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Haleakalā National Park is a national park of the United States located on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Named after Haleakalā , a dormant volcano within its boundaries, the park covers an area of 33,265 acres (52.0 sq mi; 134.6 km 2 ), [ 1 ] of which 24,719 acres (38.6 sq mi; 100.0 km 2 ) is a wilderness area . [ 3 ]
ʻĪao Valley is covered in dense rainforest, most of which consists of introduced vegetation on the valley floor. The Puʻu Kukui summit area at the valley's head receives an average 386 inches (9.8 m) of rainfall per year, [4] making it the state's second wettest location after The Big Bog, slightly wetter than Mount Waiʻaleʻale. [5]
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located on the west coast of the island of Hawaiʻi in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The historical park preserves the site where, up until the early 19th century, Hawaiians who broke a kapu (one of the ancient laws) could avoid certain death by fleeing to ...
Coastal mesic forests are found on the windward slopes of the major islands from sea level to 300 m (980 ft). These forests have been dominated by the native hala (Pandanus tectorius) and hau (Hibiscus tiliaceus) and naturalized (Polynesian introductions) kukui (Aleurites moluccana) and milo (Thespesia populnea) for the past 1,000–2,000 years.
Blue Soul Maui: If you end up choosing not to stay at Hotel Wailea or you want to enjoy an outrigger canoe experience on a different day of the week, you can partake in the cultural activity by ...
At the time, the park only consisted of the crater area of Haleakalā. On March 26, 1951, Kīpahulu Valley was added to the park as Kīpahulu Biological Reserve to protect endangered ecosystems. On January 10, 1969, HNP boundaries were expanded to include the Kīpahulu coastal area of ʻOheʻo.
This image of the central Pacific, captured on Friday, Apr. 12, 2024, shows the storm with its bright-colored clouds spinning northwest of Hawaii (lower center). Intense rain was occurring in the ...
Maui was facing a “very long and hard recovery”, she added. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) had paid out $2.3m to displaced households, but only 1,300 families had signed up for ...