcanic landscape with dark lava fields, rocky terrain, and mountains in the background, under a blue sky.
Desert landscape with rocks and white plant resembling a sea urchin.
A rugged mountain with dark, textured slopes, standing above a barren, rocky landscape against a sky filled with clouds and blue sky.
Two hikers in blue jackets walking along a rocky mountain trail with a large hill in the background under a clear blue sky.
Snow-covered mountains and volcano in a cold, cloudy landscape.
A mountain landscape with volcanic peaks and a clear blue sky, with some clouds near the horizon.
A rocky volcanic landscape with a dirt pathway and metal railing leading up a volcano under a clear blue sky. Observatory buildings are visible on the horizon.
A volcanic landscape with dark, rugged terrain and a mountain in the background under a partly cloudy sky.
Rocky mountainous landscape with large rocks and cliffs under a partly cloudy sky.
A view from a mountain top showing rocky terrain in the foreground, green fields in the distance, and a sky filled with white clouds under a clear blue sky.