Sharael Kolberg As a top attraction on Maui, Haleakala National Park is home to a dormant volcano crater with its desert-like landscape, sacred sites and a waterfall-laden tropical oasis near the ...

The absolute highlight of being on Maui is visiting Haleakala National Park with kids. This unique park is so completely different from Hawaii Volcanoes National Park or Mount Rainier National Park.

Ice and slushy snow cover portions of Crater Road at a hairpin turn near the summit Friday. -- The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo For information on the national park, visit nps.gov/haleakala.

In 2012, Haleakala National Park officials drafted a plan that proposed fewer tour companies in hopes of lessening visitor impact on the crater’s environment. The National Park Service approved ...

This park protects a portion of the dormant 10,000-foot-tall shield volcano that makes up most of the island of Maui, including a 2-mile-wide crater at the volcano’s summit ... Reservations can be ...