Lapakahi State Historical Park
Historic Place in Hawaii County, Hawaii
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Lapakahi State Historical Park is a large area of ruins from an Ancient Hawaiian fishing village in the North Kohala District on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.[2][3] Offshore is the Lapakahi Marine Life Conservation District.
Lapakahi Complex | |
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| Nearest city | Hawi, Hawaii |
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| Coordinates | 20°10′31″N 155°53′50″W |
| Area | 2,560 acres (1,040 ha) |
| Architectural style | Ancient Hawaiian |
| NRHP reference No. | 73000654[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 2, 1973[1] |
The name lapa kahi means "single ridge" in the Hawaiian Language, and applied to the ahupuaʻa, an ancient land division that ran from the sea up to Kohala Mountain.[4] It is located off of ʻAkoni Pule Highway (Route 270), 12.4 miles (20.0 km) north of Kawaihae, Hawaii.[5] It is state archaeological site 10-02-2245,[6] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 2, 1973, as site 73000654.[1] Just to the north, Māhukona Beach Park is on a bay where raw sugar from a local sugar mill was shipped to San Francisco.[7]
