Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site - Nearby Parks (U.S. National Park Service)

A park ranger at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park gives a talk at the Jagger Museum (2008).

Be sure to visit our sister national parks on Hawai'i Island:

Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park (www.nps.gov/kaho)
Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park (www.nps.gov/puho)
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (www.nps.gov/havo)
Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail (www.nps.gov/alka)

For information about other National Park units in the Pacific region, see the Pacific Islands National Parks Brochure.

About 20 minutes north of Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site is Lapakahi State Historical Park, which contains the remains of an ancient village.

One of many petroglyphs at the Puako site.

About 15 minutes south of Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site is the Puako petroglyph field, one of the largest concentrations of petroglyphs in the Hawaiian Islands.

The Onizuka Center for International Astronomy Visitor Information Station on Mauna Kea is located at 9,300feet/2,800m and offers nightly astronomy programs from 6:00pm-10:00pm.

NOAA volunteer conducting whale watching program at Park.

The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sancturary is located just offshore from Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site. Volunteers from the Sancturary offer whale watching programs at Pu'ukohola Heiau NHS from January to March.

The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument operates the Mokupapapa Discovery Center in downtown Hilo. The center was interprets the natural science, culture and history of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and the surrounding marine environment.