Table of Contents

Ali'i Drive and Keauhou (-)

Anaeho'omalu (2)

Chain of Craters Road (-)

Halawa and Pololu (-)

Hamakua Coast (1)

Hapuna Bay, Mauna Kea Hotels (5)

Hawi and Kapa'au (2)

Hilo (1)

Humu'ula Saddle (-)

Ka'u Desert (-)

Kailua-Kona (1)

Kawaihae and Pu'ukohola Heiau (-)

Kealakekua (-)

Kona Mauka (1)

Kilauea Caldera (-)

North and East of Kilauea (1)

Mahukona, Lapakahi (1)

Mauna Kea Summit Road (2)

Na'alehu, Punalu'u, Pahala (1)

North Kona (1)

Puako and Mauna Lani (2)

Puna (-)

Pu'u O'o Eruption (1)

Pu'uhonua o Honaunau (1)

South Kona, West Ka'u (1)

South Point (1)

Upolu Point, Mo'okini Heiau (4)

Volcano House (-)

Waikoloa (-)

Wailuku River (1)

Waimea (Kamuela) (2)

Waipio Valley (1)

Complete Listing (Items in parentheses are not yet available.)
listed north to south: west coast, then center of the island, then east coast

West Coast

Upolu Point and Mo'okini Heiau

(Near the LORAN station at Upolu Point.

(A pohaku, or sacred stone, near Upolu Point.

Mo'okini Heiau, near Kamehameha the Great's birthplace.

Inside Mo'okini Heiau.

Sacrificial altar at Mo'okini, with Haleakala across the strait.

Near Upolu Point, the northernmost tip of the Big Island.

Mahukona and Lapakahi

The abandoned harbor at Mahukona, terminus of the Hawaii Railway.

(House foundations and a well at Lapakahi State Historical Site.

(A recreation of a traditional Hawaiian house at Lapakahi.

(Inside a traditional Hawaiian house.

(Kiawe (mesquite) trees in grassland, near Lapakahi.

Kawaihae and Pu'ukohola Heiau

(A Matson container barge entering the harbor at Kawaihae.

(The shark watching stone above Kawaihae Bay.

(Mailekini Heiau, once fortified with cannons.

(Pu'ukohola Heiau, built by Kamehameha the Great.

Hapuna Bay and the Mauna Kea Hotels

Kauna'oa Beach and the Mauna Kea Hotel.

Buddha in the garden at the Mauna Kea Hotel.

Looking out over the beach from the Mauna Kea Hotel.

The golf course at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel.

Level seven in the Hapuna Prince Hotel.

(The magnificent white sand beach at Hapuna Bay State Park.

(Sunset at Hapuna Beach.

Puako and Mauna Lani

(Tidepools on Puako Bay.

The famous petroglyph area in the kiawe forest at Puako.

(The Orchid at Mauna Lani Hotel.

On the Francis H. I'i Brown Golf Course at Mauna Lani.

Waikoloa

(The lobby of the Palace Tower at Hilton Waikoloa Village.

(Part of the extensive lake system at Waikoloa Village.

(The Dolphin Education Center at Waikoloa.

(Safe beach for kids in the swimming pool.

(Waterfall and bridge at the Waikoloa swimming pool.

(Barren a'a lava flows surrounding the Waikoloa oases.

(The Kings Highway mule track at Waikoloa.

(Petroglyphs next to the Kings Highway. 

Aneaho'omalu

(Coral rubble beach at Anaeho'omalu Point.

(Anchialine ponds at Anaeho'omalu Point.

Littoral forest on the shore of Anaeho'omalu Bay.

Royal fishpond at Anaeho'omalu.

(The public beach at the south end of Anaeho'omalu.

North Kona

(Mahai'ula Bay, Kona Coast State Park, near the airport.

(Blowhole at Keahole Point.

(Seawater intake pipes at the Natural Energy Laboratory, keahole Point.

(Unexcavated ruins in the kiawe forest, Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park.

(The beach and historic sites at Honokohau.

Marlin fishing boats at Honokohau Harbor, Kona. 

Kailua-Kona

(Ahu'ena Heiau at Kailua.

(On Ali'i Drive in front of the Kamehameha Hotel.

(On the pier at Kailua.

On the seawall next to the royal beach at Kailua.

(Inside Moku'aikaua Church, Hawaii's oldest.

(Hulihe'e Palace, from the makai side.

(Mauka of the Hulihe'e Palace.

(On the lawn in front of the historic Kona Inn.

(From the lookout tower at Waterfront Row.

(The Royal Kona Resort at the south end of the Kailua strip. 

Ali'i Drive and Keauhou

(The Aston Royal Sea Cliff Resort.

(Sunset on the rocky shore at the Royal Sea Cliff.

(Hale Halawai o Holualoa Church on Ali'i Drive.

(White Sands Beach, also known as Magic Sands and Disappearing Sands.

(Coral and lava tidepools at Kahalu'u Bay.

(Po'o Hawai'i sacred pool and King Kalakaua's beach house at Kahalu'u.

(The small boat harbor at Keauhoe. 

Kona Mauka

(The Kona coffee factory and sales outlet at Napo'opo'o, near Kealakekua.

(Saint Benedict's Catholic Church, far up the mountain at Honaunau.

Inside St Benedict's "painted" church.

Kealakekua

(Kealakekua Bay, from the base of Hikiau Heiau.

Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park

(Konane, or Hawaiian checkers, in the royal enclosure at Honaunau.

(Royal canoe landing area (with a sea turtle) at Honaunau.

(Royal canoe shed, with outrigger canoes.

Ki'i (wooden images) fronting the restored heaiu at Pu'uhonua o Honaunau.

(Hale o Keawe Heaiu, at Pu'uhonua o Honaunau.

(Chief Keoua's favorite spot, as described by Mark Twain.

(The rock under which Queen Ka'ahumanu hid from King Kamehameha.

(Freshwater spring (anchialine pond) next to the Great Wall at Pu'uhonua o Honaunau.

(Royal fishponds at Honaunau.

South Kona and West Ka'u

Outrigger fishing canoes on the beach at Ho'okena.

(New houses, with roof catchments, on the barren lava fields above Ho'opuloa.

(Tidepools with underwater springs, at Miloli'i.

(Mauna Loa lava flows, next to Ocean View Estates.

(Ohia forest in the Manuka Natural Area, Ka'u.

South Point

The Kamoa wind farm.

(Pali and littoral cones northwest of South Point.

(Boat mooring under the cliffs at South Point.

(Ancient canoe mooring holes at Ka Lae.

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Center of the Island

Waimea (Kamuela)

Kohala Mountain Road, north of Waimea.

(Church Row in Waimea

(Grassland on the Mamalahoa Highway, south of Waimea.

Mauna Kea Summit Road

(Looking down on Hale Pohaku from the Mauna Kea summit road switchbacks.

(Glacial moraines on the Southwest slope of Mauna Kea.

(The Very Long Baseline Array radio telescope, south of the summit of Mauna Kea.

(On a ridgetop above Lake Waiau, among the cinder cones at the summit of Mauna Kea.

(On the shore of Lake Waiau, Hawaii's highest lake.

(The twin Keck telescopes and other observatories on the Mauna Kea summit.

The control room at NASA's Infrared Telescope Facility.

(Inside the dome at the NASA IRTF.

(Ski Hawaii! Red Hill on Mauna Kea.

Red Hill, the actual summit of Mauna Kea.

Humu'ula Saddle

(Ferociously rough a'a lava from the 1843 Mauna Loa eruption, Humu'ula Saddle.

(Bad weather on the 1935 pahoehoe lava flow near Pu'u Huluhulu.

(Kipuka Pu'u Huluhulu, an island in a sea of lava.

Kilauea Caldera

(On the brink of Halema'uma'u, the fire pit.

(Fumaroles on the caldera floor near Halema'uma'u.

(Jaggar Museum and the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

(Keanakako'i (cave of the adze) Crater.

(Curtains of fire fissure on Crater Rim Drive.

Volcano House

(The view over Kilauea Caldera from the dining room at Volcano House.

(The everlasting fire at Volcano House.

North and East of Kilauea Caldera

(Namakani Paio campground..

(Steaming Bluff, on the north rim of Kilauea Caldera.

(The Sulphur Banks, fumaroles north of Kilauea.

Tree fern-ohia forest near Kilauea Iki.

(The trail down to Thurston Lava Tube.

(Inside Thurston Lava Tube.

Ka'u Desert

(A'a lava in the Ka'u Desert.

((Pahoehoe lava and ash drifts in the Ka'u Desert.

Chain of Craters Road

(Pu'u Pu'ai, on the edge of Kilauea Iki crater.

(The Devastation Trail, downwind of the 1959 eruption.

(Lava flow from Mauna Ulu.

(Billowy pahoehoe from Mauna Ulu.

(Pahoehoe lava flow above the Holei Pali.

(On the brink of the Holei Pali.

The Pu'u O'o Eruption

(Temporary parking and ranger station at the end of the Chain of Craters Road.

(Checkpoint on the pilgrimage to the lave flow.

(A scenic overlook on the old road, now buried in lava.

(Steam rises from lava flowing into the sea near Kamoamoa.

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East Coast

Hawi and Kapa'au

The main street of Hawi, principal town of North Kohala.

(The main street in sleepy Kapa'au.

(The original (lost and found) statue of Kamehameha the Great, in Kapa'au.

Halawa and Pololu

(The Kohala Tong Wo Society building and cemetery.

(The Japanese cemetery in Niuli'i.

(Wild surf and a lone surfer at Keokea Bay.

(Pololu Valley overlook, with a squall approaching.

Waipio Valley

(The Waipio Valley overlook.

(Hi'ilawe Falls, the highest in Hawaii.

(The famous Waipio Valley "No Name" Hotel.

The Loo family's taro fields in Waipio Valley.

The Hamakua Coast

(The main street in Honoka'a.

(Breakwater and tetrapods at Laupahoehoe.

(Memorial for victims of the 1946 tsunami at Laupahoehoe.

(Pepe'ekeo Drive near the Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden.

Kahuna Falls at Akaka Falls State Park.

(Stream in the jungle at Akaka Falls Park.

(Akaka Falls in flood.

The Wailuku River

The Boiling Pots and Pe'epe'e Falls on the Wailuku River.

(Above Raindow Falls.

(Rainbow Falls on the Wailuku River.

Hilo

(The Keawe-Wailuku Bridge, and Maui's Canoe, Hilo.

Keawe Street in old Hilo.

(Along Kamehameha Avenue in old Hilo.

(The Federal Building and Kalakaua Park in Hilo.

(Flooded soccer field in Hilo's Tsunami Park.

(The bridge to Coconut Island in Hilo harbor, heavy rain.

(Banyan Drive, Hilo, on a rainy day.

Puna

(Lava casts at Lave Tree State Monument.

(Cape Kumukahi, the easternmost point in Hawaii.

(Red mangrove colonizing lava flats at Pu'ala'a.

Na'alehu, Punalu'u, and Pahala

(The old sugar company headquarters in Pahala.

(Sea Mountain golf course at Punalu'u.

(The Punalu'u Black Sand Beach.

(Storm surf at Ninole.

(Anchialine pond, tide pools, and the old sugar pier at Whittington Park.

Camp area at Whittington Beach County Park.

(From the clifftops on the east Ka'u coast.

(On the Hawaii Belt Road in Waiohinu.