Jaggar Museum Trail

The Jaggar Museum Trail is a simple trail within Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park offering a direct hiking route between Nāmakanipaio Campground and the Jaggar Museum and Trailhead inside the park.

At 1 mile roundtrip, the Jaggar Museum Trail follows a gradual ascent from the signed trailhead along the shoulder of Hawaii Belt Road directly across from the driveway into the campground. Tracing a route that climbs through dirt through lightly wooded area, views of the green slopes of Mauna Loa emerge. After a relatively easy hike, the climbing tops out and follows a level path toward the Jaggar Museum site. As of 2018, the museum building is closed following damage from an eruption, however the area remains popular for parking and accessing the Kau Desert Trail as well as viewing into the Kilauea Crater.

There are no amenities along the hike, however vault toilets are available at the Jaggar Museum area.

As the trail lies within Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, it is subject to park rules, hours and entry fees.