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Ahu'ena Heiau

Aimakapa Fish Pond

Akaka Falls State Park

Ancient Hawaiian Religious Sites

Banyan Tree Drive

Boiling Pots

Botanical Gardens

Captain Cook's Monument

Crater Rim Road Sites

Dai Fukuji Soto Buddhist Mission

Early Christian Religious Sites

Hamakua Coast

Hawaii Belt Road Scenic Route

Hawi Town

Hilo Bay

Hilo Town

Honokohau Marina

Hulihe'e Palace

Kailua-Kona Coast

Kailua-Kona Town

Kailua Pier

Kalapana

Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park

Kalopa Native Forest State Park

Kamehameha Akahi Aina Hanau

Kamehameha the Great Statue

Kapa'au Town

Kaumana Cave

Kawaihae Harbor

Kealakekua Bay Historical Park

Keauhou Bay

Kiholo Bay Scenic Overlook

Kilauea

King Kamehameha Hotel

King's Trail

Kipuka Puaulu

Kohala Middle Road

Kona Historical Society Museum

Kona Coffee Museum

Kumukahi Lighthouse

Lapakahi State Historical Park

Laupahoehoe Point Overlook

Laupahoehoe Park

Laupahoehoe Train Museum

Lava Tree State Park

Kalapana

 

Highway 137
South East Hawaii

The small town of Kalapana was once a treasured Hawaiian fishing village. It was also the site of one of the largest and nicest black sand beaches. But in 1990, Madame Pele changed the landscape of Hawaii dramatically. From April through December of that year, lava flowed relentlessly, burying the town and the Royal Garden Subdivision under 10 meters of molten rock.

  
 
The slow moving lava engulfed homes, parks and roads. Almost everything in its path was completely destroyed. However, a few homes survived the devestation by sheer "luck". For some reason, the lava would part or turn and spare a single structure.
  
 
These houses still stand, completely surrounded by lava and cut off from civilization. A few families still live in the barren "subdivision" without water or power.
  
 
The lava from the Kilauea Volcano flowed rapidly down the Pulama pali toward the town and subdivisions of Kalapana.
  
 
Today, "rangers" set up make-shift stations to monitor visitor traffic to the site. You can hike across the barren lava fields and view current lava outbreaks which are easily seen after dark.
  
 

Useful Information:

  • There may be an admission fee charged to enter this area (the fee is being appealed)
  • Stay away from any house - that is private property
  
 

More Information:

  • Stay on the path as directed by the "rangers"
  • Wear sturdy shoes
  • Bring a flashlight is staying after dark
  • Bring plenty of water
  • NO facilities anywhere on the lava field
  
 

More Information:

  • Do not get close to the ocean. This land is VERY unstable and may suddenly collapse
  • REMEMBER - this is active volcano land and is unpredictable
  
  This road sign along the highway sadly depicts the annihilation of an entire community.  
 
Stay on the marked path and always obey the warning signs posted throughout the area.
  
  DIRECTIONS:
Take Highway 137 around the eastern tip of Hawaii to the very end OR take Highway 130 south from Hilo to Highway 137 and continue to the end. A "ranger" station and parking area is located at the end of the road.
  
 
Fingers of barren lava extend out into the ocean, covering beaches, oceanfront property, and roads.
  

   

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Lekeleke Burial Grounds

Lili'uokalani Park and Gardens

Little Blue Church

Luau

Lyman Museum and Mission House

Malama Petroglyph Trail

Makaiwa Bay

Manuka State Park

Mauna Kea

Mauna Kea State Park

Mauna Lani Historical Sites

Mauna Loa

Mauna Loa Macadamia Nuts Visitor Center

Mokuaikaua Church

Naha and Pinao Stones

National Energy Laboratory of Hawaii

Natural Lava Steam Rooms

Old Mamalahoa Highway

Onizuka Center for International Astronomy

Onizuka Space Center

Pacific Tsunami Museum

Painted Church

Panaewa Zoo and Equestrian Center

Parker Ranch

Pe'epe'e Falls State Park

Pepe'okeo Scenic Drive

Pololu Valley Lookout

Pu'u O'o Vent

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Rainbow Falls State Park

Royal Waikoloa Historical Sites

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Wailoa Center for Culture and Arts

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