Uēkahuna (Kīlauea Overlook)

This is sacred ground — sacred long before Thomas Jaggar built a museum here in 1927, and still sacred now that the museum is being torn down. The name Uēkahuna means "the kahuna's wail." Behave the way you would on any active religious site. Do not leave offerings unless you have been trained by a Native Hawaiian practitioner. Do not climb on the rim wall. The bluff edge is unstable; stay behind the railing. If you are here at night during an active eruption episode, the Halemaʻumaʻu glow is striking; keep your voice down.