Great day hike down into and across a solid lava lake in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The Kilauea Iki Trail starts in the rainforest on the crater's rim. The crater is a mile wide. The trail descends through the rainforest to the crater floor.
How often does lava flow out of Kilauea?
For the past 200 years, Mauna Loa and Kilauea have tended to erupt on average every two or three years, placing them among the most frequently active volcanoes of the world. Some intervals of repose between eruptions at a given volcano have been much longer than its long-term average.