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Map of Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park on the Island of Hawaiʻi in Hawaii. The park areas are edged in green around blue interiors. Surrounding areas are frost green and water is shown in blue.

Extended Description

The vertical leg of the roughly L-shaped Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park sits along the Pacific Coast south of State Route 160, which is also labeled Ke Ala o Keawe Road. Text near the top edge of the map indicates that State Route 160 continues “To Kealakekua Bay” and, after winding in a loose W across the map, Route 160 continues “To Māmalohoa Highway (Highway 11).”

Mīana Point is on the upper edge of Hōnaunau Bay, which then curves down along the northern border of the park. Hōnaunau Beach Road creates a loop at the northern end of State Route 160 to access the Entrance Station and Park Headquarters, where parking is available. The Visitor Center is just past the parking area, and has an auditorium, information, restrooms, and wheelchair access. Continuing past the visitor center is Hālau Waʻa and Royal Grounds, which are labeled in a red callout box. Keoneʻele Cove, Hale O Keawe, ‘Āleʻaleʻa Heiau, The Great Wall, and Puʻuhonua Point wrap around the bulging western coastline, and Pu-uhonua (Place of Refuge) is labeled with a dark yellow callout box.

Continuing south through the park are Hōnaunau Hōlua, a Coastal Access Road, the Ala Kahakai National Historica Trail (1871 trail), a site with restrooms and a picnic area, ‘Ōmaʻo Heau, a Coastal Trail, Kēōkea Hōlua, Keawe House Site, ‘Ilio Point, Kiʻi Point, Goat Pen, and Alahaka Heiau. Now at the Alahaka Bay, sites are the Alahaka Ramp, Alahaka Pali, and ‘Āhinahina Point. Along Kiʻilae Bay are the Kiʻilae Village (site) and a composting toilet near the southern border of the park.

The horizontal leg of the L-shaped park is about the same length as the vertical leg, and it stretches east as the Kiʻilae Ahupua’a. The Hōnaunau Ahupuaʻa and Kēōkea Ahupuaʻa are regions in frost green above and Kauleolī Ahupuaʻa is below.

Legend

A scale in the lower left corner measures distances of 0.25 kilometers and 0.25 miles. The legend below reads as follows:

Brown dashed line for Unpaved road,

Green dashed line for Trail, and

White line for Ahupuaʻa boundary.

A column of symbols to the right represents Information, Picnic area, Restrooms, and Wheelchair accessible.