Traffic on Mauna Kea Access Road, at the Mauna Kea Visitor Information Station and in the summit area has been significantly ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - New safeguards are in place on Mauna Kea to protect an endangered bird once thought to have disappeared from the mountain ecosystem. The uau Hawaiian petrel seabird was ...

Mauna Loa is not far behind with a peak at 13,677 feet above sea level. Mauna Kea is the world's tallest mountain when measured base to peak, as its base extends nearly 20,000 feet below sea level.