National park
Haleakalā National Park
The park of the volcano that forms eastern Maui, with a summit at 3,055 meters. At the top a large depression of red cones, sunrise above the clouds, trails across volcanic sand and the ʻāhinahina plant, which exists only there.
State park
ʻĪao Valley State Monument
Green valley of cliffs in west Maui’s mountains, a few kilometers from Wailuku, with the ʻĪao Needle, a peak rising 366 meters above the valley floor, and the site of the 1790 Battle of Kepaniwai.
Aquarium
Maui Ocean Center
The Māʻalaea aquarium on the southwest coast of Maui, dedicated to Hawaiian marine life, with a living coral reef, green sea turtles, a glass tunnel through the open-ocean tank, and a 3D exhibit about humpback whales.