Maui County consists of the islands of Kahoolawe, Lanai, Maui, and Molokai.
Maui, otherwise known as the "Valley Island," was given its name due to an undersea eruption five million years ago. This eruption created two separate volcanic mountains, Mauna Kahalawai and Haleakala.
Mauna Kahalawai is now an extinct volcano and became known as the West Maui Mountains. Haleakala, meaning "house of the sun," erupted in 1790...
Molokai is Hawaii's fifth largest island. Roughly rectangular in shape, it is thirty-eight miles long and ten miles wide. Molokai was created from the union of two separate volcanoes that eventually formed two different islands. In the east, lava formed into high mountains which acted like a funnel. This funnel trapped clouds, caused heavy...
Timeless in a sea of change, Lanai is one of Hawaii's most enticing islands. One of the smallest, it was formed by a single shield volcano creating a volcanic mass of tablelands and eroded gorges. The lowlands display sparsely populated pristine beaches and rugged, red lava cliffs. Towering Cook trees and green mountains encompass the highlands...