Hawaiʻi Volcanoes sighting maps
600 sightingsHawaiian Goose (Nēnē)Branta sandvicensisMost seen 7–9 AM & 4–6 PMSighting map
35 sightingsGreen Sea TurtleChelonia mydasMost seen 9 AM–4 PMSighting map
36 sightingsHawaiian Hawk ('Io)Buteo solitariusMost seen 9 AM–3 PMSighting map
41 sightingsBlack NoddyAnous minutusMost seen 7–9 AM & 4–7 PMSighting map
96 sightingsWhite-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturusMost seen 9 AM–4 PMSighting map
24 sightingsHawai'i 'ElepaioChasiempis sandwichensisMost seen 7–9 AM & 4–6 PMSighting map
617 sightingsʻApapaneHimatione sanguineaMost seen 6–9 AM & 4–6 PMSighting map
135 sightingsHawaiʻi ʻAmakihiChlorodrepanis virensMost seen 7–11 AMSighting map
219 sightingsJapanese White-eyeZosterops japonicusMost seen 6–9 AMSighting map
26 sightingsJackson's ChameleonTrioceros jacksoniiMost seen 6–8 AM & 5–7 PMSighting map
23 sightingsGold Dust Day GeckoPhelsuma laticaudaMost seen 8–11 AM & 3–6 PMSighting map
32 sightingsWild BoarSus scrofaMost seen 6 AM & 6 PMSighting map
25 sightingsMongooseUrva auropunctataMost seen 8–11 AM & 3–6 PMSighting map
1,027 sightingsKalij PheasantLophura leucomelanosMost seen 7–9 AM & 5 PMSighting map
161 sightingsErckel's SpurfowlPternistis erckeliiMost seen 7–9 AM & 4–7 PMSighting map
51 sightingsCoqui FrogEleutherodactylus coquiMost seen 6–8 PMSighting mapEach map shows where a species has been reported across Hawaiʻi Volcanoes. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.


The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes Tour Guide
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
See the Hawaiʻi Volcanoes audio tourRecorded for this place
Uēkahuna: The Caldera View“You're approaching Uēkahuna, the overlook at the end of Crater Rim Drive West. I'd keep this stop even when no lava is visible. The observation deck is only about two hundred feet from parking, along an accessible route.”
Plays as you drive up to Uēkahuna in the Parkwolf Hawaiʻi Volcanoes Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Kīlauea Overlook: A View or a Rim Walk
- Nāmakanipaio: A Cool Night Among the Trees
- Tree Molds: Where the Trunks Were
- Welcome Center and KMC: Advice and a Food Break
- 58 audio storiesacross Hawaiʻi Volcanoes’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Hawaiian Goose (Nēnē), Green Sea Turtle, Hawaiian Hawk ('Io), and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 33 trails, 53 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
