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Along the Kalalau Trail Honopū Valley, aerial view Nā Pali Coast view from a boat. Nā Pali Coast State Park is a 6,175-acre (2,499 ha) state park in the U.S. state of Hawaii, located in the center of the rugged 16-mile (26 km) northwest side of Kauaʻi, the second-oldest inhabited Hawaiian island.
Hawaiian narrative derives the name's origin from the legend of Hawaiʻiloa, the Polynesian navigator credited with discovering the Hawaiian Islands. The story relates that he named the island after a favorite son; a possible translation of Kauaʻi is "place around the neck", describing how a father would carry his child.
Route 56 northbound just north of Kapa'a Kalihiwai bridge on Route 56, October 2006. Route 56 runs 28 miles (45 km), stretching from Hawaii Route 50 at the junction of Rice Street in Lihue to the junction of Hawaii Route 560 in Princeville on the island of Kauaʻi.
English: This is a locator map showing Kauai County in Hawaii. For more information, see Commons: ... The maps also use state outline data from statesp020.tar.gz.
Kōloa is located on the southern side of the island of Kauai at (21.907137, -159.465877 It is bordered to the northwest by Omao and to the south by Poipu.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.2 km 2), all of it recorded as land.
Polihale State Park at Sunset. Polihale State Park is a remote wild beach on the western side of the Hawaiian island of Kauai.It is the most western publicly accessible area in Hawaii, although the privately owned island of Niihau is farther west.
Haʻena, looking west. Kēʻē Beach is at the park's western edge. [7] This beach is west of Tunnels Beach (aka "Makua Beach" at Haena Point), [8] which refers to the large waves that are thought to be ideal for surfing. [9]
In the 1976 remake of King Kong the beaches and jungles of Kauai, Hawaii stood in for South Pacific. Originally only the jungle scenes were to be shot in Hawaii and the rest on Zuma Beach, California. [8] Producer Dino De Laurentiis, however, was so pleased with Hawaii that he decided to film all the beach scenes at Honopū and Kalalau Valley.