The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo “Typically, Hawaiian volcanoes erupt at their summits and/or along one of their rift zones. Based on geologic mapping, it appears that Haleakala erupted ...

The volcanic activity that began building Haleakala started about 2 million years ago, the volcano observatory said. Maui’s other main mountain, the West Maui Mountains, is considered extinct.

The absolute highlight of being on Maui is visiting Haleakala National Park with kids. This unique park is so completely different from Hawaii Volcanoes National Park or Mount Rainier National Park.

Read more about Haleakala: http://j.mp/ufv44s The Hawaiian volcano, with its unique vegetation and meditative winds, has a spiritual connection to the native ...

Sharael Kolberg As a top attraction on Maui, Haleakala National Park is home to a dormant volcano crater with its desert-like landscape, sacred sites and a waterfall-laden tropical oasis near the ...

Like many other folks, I imagine, the island of Maui in Hawaii is my favorite ... do each time is to make the trip to the summit of Haleakala volcano. The centerpiece and eponym of Haleakala ...

KULA, HI - A 68-year-old is dead after riding on a widely popular tourist trail in Maui. Arizona native Jeffrey Hins was killed in a bicycle accident on Hawaii's famous Haleakala Highway at 2:30 p ...

West Maui and Molokai boast some of the ... The Cycle to the Sea ride starts on the Haleakala volcano at 6,700 feet above sea level, then rides down the mountain along hairpin turns and winding ...