Hana Highway

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Scenic view along the Hāna Highway

The Hāna Highway (also known as the Hana Road or Road To Hana) is 68-mile roadway and the main highway connecting the population center of Kahului with the town of Hāna in east Maui. Although Hāna is about 52 miles from Kahului, a typical trip to Hāna takes about three hours, as the road is very winding and passes over many one-lane bridges.

In August 2000 it was designated by the Clinton Administration as the "Hana Millennium Legacy Trail", with the trail start designated in the surf commune of Paia. The Hāna Highway is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

1 Tourism
2 State highway numbers
3 Communities served
4 Intersections with other highways
5 External links

[edit] Tourism

The "Road to Hana" is a popular tourist attraction for those visiting Maui. Guidebooks for the island often devote their largest chapters to traveling the highway to and from the eastern side of Maui and document the many waterfalls and attractions that can be found there. Some of these attractions lie within or through private property and will often have posted "no trespassing" signs or even signs claiming that the attraction does not exist. All beaches in Hawaii are public and private properties must allow public access. Guidebooks document many of the "keep out" signs and the many ways past barbed wire fences and locked gates.

At the end of the "Road to Hana" (or actually past Hana itself in the regular clockwise direction) is the famous "Seven Sacred Pools", originally known as Oheo Gulch. These waterfalls and pools lie inside a national park.