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Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located on the west coast of the island of Hawaiʻi in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The historical park preserves the site where, up until the early 19th century, Hawaiians who broke a kapu (one of the ancient laws) could avoid certain death by fleeing to ...
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The other one, which is also a landmark of national historic importance, is Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park. It was established in 1955, before the National Historic Landmarks program started.
Route 160 west (Keala o Keawe Road) – Puuhonua, Honaunau: Eastern terminus of Route 160: Captain Cook: 110.20: 177.35: Route 160 south (Nāpōʻopoʻo Road) – Kealakekua Bay: Northern terminus of Route 160; serves Nāpōʻopoʻo: Honalo: 113.70: 182.98: Route 180 north (Māmalahoa Highway) – Keauhou: Southern terminus of Route 180 ...
As part of the Malama Hawaii project, tourism officials, hotels, and attractions teamed up to offer volunteer experiences sized for vacationers.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Honaunau-Napoopoo CDP has a total area of 40.7 square miles (105.4 km 2), of which 38.0 square miles (98.4 km 2) are land and 2.7 square miles (7.0 km 2), or 6.66%, are water. [5] Nāpōʻopoʻo has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) with uniformly warm temperatures year-round.
The hill was initially nicknamed "Puʻu O" by volcanologists, as its position when marked on a map of the area coincided with an "o" in "Lava flow of 1965". Later, the elders of the village of Kalapana were asked to name the new hill, and chose Puʻu ʻŌʻō , meaning hill of the digging stick . [ 3 ]
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