#16 of 79 · coastal
Hana Highway
Kahului, Maui → Hana
103 km · Jan – Dec · Moderate
Six hundred bends through rainforest to a town at the end of the road. Waterfalls, one-lane bridges, and a Pacific you only glimpse.
Viewpoints
Keʻanae peninsula
Lava and taro and the first long sea view.
55 km
12 m
Wailua Valley lookout
The coast stacked in ridges. A pull-off, not a hike.
78 km
400 m
- Road
- Narrow, wet, well known. One-lane bridges are yield-to-the-oncoming. Do not rush it; the ticket is for people who try.
- Permits
- Some waterfall pools and trails now need reservations. The highway itself does not.
Tips
- 01
Leave at six
The road is the destination. Hana at noon with a convoy is not.
- 02
Go on past Hana
ʻOheʻo Gulch is another half hour. That is still the highway.
From the road
2 notes
Field reports from people who have driven this route.
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Leilani K.
Mar 2026
Left Kahului at 5:50. Keʻanae empty. One-lane bridges are a conversation, not a race — yield and wave. Hana by nine, which is the whole point.
Matt O.
Jan 2026
Went past Hana to ʻOheʻo. The highway does not end at the town. People who turn around at the first parking lot miss the quieter half.
