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When you hike here, bring lots of water.  I           you  don’t  want  to  miss.    Also,  an
            noticed that the Kilauea Iki Overlook was             interesting phenomenon occurs for the
            easily wheelchair accessible as well.  This           owner of  a Franko  Map.  You start to
            is true for many of the sites and stops all           study it, learn about the place, and you
            around the Kilauea Caldera.  If you look              somehow find yourself going there!   It is
            closely at side 2  of Franko’s Hawaii                 strange, but that is what happens.  I will
            National Park Guide Map you will find                 presently describe side 1 and 2  of
            the trails I  am  talking about and                   Franko’s  Hawaii National Park Guide
            descriptions of the notable sites along the           Map for  you, including ALL of the
            way.  You could hike miles here every day             captions.  Thank-you for reading this far.
            for the rest of your life and not be bored            By now I hope you will get a copy of
            with it.                                              Franko’s Hawaii  National Park Guide
                                                                  Map in your own hands and prepare your
            However, most people who visit Hawaii                 own adventure to this  marvelous
            Volcanoes National Park only have a few               destination.
            hours, and are  touring from their
            automobiles.  Therefore, the favorite part            Side 1 of Franko’s Hawaii National Park
            of this fabulous park is the 11-mile Crater           Guide Map:
            Rim Drive.   On side 2 of  my map  I
            describe Crater Rim Drive as follows:                 This is the most amazing depiction of
                                                                  Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, or any
            CRATER RIM DRIVE   This 11-mile                       other National Park that has  ever been
            drive encircles Kilauea Crater, goes                  created!  Yes, I know I made the map, but
            through desert and  rain forest, and has              it is true!  The technique, technology and
            many places to stop for scenic views and              LOVE that went into creating Franko’s
            short walks.  The pullouts and easy hikes             Hawaii National Park Guide Map has
            to magnificent viewpoints all around this             never been equaled in a map.   The
            drive are perfect for visitors who have a             inspiration that caused the colorful
            limited amount of time to visit the park.             depiction  of the  mountain and its lava
            Others will want to more closely explore              flows has never been equaled either.  The
            Sulphur  Banks, Steam Vents, Jaggar                   words that describe the details have never
            Museum,          Halemaumau            Crater,        been written before, so they  are new,
            Keanakakoi Crater, Devastation Trail,                 powerful and accurate.   Even the
            Kilauea Iki Crater, Thurston Lava Tube,               depiction  of  the  sea  below  the  volcanic
            and the area around the Visitor Center and            slope is brilliant and unique, showing the
            the Volcano House Hotel.     There are still          bathymetry in  see-through  ocean  water.
            5,909 more words on the map.   It                     This map view of Hawaii  Volcanoes
            behooves you to get the map – after all a             National Park looks like an aerial or a
            picture tells a thousand words, and at that           space photo, yet it was created on a base
            rate there  are many thousands of words               of digital elevation models  from the
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