Is the pass open? Is it snowing at the summit? Are the crowds already three deep at the overlook? 195 official National Park Service cameras answer that before you pack the car.
Straight from the park's own camera. The Park Service publishes a new picture every few minutes, and this one re-fetches itself about every two while the tab is in front of you — the button is there for when you cannot wait.
View the webcam to see the state of the current eruption up-close. Camera location is off-limits to the general public because of significant volcanic hazards. Scroll down for all available webcams.
Open the viewLive view of Kaluapele (Kīlauea caldera) and Halemaʻumaʻu crater, from the northeast rim of the caldera [V2cam]. This camera is a pan-tilt-zoom model and the view may change depending on activity. Disclaimer: The webcams are operational 24/7 and faithfully record the dark of night if there are no sources of incandescence or other lights. At times, clouds and rain obscure visibility. The cameras are subject to sporadic breakdown and may not be repaired immediately. Some cameras are observing an area that is off-limits to the general public because of significant volcanic hazards.
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The National Park Service air-quality camera for this park. The picture refreshes every few minutes; the link opens the park's own air-quality page.
Open the viewView from Mauna Loa Strip Road looking at the Kīlauea summit to document volcanic eruption plumes.
Open the viewWebcam image showing the upper Southwest Rift Zone of Kīlauea volcano. View is from a seismic station in the Kaʻū Desert, looking northwest. Uēkahuna, the summit of Kilauea, is visible in the distance near the right edge of the frame. Pu‘ukoa‘e is the larger of the two cinder cones near the center of the frame, and Maunaiki is a subtle hill in the center-left. The Kamakaia Hills are visible at the extreme left edge of the frame. Disclaimer: The webcams are operational 24/7 and faithfully record the dark of night if there are no sources of incandescence or other lights. At times, clouds and rain obscure visibility. The cameras are subject to sporadic breakdown, and may not be repaired immediately. Some cameras are observing an area that is off-limits to the general public because of significant volcanic hazards.
Open the viewThis image is from a research camera on the bluff at Uēkahuna, overlooking the summit caldera of Kīlauea. This camera is a pan-tilt-zoom model and the view may change depending on activity.
Open the viewThis image is from a temporary research camera positioned near Puʻuʻōʻō looking west. Disclaimer: The webcams are in an area that is off-limits to the general public because of significant volcanic hazards.
Open the viewLive view of the upper Southwest Rift Zone of Kīlauea, view is to the southwest - temporary webcam image showing the site of the eruption that started on June 3, 2024. Disclaimer: The webcams are operational 24/7 and faithfully record the dark of night if there are no sources of incandescence or other lights. Thermal webcams record heat rather than light and get better views through volcanic gas. At times, clouds and rain obscure visibility. The cameras are subject to sporadic breakdown, and may not be repaired immediately. Some cameras are observing an area that is off-limits to the general public because of significant volcanic hazards.
Open the viewLive Image of Mauna Loa's Summit and Northeast Rift Zone from Mauna Kea [MKcam]. Courtesy USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Open the viewLive Panorama of Maunaulu Cam from [MUcam]. Courtesy of USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
Open the viewThis image is from a research camera positioned on a cone in Mauna Loa's Southwest Rift Zone in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. The camera looks northeast (upslope), focusing on the middle part of the Southwest Rift Zone. The volcano's summit is at upper right. The webcams are operational 24/7 and faithfully record the dark of night if there are no sources of incandescence or other lights. Thermal webcams record heat rather than light and get better views through volcanic gas. At times, clouds and rain obscure visibility. The cameras are subject to sporadic breakdown, and may not be repaired immediately. Some cameras are observing an area that is off-limits to the general public because of significant volcanic hazards.
Open the viewThis image is from a research camera positioned on the north rim of Mokuʻāweoweo, the summit caldera of Mauna Loa volcano by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. If you look carefully around early morning or late evening, you may see a few thermal areas emitting steam. The webcams are operational 24/7 and faithfully record the dark of night if there are no sources of incandescence or other lights. Thermal webcams record heat rather than light and get better views through volcanic gas. At times, clouds and rain obscure visibility. The cameras are subject to sporadic breakdown, and may not be repaired immediately. Some cameras are observing an area that is off-limits to the general public because of significant volcanic hazards.
Open the viewThis image is from a temporary thermal camera located on the north rim of Mauna Loa's summit caldera. The temperature scale is in degrees Celsius up to a maximum of 500 degrees (932 degrees Fahrenheit) for this camera model, and scales automatically based on the maximum and minimum temperatures on the caldera floor and not the whole frame, which sometimes results in the rim (bottom of image) looking saturated (white). Thick fume, image pixel size and other factors often result in image temperatures being lower than actual surface temperatures. Thermal webcams record in Centigrade, conversions to Fahrenheit are provided here for your convenience: 20°C=68°F, 40°C=104°F, 60°C=140°F, 80°C=176°F. Courtesy of USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Open the viewLive view of the northwest flank of Mauna Loa; the view is from the southeast flank of Hualālai. This camera is a pan-tilt-zoom model and the view may change depending on activity. The webcams are operational 24/7 and faithfully record the dark of night if there are no sources of incandescence or other lights. Thermal webcams record heat rather than light and get better views through volcanic gas. At times, clouds and rain obscure visibility. The cameras are subject to sporadic breakdown, and may not be repaired immediately. Some cameras are observing an area that is off-limits to the general public because of significant volcanic hazards.
Open the viewThis image is from a temporary research camera positioned northeast of Puʻuʻōʻō, on Puʻuhalulu, looking southwest toward the northeast flank of Puʻuʻōʻō. The webcams are operational 24/7 and faithfully record the dark of night if there are no sources of incandescence or other lights. Thermal webcams record heat rather than light and get better views through volcanic gas. At times, clouds and rain obscure visibility. The cameras are subject to sporadic breakdown and may not be repaired immediately. Some cameras are observing an area that is off-limits to the general public because of significant volcanic hazards.
Open the viewThis image is from a research camera positioned on the southeast flank of Puʻuʻōʻō, looking toward the southeast. Disclaimer: The webcams are operational 24/7 and faithfully record the dark of night if there are no sources of incandescence or other lights. Thermal webcams record heat rather than light and get better views through volcanic gas. At times, clouds and rain obscure visibility. The cameras are subject to sporadic breakdown and may not be repaired immediately. Some cameras are observing an area that is off-limits to the general public because of significant volcanic hazards.
Open the viewThis image is from a research camera positioned on the northwest flank of Puʻuʻōʻō, looking southwest. On the morning of May 24, 2016, this camera was rotated to be pointed northeast to follow a new breakout on the east flank of Puʻuʻōʻō.
Open the viewThis image is from a research camera positioned on a cone in Mauna Loa's Southwest Rift Zone in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. The camera looks northeast (upslope), focusing on the upper part of the Southwest Rift Zone. The upper flank of Mauna Loa forms the skyline. Courtesy of USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Open the viewLive image of Mauna Loa's upper and middle Southwest Rift Zone from Dandelion Cone along the middle part of the rift zone [MDLcam]. This camera is a pan-tilt-zoom model and the view may change depending on activity. The webcams are operational 24/7 and faithfully record the dark of night if there are no sources of incandescence or other lights. Thermal webcams record heat rather than light and get better views through volcanic gas. At times, clouds and rain obscure visibility. The cameras are subject to sporadic breakdown, and may not be repaired immediately. Some cameras are observing an area that is off-limits to the general public because of significant volcanic hazards.
Open the viewLive view of Halemaʻumaʻu crater at the summit of Kīlauea; camera is positioned on the south rim and the view is to the west [S2cam]. Courtesy of USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Note: this view is not from a publicly accessible area.
Open the viewLive view of the west vent in Halemaʻumaʻu and the lava lake, from the northwest rim of the caldera, looking south [V1cam]. Courtesy of USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Note: this view is not from a publicly accessible area.
Open the viewCameras, images and status messages come from the National Park Service API and open on nps.gov — we link rather than embed, so you always see the park's own current player. Views refresh on the park's schedule, not ours.
The first number is how many cameras are working now. Every camera opens on nps.gov — we link rather than embed, so you always get the park's own current player, and this page can't break when the Park Service changes it. Data from the NPS API.