Kahana Valley

This valley offers a network of criss-crossing trails with excellent swimming holes and mountain apples in season.

A $5 donation is requested for each non-member, age 18 or over.

Elevation Gain: 1,639

Trail Conditions: Deep water at the dam crossing, muddy and slippery when wet, mosquitos, lush valley forest.

Trail Features: Mountain apple when in season, beautiful Kahana stream and swimming holes.

Trail Route: Loop

Moku & Ahupua’a: Ko’olauloa & Kahana

Hawaiian Name Meaning: Kahana = the cutting, or turning point.

Historic Information: In WWII, Kahana was part of the army’s Jungle Combat Center where soldiers were acclimatized and trained for the war in the Pacific. Some bunkers remain near the 4-way junction, and on some trail sections we still find the crushed coral the army used to build roads in the valley.

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