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Other Mauna Kea recreation opportunities include Mauna Kea State Recreation Area, and the Mauna Kea Trail which leads from the VIS through the Mauna Kea Ice Age Reserve to the summit. A small museum dedicated to Onizuka, scheduled to close in March 2016, [12] is located at the Kona International Airport. [13]
Ranch owner Richard Smart negotiated a long-term lease of the land. [6] The hotel was named Mauna Kea Beach Hotel for the mountain Mauna Kea which is visible above the bay when not obscured by clouds. [7] Before development hawksbill turtles nested on the beach. In 1973 a lawsuit was filed to allow public access to the beach.
The few others include Kua Bay, Manini'owali Beach, Kaunaʻoa Bay, known as Mauna Kea Beach, and Samuel M. Spencer Beach Park. It was named the Best Beach in America by Florida International University professor Stephen Leatherman , known as "Dr Beach", in 1993 and 2021.
Mauna Kea (/ ˌ m ɔː n ə ˈ k eɪ ə, ˌ m aʊ n ə-/, [6] Hawaiian: [ˈmɐwnə ˈkɛjə]; abbreviation for Mauna a Wākea) [7] is a dormant shield volcano on the island of Hawaiʻi. [8] Its peak is 4,207.3 m (13,803 ft) above sea level, making it the highest point in Hawaii and the island with the second highest high point, behind New Guinea, the world's largest tropical island with ...
Mauna Kea State Recreation Area also known as Mauna Kea State Park, is a state of Hawaii protected area at the southern base of Mauna Kea. The 20.5-acre (8.3 ha) park is administered by the Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources .
Mauna Kea on the Island of Hawaiʻi is the highest peak in the U.S. State of Hawaiʻi and the entire Pacific Ocean. The Hawaiian Islands and the U.S. State of Hawaiʻi 13 major mountain peaks [a] with at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
Heiau State Recreation Area is free to the public. [1]April 1 to Labor Day: 7 am to 7:45 pm [1] After Labor Day to March 31: 7 am to 6:45 pm [1]. The camping and picnic areas accommodate up to 100 people and come equipped with restrooms and showers.
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]