It's easy to visit Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park by car. Visitors will travel along Crater Rim Drive and Chain of Craters Road during the Crater Rim Drive Tour. It's best to start the tour at the Kilauea Visitor Center near the park's entrance where information trails, road conditions, safety precautions, and ranger-led activities is provided. A short film called "Born of Fire, Born of the Sea" is played in the visitor center every hour.
The next stop on the Crater Rim Drive Tour is the Kilauea Overlook. The overlook is a little less than a mile from Steaming Bluffs. While the a sign shows it's an area for picnicking, it also provides a spectacular view of the Halema'uma'u Crater and Kilauea Caldera. The view is comparable to the one at Jaggar Museum, however, the Kilauea Overlook is typically less crowded. The Kilauea Caldera is over three miles long and about two miles in width, and the highest point of the rim of the caldera is near Kilauea Overlook.