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The Hana Highway (colloquially referred to as The Road to Hana) is a 64.4-mile-long (103.6 km) stretch of Hawaii Routes 36 and 360 which connects Kahului to the town of Hana in east Maui. To the east of Kalepa Bridge, the highway continues to Kipahulu as Hawaii Route 31 (the Piilani Highway).
Hana is located at the eastern end of the island of Maui and is one of the most isolated communities in the state. It is reached mainly via the Hana Highway, a long, winding, 52-mile-long (84 km) highway along Maui's northern shore, via boat, and with commercial air service to Hana Airport.
Until the 15th century Maui comprised three chiefdoms: Wailuku, Lele (Lahaina), and Hana. Eventually all of West Maui was consolidated at Wailuku, with Hana remaining an independent chieftaincy. West Maui and East Maui permanently merged about 1550 when King Piʻilani married the daughter of Hoʻolae, the 6th Aliʻi Nui of Hana. From that time ...
The section of Hana Highway from Huelo to the quiet East Maui town features roadside waterfalls, tropical greenery, fruit stands and sheer coastal vistas for the 1, 500 vehicles on average that ...
Technically, the Road to Hana is the Hana Highway located in East Maui. It’s the 65-mile long portion of Hawaii Route 36 and 360 with Kahului at one end and Hana town at another.
The cross can be accessed through a 1.5 mi (2.4 km) round trip hike with 500 ft (150 m) elevation gain. The trailhead is located across from the Travaasa Hana hotel. In addition to the cross, the trail also leads to a panoramic viewpoint of Maui's eastern coast. The grounds around the cross have an ant infestation. [1]
It is located at the corner of and the Hana Highway (Route 31) at Across the street is the Hotel Hana-Maui, originally called the Kaʻuiki Inn. [ 7 ] It is named for the cinder cone Kaʻuiki, which is the site of a rare Red Sand Beach , and a fortress from the time of ancient Hawaii where several historic battles were held. [ 8 ]
The route begins in at an intersection with Hawaii Routes 310 and 311 in the East Maui town of Kihei.The highway formerly ran parallel to the coast all the way to the southern terminus of the Hana Highway (), until developments in Wailea and Makena blocked access.