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Off Chain of Craters Road in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park 19°20′37″N 155°13′44″W / 19.343611°N 155.228889°W / 19.343611; -155.228889 ( Ainahou Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
The camp was to serve as a rest and relaxation facility for military troops as well a training ground for the local National Guard members. Later that same year marked the establishment of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to preserve the natural setting and to provide a refuge to native plants and animals in August 1916.
The park was originally established on August 1, 1916, as Hawaii National Park, which was then split into this park and Haleakalā National Park. In recognition of its outstanding natural values, Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park was designated as an International Biosphere Reserve in 1980 and a World Heritage Site in 1987. [3]
Volcano House is the name of a series of historic hotels built at the edge of Kīlauea, within the grounds of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park on the Island of Hawai'i. The original 1877 building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and now houses the Volcano Art Center. The hotel in use today was built in 1941 and expanded in 1961.
Ainahou ranch was listed on the state register of historic places on December 5, 1973, as site 10-62-19429, [7] and the National Register of Historic Places listings on the island of Hawaii on June 23, 1978, as site 78001013. [8] and the National Register of Historic Places listings on the island of Hawaii on February 8, 1995, as site 94001619. [9]
Surrounding and including the crater is Haleakalā National Park, a 30,183-acre (122.15 km 2) park, of which 24,719 acres (100.03 km 2) are wilderness. [19] The park includes the summit depression, Kipahulu Valley on the southeast, and ʻOheʻo Gulch (and pools), extending to the shoreline in the Kipahulu area.
Pauahi Crater is a volcanic crater measuring 2,000 ft (610 m) long, up to some 1,300 ft (400 m) across, and 300 ft (91 m) deep in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park at It is about 3 mi (4.8 km) from the top of the Big Island of Hawaii's Chain of Craters Road, which follows a "chain" that also includes the Hiʻiaka, Puʻu Huluhulu, Kānenuiohamo, Makaopuhi and Nāpau craters.
Incorporated into Kings Canyon National Park: Hawaii National Park: August 1, 1916: September 13, 1960: Divided into Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Haleakala National Park: Mackinac National Park: April 15, 1875: March 2, 1895: Transferred to Michigan; now operated as Mackinac Island State Park: Platt National Park: June 29, 1906: March 17 ...