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15-39400. Ko Olina Resort is a 642-acre (2.60 km 2) master-planned vacation and residential community on the leeward coast of Oahu, 17 miles (27 km) west of Honolulu. [ 3 ] Ko Olina has 2 miles (3.2 km) of coastal frontage and includes three natural and four man-made lagoons with white-sand beaches. The master-planned resort community, owned by ...
Red pencil urchin – Papahānaumokuākea. The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM) (roughly / p ɑː p ɑː ˈ h ɑː n aʊ m oʊ k u ˌ ɑː k eɪ. ə / [2]) is a World Heritage listed U.S. National Monument encompassing 583,000 square miles (1,510,000 km 2) of ocean waters, including ten islands and atolls of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Ala Moana Beach Park is a free public park on the island of Oahu, U.S. state of Hawaii, located between Waikiki and downtown Honolulu. This 100-acre (0.40 km 2) park has a wide gold-sand beach that is over a half-mile (800 m) long. Protected by a shallow reef offshore, it is one of the most popular open ocean swimming sites in Hawai’i, with ...
Coordinates: 21°16′17″N157°41′40″W21.27139°N 157.69444°W. Aerial view of Hanauma Bay. Hanauma (/ ˌhɑːnəˈuːmə /; Hawaiian: [həˈnɔumə]) [ 1 ] is a marine embayment formed within a tuff ring and located along the southeast coast of the Island of Oʻahu in the Hawaii Kai neighborhood of East Honolulu, in the Hawaiian Islands ...
Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, is a beachside resort hotel at the Ko Olina Resort in Kapolei, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. It is one of Disney's "stand-alone" hotel situated in a location without any adjacent theme parks, [1] alongside Disney's Hilton Head Island Resort and Disney's Vero Beach Resort. The resort opened to the public on August ...
Kahana Bay, 1936. The area around Kahana, especially mauka (up hill), was historically a native Hawaiian fishing and farming community prior to Western contact. Due to the abundant fresh water and fertile soil in the valley, the area was able to sustain a small population. Kahana Bay was said to provide a sustainable supply of fish and shellfish.
Kaena Point. Coordinates: 21°34′31″N 158°16′57″W. Aerial photo of Kaʻena from the west. Kaʻena Point as seen from Kāneana on the south shore near Mākua Cave. Panorama of the Kaʻena Point Trailhead, as seen from the east side of O'ahu, past Mokule'ia Beach in 2013. Kaʻena or Kaena Point is the westernmost tip of the island of Oʻahu.
Hāpuna Beach State Recreation Area is a large park and sandy beach on the Big Island of Hawaii. The Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel is also located adjacent to the beach. Hāpuna (literally, "spring" or "pool" in Hawaiian [ 1 ]) is popular with residents and visitors. This is one of a few other white sand beaches on the west coast of the Big Island.