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Kailua-Kona is the second-largest settlement on the island of Hawaii (after Hilo) and the largest on the island's west side, where it is the center of commerce and the tourist industry. Kailua-Kona is served by Kona International Airport, just to the north in the adjacent CDP of Kalaoa. [2] The population was 19,713 at the 2020 census, up from ...
December 29, 1962 [3] Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located in the Kona District on the Big island of Hawaiʻi in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi. It includes the National Historic Landmarked archaeological site known as the Honokōhau Settlement. The park was established on November 10, 1978 ...
Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area. Coordinates: 19°38′32.9″N 156°0′18.2″W. The beach at the Old Kona Airport. Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area (known locally as Old A) is a park built on the site of an old landing strip just north of Kailua, Hawaii County, Hawaii .
Area. 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) NRHP reference No. 78001018 [1] Added to NRHP. July 24, 1978. Keauhou Bay is a historic area in the Kona District of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi . The name comes from ke au hou which means "the new era" in the Hawaiian Language.
Hawaii Belt Road. The Hawaiʻi Belt Road is a modern name for the Māmalahoa Highway and consists of Hawaiʻi state Routes 11, 19, and 190 that encircle the Island of Hawaiʻi. The southern section, between Hilo and Kailua-Kona is numbered as Route 11. The section between Hilo and Waimea is Route 19.
Kealakekua Bay is located on the Kona coast of the island of Hawaiʻi about 12 miles (19 km) south of Kailua-Kona.Settled over a thousand years ago, the surrounding area contains many archeological and historical sites such as religious temples and also includes the spot where the first documented European to reach the Hawaiian islands, Captain James Cook, was killed.
November 21, 1992. Keāhole Point is the westernmost point of the island of Hawaii. The Kona International Airport was moved here from directly north of the town of Kailua-Kona in 1970, when the previous smaller airstrip was converted into the Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area. The name comes from Ke ʻāhole since the ʻāhole fish ...
Waikoloa Beach. Coordinates: 19°54′55.45″N 155°53′14.65″W. Aerial view of Waikoloa Beach and the Kuʻualiʻi and Kahapapa Fishponds. Waikoloa Beach is an area located on the South Kohala coast on the island of Hawaii and is located in the census-designated place of Puako. It can be confused for Waikoloa Village, a CDP in the same ...