Diamond Head Monument crater

While we stayed in Oahu, Hawaii, we decided to visit Diamond Head Monument, State Park. This place is a huge volcanic crater. This broad saucer-shaped crated was formed some 300,000 years ago in a single explosion

In order to see the crater shape, I had to hike up the trailhead of the summit, which was pretty strenuous hike up gain 560 feet up from the crater floor.

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After climbing up the hiking trail, the view is phenomenal from up there.

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Oahu

 

 

 

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Lighthouse 

 

I would recommend anyone visiting Oahu to not miss this hike up the Diamond Head State Monument, and don’t forget your camera and lens.