Kona to Hilo at night

We land in Kona @ 7:15 pm (sunset). How long %26amp; difficult is it to drive to Hilo via the north shore? We plan to return over the same route the next morning.

Kona to Hilo at night

You don%26#39;t say why you have to do this. But, I can only assume it is because of your hotel/housing situation. It%26#39;s possible but I would not do it. You%26#39;ll be driving a dark, unfamiliar road that can be very windy and narrow in some places. It is about 90+ miles from Kona to Hilo via Waimea and AAA says in the best of circumstances will take about 1.5 hours. I have driven this route many times in the day light but can%26#39;t remember how long it took, sorry.

I will tell you that I had to drive from Kona to Milolii at night and it is not a trip I would care to do again!! (That%26#39;s south of Kona) Maybe I%26#39;m just chicken or not that good of a driver!

Kona to Hilo at night

OOps, I meant to say the drive from Kona to Milolii is NOT one I care to drive again in the dark.

Kona to the bay front in Hilo is 100 miles and it will take about 2 and 1/2 hours, provided there is no traffic. I hope it%26#39;s very important for you to drive there for the night, because it doesn%26#39;t make sense otherwise.

I live here and I try very hard not to drive it at night. When it pours, the lack of visibility can be daunting. Think about a desert gully washer, double it, and then drive it in the pitch black for two hours on a winding narrow two lane road where any mistake is likely to be fatal. It%26#39;s still a busy road so remember you%26#39;ll be driving into headlights most of the trip. Well, hopefully not INTO headlights, but with lights in your eyes.

It%26#39;s about 2 1/2 hours from the airport to Hilo with no stops.

FYI, we don%26#39;t call it the north shore (Oahu and Kaua%26#39;i have north shores; we call it the Hamakua Coast. It faces mostly northeast, which I suppose accounts for why we don%26#39;t call it the north shore.

The road is easier when there%26#39;s no rain and no fog (fog is between Waimea and Honoka%26#39;a mostly). However, the rain and fog are pretty common, at all times of year.

If you need to be in Hilo, is there some reason why you couldn%26#39;t fly into Hilo? Because that would be the obvious choice. That or stay a night on the west side.

Plus, there really are a lot of wrecks on this road at night. I%26#39;ve lived where the ambulances go by ... There are no services at all on 40 miles of the road at night; much of the road there is nothing but trees and even cliffs. Very isolated, very bad place to get into trouble at night.

Add to that there%26#39;s almost no cell phone coverage so if you have an emergency forget calling for help.

Landing at 7:15 means you wont be out of the airport till almost 7:50 or 8

At night, with humidity and no light , in vog conditions and rain I would figure you will get to Hilo down town by 11 pm with no stops... it is all 2 lane road, no service,

Its about 110 miles of twisty winding road.

Nobody here even considering night driving on this road.........and then driving back the next morning... are you nuts? or just have a death wish?

Distance means nothing here...its all time figure an average at night or day of not much over 30 mph...its not Arizona