Manuk State Wayside — Manuk State Wayside
Hawaii, HI Location

Manuk State Wayside
Hawaii, HI

http://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dsp/parks...

State Park

Hours

Daily During Daylight Hours

Entrance Fee

• None

About

A rest stop with an opportunity to picnic among a collection of native and introduced trees. A 2-mile nature hike through the adjacent Manukā Natural Area Reserve offers an experience in Hawaiian natural history. Open shelter camping. (13.4 acres)

Manukā offers open shelter camping at a single site.

Manukā Natural Area Reserve

On the flank of leeward Mauna Loa in South Kona, Manukā Natural Area Reserve is a 25,ooo-acre reserve encompassing a wide range of habitats. These include subalpine shrublands and forests, mesic montane kipuka forests, wet montane forests, lowland mesic forests and lowland dry forests.

Recent lava flows add a variety of pioneer vegetation types, as well as uncharacterized and unsurveyed lava tubes. Concentrations of the Hawaiian hoary bat occur in the area. A rare lowland grassland and anchialine pools are included as well.

Natural Communities : 17 total, 3 rare
Native Plants : 187 total taxa, 10 rare
Native Animals : 7 total taxa, 3 rare

Activities

• Camping
• Hiking

Facilities

• Campsites
• No Drinking Water
• Restroom
• Trash Cans

Camping

Fees start at $12 per campsite per night.

Prohibited

• No Animals/Pets
• No Alcoholic Beverages
• No Littering/Dumping
• No Smoking