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How far will you go? Road to Hana -> Hana town -> past Hana -> backside Haleakala Road to Hana Guide
This road to Hana Guide page helps you overcome your biggest challenge on the Road to Hana - locating the best stops so you don't waste your time at the numerous marginal stops.
Use the green Mile Marker signs on the side of the road to help you locate the best stops I list on this page. Once you learn to look for these Mile Markers, they will become indispensible for your Maui trips.
The Hana Highway: Mile by Mile book uses the same mile markers (that's the origin of the Mile by Mile subtitle) to orient you to the many possible stops along the Hana Highway.
Keanae ParkKeanae Park (between the 16 and 17 mile markers) offers a peaceful stop with a ruggedly beautiful lava rock beach, banana bread stand, and restrooms. We spent almost an hour here exploring the area.
Nahiku Cove
Nahiku Cove at mile marker 25 provides a cool green break at an isolated cove that is close to a rugged black lava rock beach. This area is best known as home to famous people such as the late Beatle George Harrison, but all we saw were some locals. The high rainfall encourages a lot of greenery, and we felt like we were going through a jungle on the three mile drive to the cove.
The road to Hana stops on this page, as well as additional stops beyond Hana, can also be located on my road to Hana map page.
Three Bears FallsYou will see one breathtaking waterfall after another on the Hana highway.
Note: Like all the waterfalls on the Hana highway, water volume varies during the year and during the time of day. There may be no falls if water volume is low; or one fall if the water volume is so high that one giant waterfall is created).
Black Sand Beach
Wai'anapanapa State Park (just past the 32 mile marker) has a black sand beach, a freshwater spring fed pool in a lava cave for swimming, and restrooms.
If you want to continue on to Hana, go to What to do in the town of Hana Road to Hana Guide VideosThe four short Road to Hana videos below include the best stops discussed above. The first three videos are less than one minute long.Click on the PLAY button in the images below to view the videos.
Road to Hana Keanae Park VideoThis Keanae Park Video shows the rugged lava rock beach and crashing waves. Note Don't wander too far out on the rocks close to the waves - on any Maui beach there will be a sporadic large wave that can wash you out to the ocean.
Road to Hana Nahiku Cove VideoThis Nahiku cove video shows the isolated cove and lava rock beach. You take a three mile side road off the Road to Hana to reach this cove.
Road to Hana Waterfalls VideoThis Road to Hana waterfalls video includes Three Bears Falls (Papa, Mama, and Baby falls - like the bears) at the beginning of the video.
Road to Hana Black Sand Beach VideoThis black sand beach video from Wai'anapanapa State Park also shows the lava tube cave to the right of the beach.
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Waikani Falls (between 19 and 20 mile markers), is also called Three Bears Falls (Papa, Mama, and Baby falls - like the bears!) because the three falls are different sizes.
