Kaūmana Trail
This historic trail is a remnant of a foot and later horse trail that once linked the east and west sides of Hawaiʻi Island. An easy 1.5-mile hike across smooth pāhoehoe scrubland, the trail meanders in and out of kipuka (older, forested pockets spared from lava flows) filled with ancient trees and flocks of native honeycreepers. The trail parallels the Daniel K. Inouye Highway 200 and is a one-way hike. Plan on either returning the same way, or arranging a drop off and pick-up.
Kaūmana Trail
Wet forest
Managed by: Na Ala Hele Trails and Access Program
Hours & Site Information: Visit Website
Important Info:
Hunters frequent this area. Wear bright colored clothing and explore respectfully.
Birds
| American Birding Association Common Name | Hawaiian Name | Scientific Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| kalij pheasant | Lophura leucomelanos | ||
| wild turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | ||
| Hawaiian hawk | ʻio | Buteo solitarius | |
| Pacific golden-plover | kōlea | Pluvialis fulva | |
| spotted dove | Spilopelia chinensis | ||
| zebra dove | Geopelia striata | ||
| barn owl | Tyto alba | ||
| Hawaii elepaio | ʻelepaio | Chasiempis sandwichensis | |
| Eurasian skylark | Alauda arvensis | ||
| Japanese bush-warbler | Horornis diphone | ||
| warbling white-eye | Zosterops japonicus | ||
| Chinese hwamei | Garrulax canorus | ||
| red-billed leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | ||
| ʻōmaʻo | ʻōmaʻo | Myadestes obscurus | |
| common myna | Acridotheres tristis | ||
| yellow-billed cardinal | Paroaria capitata | ||
| saffron finch | Sicalis flaveola | ||
| northern cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | ||
| apapane | ʻapapane | Himatione sanguinea | |
| Hawaiʻi ʻamakihi | ʻamakihi | Chlorodrepanis virens | |
| house finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | ||
| yellow-fronted canary | Crithagra mozambica | ||
| house sparrow | Passer domesticus | ||
| scaly-breasted munia | Lonchura punctulata |