Must-see attractions in Hawaiʻi the Big Island

  • Hale Halawai Park

    Kailua-Kona

    This county park serves as a very minor green lung breathing a little bit of oxygen into an adjacent three-way intersection on Ali'i Drive. Beyond a nice…

  • Miloliʻi Beach Park

    South Kona Coast

    This county beach park is pocked with tide pools. On weekends in particular, locals are pretty protective of this park, and facilities are limited to…

  • ROD Quarantine Gate

    Hawaiʻi the Big Island

    This gate marks the end of the drivable portion of the road through Kahuku Unit as well as the Pali o Kaʻeo trailhead and an alternative starting point…

  • Kawaihae Harbor

    South Kohala

    This sunny harbor is a good spot for a picnic or a place to just chill and watch the boats roll in. Beware of flies that swarm by the rubbish bins.

  • Lua Poholo

    Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

    A deep pit crater on the northeast edge of Mauna Loa's summit caldera. The crater collapsed inward when lava left the summit.

  • Kamaoa Wind Farm

    Hawaiʻi the Big Island

    The rusty carcasses of 37 windmills from the failed Kamaoa wind farm lie next to their foundations along South Point Rd.

  • Cone Crater

    Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

    A prominent, semicollapsed volcanic crater along the Mauna Iki Trail.

  • Twin Pit Crater

    Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

    True to their name, these dual yawning craters are just west of Cone Crater on the Mauna Iki Trail.

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