Kaloko Trails
West Hawaii Trails is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that maintains the Kaloko trails, aka Makāula-ʻOʻoma. These rocky, rooty trails are in an ʻōhiʻa forest and are popular with hikers, trail runners and mountain bikers.
Join us for volunteer trail work: More info
Donations pay for trail tools for volunteer work days. We're currently working with DLNR on a plan for trail improvements. Stay tuned for more!
Dr. Jeff McDevitt, pictured here with his daugher Malia, is a retired local physician who runs the 501(c)3 nonprofit West Hawaii Trails, and is out weekly maintaining the trails. We'd love your help paying for trail tools. No donation is too small, if everybody gave five dollars it would be enough. Mahalo!
Map of the Kaloko (aka Makāula-‘O‘oma) trails on TrailForks. Google maps link to trailhead parking.
We recommend hiking in clockwise loops to avoid climbing back to the trailhead when you're tired. If you're looking for a shorter hike, turn right and do and out-and-back on Upper Jurassic.
History of the Makāula-‘O‘oma Forest Reserve Trails
In the mid 1990s the state of Hawaii took back the lease of portions of land from Huehue Ranch to form forest reserves for recreation in Kona. The 1365-acre Makāula-‘O‘oma Forest reserve, on the northern border of the Kaloko subdivision, was dedicated for hiking and mountain biking.
In 1993, the Department of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW), asked Dr Jeff McDevitt and Grant Miller to build trails for mountain biking. The mountain bikers put in 6 miles of trails with hand tools over the next several years. Separate trails had been planned for hiking but never got built so the mountain bike trails became multiuse.
The trails have been maintained for the past 32 years by the two original trail builders from the nonprofit WEST HAWAII TRAILS, with assistance from DLNR in controlling invasive plants since 2017. They set up a volunteer trail maintenance workday on the first Saturday of every month, meeting 9 to 11 AM at the trailhead at end of Makahi St.
We are working with DLNR on trail improvements, so there is a new work party schedule. Check here and we'll post all dates. No experience necessary, everyone welcome!
- The next work day is May 3, 2025. Meet at 9am, we'll be done at noon. Sign up here
- Meet at the Makahi St. trail head. Google maps link
- Wear sturdy shoes, gloves and be prepared for variable weather including rain.
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Bring tools if you have them, the most useful are loppers and small hand sicle. Tools will be provided at Na Ala Hele sponsored work parties.
Information about the Makāula-‘O‘oma (Kaloko) Trail network from Hawaii DLNR.