Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area

Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area is a small upland park on Maui, about ten miles above Kula on the slopes of Haleakalā, occupying about 10 acres within the far larger Kula Forest Reserve. At roughly 6,200 feet in the mountain’s fog belt, it has a cool, damp climate unusual in Hawaiʻi, with rough terrain and nights that can fall below freezing. Its scrub, grassland, and planted forest are crossed by four main trails, including routes through plum trees, conifers, redwoods, and past an old ranger’s cabin. The area’s present landscape reflects 1930s reforestation after dense native forest had been stripped away.

Keokea, Hawaii · United States