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Puʻu o Mahuka means "Hill of Escape." Hawaiian legends have it that from this point, the volcano goddess Pele leaped from Oʻahu to the next island, Molokaʻi . The highest of the heiau's three walled enclosures may date to the 17th century, with the lower two enclosures perhaps added during the 18th century.
Southwest end of Olai Street, 0.1 mile west of Barbers Point Beach Park Kapolei vicinity: 6: Mr. and Mrs. David Barry Jr. House ... Puu o Mahuka Heiau. October 15, 1966
A visitor center operated by the National Park Service is located at the site. An interpretive trail begins at the visitor center and leads to Puʻukoholā. [9] Entry to the public is not allowed, since there are believed to still be bones buried in the site. About 170 feet west of Puʻukoholā is the ruin of the earlier Mailekini Heiau.
Of these, the USS Arizona Memorial, Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Kalaupapa National Historical Park, and Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site are also National Historic Landmarks and are listed above. The other one, which is also a landmark of national historic importance, is Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park. It was ...
Kaka'ako Waterfront Park; Keaʻiwa Heiau State Recreation Area; Kewalo Basin; Kukaniloko Birthstones State Monument; Lāʻie Point State Wayside; Makapuʻu Point State Wayside; Mālaekahana State Recreation Area; Nuʻuanu Pali State Wayside; Puʻu o Mahuka Heiau State Monument; Puʻu ʻUalakaʻa State Wayside; Queen Emma Summer Palace; Royal ...
The bay from Pu'u o Mahuka Heiau State Monument. On February 27, 1779, Captain Charles Clerke, second in command during the third voyage of James Cook, stopped briefly at Waimea Bay. Clerke had only 2 weeks earlier taken command of the expedition after Cook was killed at Kealakekua Bay on February 14.
Dec. 18—Hawaii Land Trust—in partnership with Na Kalai Wa 'a ; federal, state and county agencies ; and the Kohala community—has completed its largest purchase, permanently protecting 642 ...
This heiau is a living spiritual temple and not just an historic artifact of the Hawaiian culture. Oral histories indicate the original temple on the site may be 1500 years old: the genealogy chant of the heiau's kahuna tells of Kuamo'o Mo'okini arriving here in 480, not from Samoa or Tahiti, but from the Persian Gulf of Middle East.