Concrete Marker to the Completion of Peter Lee's Road
Crater Rim Historic District. This concrete marker, inscribed "AUG 1887", may be a monument to the completion of Peter Lee's road. The 3-foot-high marker is located by the Crater Rim Drive across from the origi... More
Whitney Seismograph Vault - National Parks Gallery
Crater Rim Historic District. The Whitney seismograph vault, adjacent to the Volcano House, is an underground room of reinforced concrete walls, concrete floors, and concrete slab roof. The only indications of ... More
A view of the Kilauea Crater - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...
Crater Rim Historic District. Views of the crater from behind the Volcano House are framed by ferns and low vegetation. This view of the crater rim is the first that many visitors get of Kilauea. The view is ob... More
Guard Wall - Hawaii free images
Crater Rim Historic District. The stone guard wall at Puu Puai parking lot was once along the Crater Rim Drive alignment. The metal guard rail behind was installed after the period of significance. This is one ... More
Guard Walls and the Park Road System
Crater Rim Historic District. All of the guard walls constructed along Crater Rim Drive conformed to the specifications for the Type 2 guard wall developed by the NPS landscape department. The plan for the loop... More
Naturalistic Road Design - National Parks Gallery
Crater Rim Historic District. Rock cuts in the dark volcanic rock to the west of the park headquarters are designed to look like natural rock outcroppings. Rock cuts vary in character along the road's length de... More
Remnants of Retaining Walls along Crater Rim Drive
Crater Rim Historic District. Several remnants of retaining walls mark former road alignments of Crater Rim Drive. The walls are mostly hidden by dense vegetation near the current road south of Thurston Lava Tu... More
View from the Kilauea Iki Overlook
Crater Rim Historic District. The view from the Kilauea Iki overlook is characteristic of views around the crater that are framed by vegetation. This was one of the sites that the original Crater Road showcased... More
Vegetation around the Volcano House
Crater Rim Historic District. Vegetation is a major character-defining feature throughout the district. Early park planners put great thought into the role of vegetation in the park landscape, and Master Plans ... More
Natural and Designed Vegetation at the Volcano House
Crater Rim Historic District. The district contains a combination of naturally-occurring and planted vegetation, sometimes in the same space like in this example from the landscape around the Volcano House. Des... More
Puu Puai, a Cinder Cone Near Kilauea Iki
Crater Rim Historic District. Natural systems and features have both driven and limited development around the crater. The Kilauea Crater Rim area, including the road, has been developed over the past 120 years... More
Headwall above a Culvert - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery
Crater Rim Historic District. Several culverts, including this one with a dry-stacked retaining wall above it, remain along the Uwekahuna-Bird Park Road Trace. The road is managed as an archeological resource b... More
Hawaii - Halemaumau Crater - National Parks Gallery
Crater Rim Historic District. The features of the designed landscape are closely aligned with the presence and chances of the natural systems. Halemaumau was the site of significant volcanic activity during the... More
Grading on the Kilauea Iki Trail
Crater Rim Historic District. The Kilauea Iki Trail was built by the CCC in 1934. Stone riprap and dry-stacked retaining walls were used to support the steep slopes and switchback corners. One of the rustic and... More
Culvert and Stone Embankment - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...
Crater Rim Historic District. The raised roadbed with culvert and mortared-stone embankment are located in the Southwest Rift Zone. Asphalt covers the top of the embankment, indicating successive road pavings. ... More
Rock Cuts Near Kilauea Iki - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...
Crater Rim Historic District. Rock cuts near Kilauea Iki reveal unique volcanic formations. The rock cuts function both as utility and design elements of the road construction, defining its character. Following... More
Concrete Vault near Halemaumau - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
Crater Rim Historic District. This is one of two concrete vaults cut into the lava near the Halemaumau parking lot. The vaults were likely the two comfort stations built at the site sometime in the 1920s or 193... More
Former Buildings at Halemaumau - Public Domain image, National Parks G...
Crater Rim Historic District. The shelter and two comfort stations at Halemaumau, c. 1934, are no longer extant and considered to be an archeological site. There are two concrete vaults near the parking lot tha... More
Road Traces and Retaining Walls
Crater Rim Historic District. Road traces and remnant retaining walls are most likely from Leavitt's Road, built in 1931 to connect Uwekahuna to Halemaumau. Today, this is part of the Crater Rim Trail in the no... More
Trace of the Uwekahuna-Bird Park Road
Crater Rim Historic District. Although it is not visible from the Crater Rim Drive, the Uwekahuna-Bird Park Road trace is evident from the topography and vegetation patterns. The road was constructed in 1933 an... More
Thurston Lava Tube Comfort Station
Crater Rim Historic District. A contemporary photo of the Thurston Lava Tube comfort station, built in 1933. This one-story restroom structure is rectangular with corrugated metal cladding, a concrete foundatio... More
Topography near the Volcano House Site
Crater Rim Historic District. Due to the undulating volcanic landscape around the crater, the Crater Rim Drive was constructed with alternating cut and fill. In this area of the road, the terrace that held the ... More
Volcano House - Hawaii free images
Crater Rim Historic District. A contemporary look at the Volcano House. The split-level, wood frame structure has a low-sloped roof with unenclosed eves. A battered, exterior lava stone chimney greets visitors ... More
Vegetation and Landscape Character at the Jagger Museum
Crater Rim Historic District. The open ohi'a lehua and dry shrub vegetation at Uwekahuna Bluff help establish the character at the Jaggar Museum. The museum was named for Thomas Jaggar, a volcanologist who firs... More