You’ve Never Experienced Anything Like This Epic Abandoned Railroad Hike In Hawaii
By Megan Shute|Published September 07, 2016
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With more than 10 years of experience as a professional writer, Megan holds a degree in Mass Media from her home state of Minnesota. After college, she chose to trade in her winter boots for slippahs and moved to the beautiful island of Oahu, where she has been living for more than five years. She lives on the west side but is constantly taking mini-road trips across the island and visits the neighboring islands whenever she can getaway. She loves hiking, snorkeling, locally-grown coffee, and finding the best acai bowl on Oahu.
Perhaps one of the most famous hikes on Oahu – behind Diamond Head and Manoa Falls, of course – is Koko Head, a monolith rising out of Hawaii Kai more than 1,200 feet towards the sky. What most people don’t associate with this iconic Hawaiian hike is that the famous stairs are all that remains from a railway that was installed more than 70 years ago – and has since been left abandoned.
If your knees aren’t built for stair climbing, you can’t make it out to climb Koko Head, or you are still working on building up your endurance, check out this awesome drone footage of the stairs instead of hiking for yourself.
Have you hiked Koko Head yet? If you’re not quite ready to tackle 1,000+ stairs, consider checking out some of these other Hawaii hikes under 5 miles first.
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