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The resort features the Kohala Tennis Garden and other gardens, artworks, and statues. It was originally developed in 1988 as the Hyatt Regency Waikoloa with Japanese investment, however was sold to Hilton Hotels & Resorts in 1994. The popular game show Wheel of Fortune has taped at the resort in 1996, 2008, and 2014. The "Buddha Point" is a ...
Kailua-Kona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States.It is most commonly referred to simply as Kona (a name it shares with the district to which it belongs), but also as Kona Town, and occasionally as Kailua (a name it shares with a community on the windward side of Oʻahu), thus its less frequent use.
This Landsat satellite image of Kohala shows the effect of trade winds on vegetation and valley erosion South Kohala District from Mamalahoa Highway Hilton Waikoloa in the South Kohala district. The area was named after the dominating geological feature Kohala Mountain, [3] the oldest of Hawaiʻi Island's five major volcanic mountains.
As of the census [7] of 2000, there were 4,806 people, 1,750 households, and 1,225 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 251.1 inhabitants per square mile (97.0/km 2).
Ocean View is located at the southern end of the island of Hawaii at (19.107649, -155.767186), [6] on the southwest rift zone of the shield volcano MaunaIts elevation ranges from 600 feet (180 m) above sea level along the southern edge of the CDP, to 4,900 feet (1,500 m) along the northern edge.
The district contains much of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, including the volcanoes Kīlauea and Mauna Loa, and Punaluʻu Black Sand Beach, Papakōlea (Green Sand) Beach and Kamilo Beach. [4] To the east of Kaʻū is the Puna District , and to the west is the South Kona District .
Hawaiian Paradise Park is located on the eastern side of the island of Hawaii at (19.590388, -154.975734 It is bordered to the northeast by the Pacific Ocean, to the southeast by Hawaiian Beaches, and to the southwest by Orchidlands Estates and Ainaloa.
The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel reopened in January 1996. [12] From 1996-2001 the Prince Hotels in Hawaii and Alaska were all franchised to Westin Hotels, and the hotel rejoined the chain for five years as The Westin Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. [13] The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel closed due to structural damage caused by the 2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake. [14]