A large complex of sites lies within a gated development on the coast below the town of Captain Cook.
Ahuaʻumi, 2004 13921 hits The wall in the foreground is part of an enclosure that may have been constructed in historic times to hold animals
Ahuaʻumi, 2004 12386 hits
Ahuaʻumi, 2004 18895 hits
Ahuaumi, 2004 1121 hits
Old government road 1039 hits The road was built in the 19th century, probably by prison labor. Public access along the road is still protected by law.
Ahu o Lono, 2018 1046 hits A platform in a petroglyph field at the Kona - Kohala border, along the Old Government Road
Ahuolono, 2004 7547 hits A platform in a petroglyph field at the Kona - Kohala border, along the Old Government Road
Kaʻūpūlehu 19201, 2009 15603 hits A possible fishing heiau at the beach, adjacent to a konane (Hawaiian checkers) game board pecked into the lava.
Kaʻūpūlehu 19206, 2009 17414 hits A probable habitation enclosure near salt pans.
Kaūpūllehu kiʻi pōhaku, 2010 19860 hits Near salt pans at the beach. A kiʻi depicting a waʻa (canoe) - perhaps with the sun above.
Kaūpūlehu, 2009 23136 hits An oral tradition exists that families in this area offered pule (prayers) at this flat pōhaku - and at one other nearby
Kaūpūlehu, 2009 16986 hits Not long ago, elderly residents of Kaūpūlehu visited this stone to offer prayers, according to a person connected with the district.
Kakapa Bay, 2018 1054 hits Possibly a house platform
Kakapa Bay, 2010 14844 hits A possible ceremonial platform adjacent to the ocean.
Kakapa Bay, 2018 1010 hits A possible ceremonial platform adjacent to the ocean.
Kua Bay Heiau, 2005 1208 hits A large structure at Kua Bay, possibly a fishing heiau
Koʻa, 2004 12033 hits A probable fishing shrine at Oʻoma.
Koʻa, 2004 12168 hits A probable fishing shrine at Oʻoma, or more correctly, a fishing heiau.
Kaloko, 2009 1140 hits An upright stone in the surf, said to be a boundary marker.
ʻĀimakapā, 2009 15732 hits A linear heiau structure in ʻAimakapā loko iʻa (fishpond). Sand dunes at the makai side of the pond needed to be opened in order to fill it with water.
Puʻuoina Heiau, 2018 1063 hits The large structure adjacent to the fishtrap at ʻAiʻōpio. Signs at this heiau mistakenly identified it several years ago as Halemanō Heiau, which may lie under water outside of the entrance to Honokōhau Harbor.
Haleolono, 2006 6421 hits One of several platforms near Haleolono.
Haleolono , 2006 17979 hits One of several platforms at Haleolono.
Haleolono, 2005 16781 hits The large upright stone at one of several platforms at Haleolono.
Haleolono, 2005 24635 hits The large upright stone at one of several platforms at Haleolono.
Ālula, 2005 19838 hits One of several platforms at Haleolono, this one in a parking lot. The name of the heiau, according to a local Hawaiian Kumu Hula, is Ālula.
Ālula, 2005 19751 hits One of several platforms at Haleolono, this one in a parking lot. The name of the heiau, according to a local Hawaiian Kumu Hula, is Ālula.
Kauakaiʻakaola, 2007 19586 hits A cruise ship lies anchored in the distance. It is dangerous to add diacritical marks to heiau names, since that limits possible interpretations. However, here is one guess: "Rainfishhealth Heiau." Kona resident Junior Kanuha, now passed, told me that his father helped to reconstruct this heiau. Unfortunately it suffered major damage in a large earthquake a year or so after this image was made.
Kauakaiʻakaola, 2007 27616 hits Kona resident Junior Kanuha, now passed, told me that his father helped to reconstruct this heiau. Unfortunately it suffered major damage in a large earthquake a year or so after this image was made.
Laʻaloa Heiau, 2018 1051 hits Along Aliʻi Rd.
Kuʻemanu Heiau, 2018 1075 hits
Kealakowaʻa, 2006 18753 hits A heiau associated with canoe building. It had been reconstructed by noted stone mason Billy Fiends, but suffered major damage in a large earthquake several years after this image was made.
Keolanahihi, 2010 18106 hits Junior Kanuha, now deceased, the kahu of Keolanahihi
Keolanahihi, 2008 18744 hits A pōhaku at the complex of Keolanahihi in Kailua-Kona.
Keolanahihi, 2008 20140 hits A pōhaku at the complex of Keolanahihi in Kailua-Kona.
Keolanahihi, 2008 18738 hits
Kaneheilani Heiau, 2009 22653 hits A heiau for training in lua.
Haleaʻama Heiau, 2018 1092 hits Hale Aʻama Heiau at the Keolanhihi complex, according to the Kekahuma map, which identifies it as a surfing heiau. Nobody now surfs in that area; it is possible that wave patterns have shifted. Or perhaps its connection with surfing is ceremonial and indirect.
ʻŌhiʻamukumuku, 2007 18655 hits The remains of Helani Church, built on ʻŌhiʻamukukuku Heiau at Keauhou.
Ulupalehua, 2004 19152 hits
Kapuanoni, 2008 22789 hits The remaining portion of Kapuanoni, truncated by a hotel swimming pool. The hotel and its pool have been demolished since this image was made, and the heiau is to be reconstructed.
Kapuanoni, 2004 15242 hits A heiau in the complex at Kahaluʻu said to have been built or enlarged by Kalaniopuʻu. The hotel has since been demolished by the landowner.
Kapuanoni, 2009 1206 hits
Hapaialiʻi, 2007 2624 hits Before the reconstruction of Hapaialiʻi and the demolishing of the Outrigger Hotel.
Hāpaiali’i Heiau, 2004 18686 hits Before the reconstruction of Hāpaiali’i. The hotel in the distance has since been demolished.
Hāpaiaʻliʻi, 2007 25319 hits Before the reconstruction of the platform
Hāpaialiʻi 2013 25127 hits
Hāpaialiʻi, 2004 18996 hits Before the reconstruction of the heiau by stone mason Billy Fields. Keʻeku Heiau lies in the distance.
Hapaialiʻi, 2008 19558 hits After the heiau was rebuilt by Billy Fields, a noted dry-stack stone mason.
Keʻekū, 2005 8391 hits The hotel in the background has since been demolished and the heiau reconstructed by noted stone mason Billy Fields.