There’s little new geologically about the Big Island’s oldest above-water volcano. Its summit — north of Waimea — has been dry land for more than 500,000 years, and it last erupted more ...

Kohala Waterfalls Hiking The northwest portion of the Big Island of Hawai’i is a whole volcano, old as it may be. Kohala is beautiful, quiet and rarely visited.

Updated at 12 p.m., May 10, 2018: Included Kohala as the oldest and inactive volcano. Updated at 10 a.m., May 17, 2018: Kohala volcano erupts. Rong-Gong Lin II contributed reporting to this story.

Hawaiian volcanoes: Nature’s awesome power is on full display right now. Updated: Feb. 15, 2023, 9:10 a.m. ... wetter Hilo side and the sunny resort side of Kona and the Kohala Coast.

Lava erupts from a Kilauea volcano fissure in Leilani Estates, on Hawaii's Big Island, on May 24, 2018, in Pahoa. Mauna Loa, the world's biggest volcano, started to erupt Sunday night.