Just before the waterfall I crossed to the right side of the stream and as I looked up I saw that the walls were closing in on me and if there were to be a rockslide or flashflood there would be no where for me to go. Near the end of the trail I came out of the trees and was able to witness for myself exactly why this place is considered so dangerous. Shortly after this I ended up walking on the side of the stream and crossing it a few times and despite what i've heard from some people, I believe the trail is in fairly good shape and very recognizable the whole way. At one point, as I was going down the road I reached a blue no trespassing sign with a junction and luckily took the left route which happened to be the correct one. Once on the trail everything was pretty straight forward. The path took me directly into the woods and kept me hidden. As I was at the beach and looking at the park I saw a yellow gate and to the left of that gate I saw a little path, and went towards that path and not through the gate. This made perfect sense to me and I figured if I had done it that way that I would have been asking for trouble and simply drawing attention to the fact that I was in the park. ![]() I had heard from others that parking at the little pullout by the beach right across from the park entrance was a horrible idea and that if I did so there might be a cop waiting for me when I came out. ![]() On the opposite side of the road there is a little beach where I hung out until I saw that the coast was clear and then I ran across the street and headed into the park. Directly across the street from Sacred Falls state park is. I walked about five to ten minutes down the street to where Sacred Falls State Park was on my left hand side right in front of me. I drove towards Hau'ula from the Kaneohe side of the island and about a half mile before reaching Sacred Falls State Park I parked just off the road on the right side of the street where there is a beach. Once again I don't recommend doing this hike and I am not telling anyone to trespass but on the day I went, this is how I did it. People had been killed by falling rocks before this incident and many have been injured, killed, or rescued due to flash floods that sweep through the area. On top of the deaths and injuries from the rockslide that day, many other deaths and injuries have also occured here before the 1999 incident. The state has never reopened the trail due to the liability issues and the fact that they believe the possibility for another rockslide and more injuries and deaths is very likely if the falls are reopened. For some reason after that happened and we returned to Oahu, I became even more intrigued with visiting Sacred Falls.įor those that don't know Sacred Falls is a 4 mile round trip waterfall hike located in a state park in Hau'ula, that has been completely shut down due to a tragic accident on mothers day of 1999 in which 8 people died and over 30 were injured by falling rocks. ![]() I was about as scared as I have ever been and wasted no time in getting out of that place. ![]() When I reached these falls in Maui a huge boulder came down and hit in the water a few feet from me and made the loudest thump sound I have ever heard. This past march me and my wife took a trip to Maui and while there we hiked to a waterfall in which the walls completely closed in where the falls were, very similar to Sacred Falls. I am gonna start this by saying I in no way recommend going to these falls and if you do so, you will be trespassing and risking the chance of being arrested or fined or even injured.
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