Booked this Airbnb not knowing the landscape changes - no lava flow & shortcut to the Volcano Park gated in the middle, resulting in a 45 min drive.
The best part of staying here was stargazing, comfortably lying down on the bench on lava fields (no neck pain from tilting your head back!). The sky was a bit cloudy, but from where there was no cloud, I was able to see the stars from 7PM, right after the sunset. There were as many (thought not as bright) stars as there were from the Haleakala summit. It was only a 1-2 hour window, and after that, it rained all night as it's Hilo side of the island. Felt so lucky!