The Keaukaha post already told you this park existed. It called it the kid-friendly stop with a shallow, boulder-lined wading pool. It also promised “the picturesque Chalk’s Beach, which is featured in its own article.” That article was never written. I checked. This is the page. I am not going to invent a second, secret …
Tucked into the quiet, leafy residential neighborhood of Hawaiian Beaches along Big Island’s rocky and turbulent eastern coastline is Papio Ocean Park – an expansive stretch of green grass framed by a hedgerow of broad-leafed trees and coconut palms. It’s a breezy, well-manicured refuge of green; a break in the long string of desolate lava …
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Reed’s Bay Beach Park is a hidden gem along Hilo’s looping scenic oceanfront byway known as Banyan Drive – named after the rows of gigantic Banyan trees lining the road – and features a short, crescent-shaped white sand beach studded with coral rubble that gently slopes down into the vividly clear waters of the shallow …
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Just east of the City of Hilo’s two-mile long breakwater sits Keaukaha Beach Park; a rocky shoreline of calm tidepools and swimming holes protected from the onslaught of rolling waves charging in from the open ocean. It’s a collection of unassuming windswept inlets and inviting tree-lined coves found just off of Kalanianaole Street – the …
MacKenzie State Park, formally known as MacKenzie State Recreation Area, is a 13-acre windswept grove of towering ironwood trees situated along a stretch of jagged sea cliffs found within Big Island’s volcano-prone Puna District. It’s a rugged, isolated and serenely beautiful forest of rustling trees, outcroppings of moss-covered black rock, well-hidden lava tubes and the …
Just offshore of Liliuokalani Park and Gardens along Hilo’s Waiakea Peninsula lies Coconut Island, arguably the best place in town to see the iconic panorama of downtown’s colorful waterfront shops and palm tree-lined boulevard. The island lies across the bay from Hilo’s main commercial center and world-famous bayfront beaches, and gives its visitors a unique …
Known as the “Valley of the Kings, Waipo Valley is a dozen miles north of the small, rustic, windswept town of Honoka’a along Hawai’i Island’s Hamakua Coast, the highway comes to a dead-end approaching the cliff of a massive valley. This is the Waipio Valley Overlook, where visitors can catch a glimpse of one of …
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