Best Easy Day Hikes Hawaii: Kauai

by Suzanne Swedo

Overview

Best Easy Day Hikes Hawaii: Kauai includes detailed maps and concise descriptions for nineteen easy-to-follow hikes on the Garden Island of Kauai. These easy hikes will please all skill levels, from children to mountaineers. Discover a stunning landscape of deep valleys dripping with mist, pools fed by waterfalls, and views of some of the world’s most beautiful canyons and shorelines.



Look inside for:
• Twenty-minute strolls to four-hour adventures
• Hikes for everyone, including families
• Mile-by-mile directions and clear trail maps
• Hawaiian language essentials
• GPS coordinates

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493053841
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/01/2021
Series:	Best Easy Day Hikes Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	104
Sales rank:	644,542
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Suzanne Swedo, director of W.I.L.D. (natural history adventures around the world), has backpacked the mountains of every continent. She has led groups into the wilderness for over thirty years and teaches wilderness survival and natural sciences to individuals, schools, universities, museums, and organizations such as Yosemite Conservancy and the Sierra Club. She is author of Best Easy Day Hikes Yosemite National Park, Hiking Yosemite, Hiking California’s Golden Trout Wilderness, and Adventure Travel Tips, all FalconGuides. She lectures and consults about backpacking, botany, and survival on radio and television, as well as in print.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Kaua'i, the Garden Island 1

Zero Impact 9

How to Use This Guide 10

How to Speak Hawaiian 11

Kaua'i Hike Ratings 12

Map Legend 13

The Hikes

1 Nounou Mountain (Sleeping Giant) East 14

2 Kuamo'o-Nounou Mountain Trail 18

3 Keahua Forestry Arboretum 22

4 Kuilau Ridge Trail 26

5 Moalepe Trail 30

6 Ke Ala Hele Makalae (Kapa'a Shoreline Trail) 33

7 Kilauea Lighthouse 37

8 Lower Powerline Trail 41

9 Limahuli Garden and Preserve 45

10 Ke'e Beach-Kalalau Overlook 48

11 Kukuiolono Park 52

12 Russian Fort Elizabeth 56

13 Koke'e State Park Nature Trail 59

14 Pu'uka'ohelo-Berry Flat Trail 62

15 Cliff Trail 67

16 Pu'u'hinahina Lookout Loop 71

17 Kaluapuhi Trail 75

18 Upper Pihea Trail 79

19 Iliau Nature Trail 83

About the Author 87