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1871 Trail

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

Lekeleke Burial Grounds
a.k.a. Kuamo'o Battlefield

 

Ali'i Drive
West Hawaii

In 1820, a fierce battle was fought here between Lihiliho and her cousin, Kekuaokalni.

 
 
Lilihiho had abolished the "kapu" religious sytem and her cousin challenged her authority to do this. Using Western weapons, Liholiho won the bloody battle which changed the Hawaiian beliefs forever.
  
 
The terraces on the hillside are the graves of those who died on this battlefield.
  
 
Ti leaves, wrapped around stones, are symbols of homage left by native Hawaiians. Please do not disturb the stones or leave the marked trails out of respect for this historic site.
  
 

Useful Information:

  • Stay on the trail
  • No facilities or water available
  • This is a historic site. Show respect and do not disturb anything.
  • No admission fee
  • Off-road parking
  
  DIRECTIONS:
Take Ali'i Drive south from Kailua-Kona to the end of the road. The battlefield is located on the mountain side of the road.
 
  A paved trail winds around the battlefield. Please stay on the trail.  
 
Ti leaves wrapped about lava stones are left in honor of those who lost their life here.
  
  Rock terraces are the burial sites of hundreds of Hawaiians who died during the battle fought here over the old and the new ways of life.  

   

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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

Pu'uhomua o Homaumau National Historical Park

Pu'ukohola National Historical Site

Rainbow Falls State Park

Royal Waikoloa Historical Sites

Saddle Road

South Point

Tree Molds

Umauma Falls

Waimea Area

Volcano House

Volcano National Park

Volcano Village

Waiakea Peninsula

Waiale Falls

Waikaumalo Park

Wailoa Center for Culture and Arts

Wailoa River State Park

Wailuku River

Waipi'o Valley