Illustrated scene. Not a photograph of this place.
The old military tramway up Koko Crater, reached through Koko Head District Park. The city said it reopened July 10, 2025 and told people to stay on the tramway and obey caution tape around summit bunkers.
- Access
- Confirm status first
- Cost
- Confirm the cost
- Difficulty
- No agency rating copied
- Effort
- Strenuous
- Audience tags
- Visitors, Adults, Locals
Effort follows the agency difficulty when one was published: easy is gentle, moderate and easy-to-moderate are steady, and moderate-to-difficult or an agency description of a strenuous climb is strenuous. It is a sorting aid, not a safety rating.
Access and permission
The city manages the tramway. The latest city notice found says it reopened July 10, 2025, after a closure to seal bunker access, and that hikers should stay on the tramway. A 2021 city release described 1,048 wooden ties. That count is not repeated as the current number of steps. Confirm any new closure with Honolulu Parks before you go. Effort is marked strenuous because the route is a long stair climb described by the city as roughly a 1,050-step trek in an earlier platform project page, not because a difficulty table was published.
A current fee was not printed in the city news reviewed. Do not assume it is free without checking the park.
Conditions, separate from permission
The July 2025 city notice exists because a child entered a bunker and fell. Bunkers are not part of the walk. Heat on an exposed stairway is a conditions issue. This page does not call the climb safe.
Figures copied from the source
- Agency difficulty: No current difficulty table was reviewed
What to bring
- A lot of water and sun protection. Those are practical items for an exposed stair climb, not a posted packing list from the city page reviewed.
Logistics
- Access is through Koko Head District Park. The pin is that park.
- Posted park gate hours were not copied from a current parks page in this build. A 2022 council resolution discussed hours, and it is not treated here as today's sign.
- Map pin: OpenStreetMap geocode of Koko Head District Park.
Related gear
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- Thinksport Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50+, 3 fl oz
For exposed walks and shoreline time. The Amazon listing checked on Nov 7, 2026 is titled Thinksport Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50+ Zinc Oxide, 3 fl oz. That listing text says the formula uses zinc oxide (it states 24.25%) and lists oxybenzone among ingredients it does not contain. It did not explicitly say octinoxate in the text reviewed. Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes §342D-21 makes it unlawful to sell or distribute sunscreen containing oxybenzone or octinoxate in the state without a prescription. Read the current tube before you buy. Listing text changes.
- Nalgene Tritan Wide Mouth BPA-Free Water Bottle, Cadet, 32 oz
For trails whose managing agency says there is no drinking water, or that stream water should not be drunk. The Amazon listing checked on Nov 7, 2026 is titled Nalgene Tritan Wide Mouth BPA-Free Water Bottle, Cadet with Cadet cap, 32 oz. The listing describes a BPA-free Tritan bottle. This is one colorway, not a claim that every Nalgene bottle is the same product.
Sources and verification
Checked 2026-11-07. If a source disagrees with this page, use the source.