R.W. Meyer Sugar Mill/Moloka'i Museum & Cultural Center

Located topside Moloka'i on highway 470 at the four-mile marker, the Meyer site features the restored 1878 sugar mill with a mule-driven cane crusher and operational steam engine.  The cultural center has changing exhibits and artifacts.  Tours are offered Monday through Saturday for a nominal fee.  Rudolph Meyer was a German sugar farmer and rancher who came to Moloka'i in 1848.  He served as the supervisor for the isolated Kalawao settlement from 1866 till his death in 1897.

For more information contact:  www.hawaiiweb.com/molokai/html/sites/rw or Moloka'i Museum & Cultural Center. POB 986, Kaunakakai, HI 96742

Phone: #808.567.6436 or #808.567.6624

Pala'au State Park

Pala'au State Park sits at an elevation approximately 1600 feet above Kalaupapa Peninsula at the edge of the steep north-shore pali cliffs of Moloka'i.  The 233-acre heavily wooded park is located at the end of Highway 470 about 10 miles northwest of Kaunakakai, Moloka'i.  The park has a campground for tent camping in an ironwood and eucalyptus grove plus a large covered picnic pavilion.  From the overlook the visitor has an excellent view of the Kalaupapa Peninsula with wayside exhibits interpreting park themes. 

The Nature Conservancy -  Moloka'i Preserves

Kamakou Preserve: This is a 2,774 acre preserve containing native rain forest and shrublands.  These remote forests are home to native forest birds plus several hundred species of plants, insects and land snails found only in Hawaii.  Monthly guided hikes are available but are booked well in advance.  A four-wheel drive vehicle is needed to reach the preserve.

Mo'omomi Preserve:  Located on the northwest coast of Moloka'i, the windswept dunes shelter six globally imperiled plant species.  Also the endangered Hawaiian green sea turtle nests in the preserve.  There are also  important sites for Hawaiian prehistory, paleontology and geology within the preserve boundary.  Monthly guided hikes are available but usually must be booked far in advance.

Pelekunu Preserve:  Containing 5,714 acres on the rugged north shore, this valley can be accessed only by foot or by boat.  This remoterness has protected the lowland rain forests, verdant sea cliffs and one of Hawi'i's last remaining free flowing streams.  For safety reasons, the Nature Conversancy does not encourage public access to this preserve.

For more information contact:  The Nature Conversancy, Moloka'i Preserves, POB 220, Kualapu'u, HI 96757 (#808.553.5236)

www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/hawaii/