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Kealakekua Bay is located on the Kona coast of the island of Hawaiʻi about 12 miles (19 km) south of Kailua-Kona.Settled over a thousand years ago, the surrounding area contains many archeological and historical sites such as religious temples and also includes the spot where the first documented European to reach the Hawaiian islands, Captain James Cook, was killed.
Kealakekua is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States.The population was 2,019 at the 2010 census, [2] up from 1,645 at the 2000 census.. It was the subject of the 1933 popular song "My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii" by Bill Cogswell, Tommy Harrison and Johnny Noble, which became a Hawaiian music standard.
Captain Cook is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, in the United States, located in the District of South Kona.The community, within the land division of Kealakekua, is so named because the post office for the area was located in the Captain Cook Coffee Co. during the early 1900s.
In 1829, High Chiefess Kapiʻolani removed the remaining bones and hid them in the Pali Kapu O Keōua cliffs above nearby Kealakekua Bay. She then ordered this last temple to be destroyed. The bones were later moved to the Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii in 1858. [13] The heiau in the park was reconstructed in the 1960s. [14]
It contains the unincorporated community of Hōnaunau [3] in the southwest corner of the CDP, on Hōnaunau Bay, and Nāpōʻopoʻo [4] in the northwest corner, on Kealakekua Bay. Hawaii Route 11 is the main road through the CDP, leading north 16 miles (26 km) to Kailua-Kona and south 43 miles (69 km) to Nāʻālehu.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the subsequent construction boom of high-rise buildings culminated in the establishment of large hotel chains. In 1974, Honolulu County, Hawaii issued new building regulations, which should limit height and compaction of the buildings. From 1994 to 2004, the city invested 100 million US-dollars into ...
Kalaoa is located on the west side of the island of Hawaii at (19.722969, -156.004669 It is bordered to the south by Kailua-Kona , and Waimea is 33 miles (53 km) to the northeast. Kalaoa sits on the lower western slopes of the Hualalai volcano and extends west to the Pacific Ocean .
It was built in the mid-19th century, and evolved over the years into the Hawaii Belt Road which encircles the entire island. The coastal trail is part of the Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail . The Honokōhau boat harbor provides a launching area for traditional canoes, fishing boats, Scuba diving and snorkeling tours of the area.