Big Island · Hāmākua

Nanue Falls

Nanue

Nanue Falls
Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0

Nanue Falls is a series of falls on Nanue Stream, a small windward-side drainage off Mauna Kea, about 18 miles north of Hilo…

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How to visit

The view is from the Old Māmalahoa Highway bridge with a small pullout. Park there, look from the bridge, and don't go further. The streambed scramble upstream is dangerous: there is no maintained trail, the rocks are slick, the gulch is narrow enough that a thunderstorm uphill becomes a flash flood at the falls within minutes, and the mosquitoes are heavy. The gulch is also private land in places. Stay on the road.

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