Olowalu Petroglyphs — Attraction in Maui

HERE'S HOW TO GET TO THE PETROGLYPHS FROM THE GENERAL STORE (scroll farther down if you followed GPS directions to another turn-off, like we did):

Park at Leoda's Kitchen & Pie Shop. Olowalu General Store is exactly next door to Leoda's. Behind Leoda's, look for the colorful stack of rubber tires and the old metal water tank (as shown in photo). Turn right down the lane after the water tank. Go all the way down the gravel lane (shown in photo), for about half a mile. No need to walk down side lanes. You will see a little white building (shown in photo). Keep going until you see another metallic building with long pipe sticking out of it (shown in photo). The petroglyphs are located on the right side of the gravel lane, on the high wall of rocks before and after the metallic building. Some are very faded, so spend some time really looking. Yes, it's worth the walk.

IF YOU FOLLOWED GOOGLE GPS:

Google initially took us straight to that white shed. We turned off the highway and entered a road that looked like it led to a small gated neighborhood. If this happened to you, no worries, this would be the quickest way to access the petroglyphs on foot. Just park near the shed, walk past it going left, and continue straight until you see the high wall of rocks and the sign. Again, no need to walk down side roads.

There will also be a brown historic sign near the prtroglyphs. Just keep going, you will find it! From Leoda's, the walk is a bit farther than a quarter of a mile.

We also ordered several pies from Leoda's afterwards. Oh yes, very worth it. So take a little walk to the petroglyphs and reward yourself with...

The Petroglyphs are on the north side of the grassy hill. They were not the easiest to locate at first. I hope this description will help.

We initially thought the petroglyphs were at the top of the hill, so we hiked the lava-gravel road to the top of the hill. However the only item there was a Geodetic Survey Marker. (photo posted)

Then we came back down the lava-gravel road and took the well worn, but narrow knee-high vegetation path down the hill. This looked like it was not going to take us there, until we got to a gravel road. We took a left at the gravel road, and the petroglyphs were there about 100 feet away from the path and up on the north facing cliff face.

There are warning signs not to go up to the cliff to the petroglyphs, other signs of welcome have been ripped down - I assume by the locals.

When you look up the hill, there are around 4 concrete block structures at the base of the rock face. The petroglyphs are located on the cliff above those structures.

We did not walk up to the cliff face, but I would guess some of the designs are 12”-18” tall.

Hope this helps you adventurers. Remember to leave only foot prints and take only...

A little difficult to find at first. Worth the quick visit if you're on this side of the island and into historical art. Directions: Follow the road up the hill. Stop before you get to the houses. Take the road to the left it is next to an abandoned building. Follow the road behind the hill. Yes its behind that hill, don't follow GPS. Gps will bring you to the wrong side of the hill. Once on the correct side you see a (1) telephone pole going to what seems like no wear and an old looking shack than you just found it. Look to your right there are some odd red squares "below the ancient art". If you have gone to a homemade Bridge you just need to turn around and go back a few yards.

If this makes no sense likely you drove into the neighborhood. Which has some amazing views. But private property. Remember these ruins are sacred and protected...