About the Haiku Stairs Trail

An introduction with facts and general information about the Haiku Stairs Trail on Oahu Island in Hawaii.

ANNOUNCEMENT:
The City and County of honolulu voted to remove the Haiku Stairs in 2021. A demolition contract to remove the stairs was awarded to The Nakoa Companies in August of 2023.

NAME: Haiku Stairs Trail
ALSO KNOWN AS: Stairway to Heaven Trail
NUMBER OF STEPS: more than 3,000
DIFFICULTY: ?
REGION: East Oahu
LEADS TO: one of the highest peks i the Koolau Mountain Range
BUILT: 1943 (after the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor)
ORIGINAL PURPOSE: communicating across the ocean

References

sfgate.com/hawaii/article --> 2023/09/13 --> honolulu pushes ahead on removing haiku stairs
On August. 29, 2023 the City and County of Honolulu announced that it awarded a $2.5 million demolition contract to The Nakoa Companies, the company who repaired the stairs under a previous administration.

spectrumnews1.com --> 2023/01/21 --> haiku stairs: a look back at its history and forward into its future

wikipedia.org --> haiku stairs --> article

commons.wikimedia.org --> haiku stairs --> images category

oahuhike.com --> haiku stairs hiking guide

haikustairs.org (Friends of Haiku Stairs)

<> facebook.com --> friends of haiku stairs