Hawaii - Jeff Campbell [144]
Don’t leave anything valuable in your car. Telltale mounds of shattered windshield glass litter the road’s-end parking area used by most hikers. Parking closer to the rest rooms or leaving your doors unlocked can decrease the odds of having your car windows smashed.
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Hawai′i the Big Island
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HISTORY
CLIMATE
NATIONAL, STATE & COUNTY PARKS
ACTIVITIES
GETTING THERE & AWAY
GETTING AROUND
KAILUA-KONA
ORIENTATION
INFORMATION
DANGERS & ANNOYANCES
SIGHTS
ACTIVITIES
TOURS
FESTIVALS & EVENTS
SLEEPING
EATING
DRINKING
ENTERTAINMENT
SHOPPING
GETTING THERE & AWAY
GETTING AROUND
AROUND KAILUA-KONA
KEAUHOU RESORT AREA
HOLUALOA
SOUTH KONA COAST
HONALO
KAINALIU
KEALAKEKUA
CAPTAIN COOK
HONAUNAU
PU′UHONUA O HONAUNAU NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
HO′OKENA
MILOLI′I
NORTH KONA COAST
HONOKOHAU HARBOR
KALOKO-HONOKOHAU NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
KEAHOLE POINT
ONIZUKA SPACE CENTER
MT HUALALAI SLOPES
KEKAHA KAI STATE PARK
KA′UPULEHU
KIHOLO BAY
SOUTH KOHALA
WAIKOLOA RESORT AREA
MAUNA LANI RESORT AREA
SHOPPING
PUAKO
HAPUNA BEACH STATE RECREATION AREA
MAUNA KEA RESORT AREA
SPENCER BEACH PARK
PU′UKOHOLA HEIAU NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
KAWAIHAE
NORTH KOHALA
AKONI PULE HIGHWAY
HAWI
KAPA′AU
MAKAPALA
POLOLU VALLEY
WAIMEA (KAMUELA)
ORIENTATION
INFORMATION
SIGHTS
ACTIVITIES
TOURS
FESTIVALS & EVENTS
SLEEPING
EATING
ENTERTAINMENT
SHOPPING
GETTING THERE & AROUND
AROUND WAIMEA
KOHALA FOREST RESERVE
OLD MAMALAHOA HIGHWAY
MAUNA KEA
HISTORY
ORIENTATION & INFORMATION
DANGERS & ANNOYANCES
SIGHTS
ACTIVITIES
TOURS
FESTIVALS & EVENTS
SLEEPING
GETTING THERE & AROUND
AROUND MAUNA KEA
MAUNA LOA’S NORTHERN FLANK
HAMAKUA COAST
HONOKA′A
KUKUIHAELE
WAIPI′O VALLEY
KALOPA STATE RECREATION AREA
LAUPAHOEHOE
KOLEKOLE BEACH PARK
HONOMU
AKAKA FALLS STATE PARK
PEPE′EKEO 4-MILE SCENIC DRIVE
HILO
ORIENTATION
INFORMATION
SIGHTS
HILO FOR CHILDREN
ACTIVITIES
FESTIVALS & EVENTS
SLEEPING
EATING
DRINKING & ENTERTAINMENT
SHOPPING
GETTING THERE & AWAY
GETTING AROUND
PUNA
KEA′AU
MOUNTAIN VIEW & AROUND
PAHOA
LAVA TREE STATE MONUMENT
KAPOHO
RED ROAD (HIGHWAY 137)
HIGHWAY 130
HAWAI′I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
ORIENTATION
INFORMATION
DANGERS & ANNOYANCES
SIGHTS
ACTIVITIES
FESTIVALS & EVENTS
SLEEPING
EATING & DRINKING
GETTING THERE & AROUND
AROUND HAWAI′I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
VOLCANO
KA′U
PAHALA
PUNALU′U
WHITTINGTON BEACH PARK
NA′ALEHU
WAI′OHINU
SOUTH POINT
OCEAN VIEW
ROAD TO THE SEA
MANUKA STATE WAYSIDE PARK
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Kamehameha the Great named the Kingdom of Hawaii after his home island, a synecdoche that still rings true today. While Moloka′i is often called ‘the most Hawaiian island,’ the rich diversity of Hawai′i island’S landscapes and people make it feel convincingly emblematic of the entire state.
First, there’S so much space. Hawai′i is twice as big as the other islands combined. It’S the only island where you feel you’re on a road trip. Hawaii’S peoples have room to be themselves, and they ring the Big Island with personality: from multiethnic, working-class Hilo to Waimea’S paniolo (cowboy) country, from funkadelic Puna to rural, off-the-grid Ka′u, from South Kona’S Japanese coffee farmers to North Kohala’S writers and artists. Hawai′i is steeped in ancient history. The first Polynesians landed here, and Kamehameha was born here. So many ancient sites are preserved, and so well, that it takes little imagination to conjure helmeted warriors and Captain Cook, bays full of outrigger canoes and the terror of the gods. Without question, Pele still lives here. Her home is Kilauea, and try as one might, it is impossible not to personify the fiery volcanoes and their creative-destructive power, which is everywhere evident – in burnt, blackened landscapes and in the ongoing eruption giving birth to the islands.
Hawai′i is a place you can return to again and again, always finding something new, and always deepening and broadening your understanding of what