A large complex of sites lies within a gated development on the coast below the town of Captain Cook.
Ahuaʻumi, 2004 13927 hits The wall in the foreground is part of an enclosure that may have been constructed in historic times to hold animals
Ahuaʻumi, 2004 12390 hits
Ahuaʻumi, 2004 18927 hits
Ahuaumi, 2004 1123 hits
Old government road 1040 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 7567 hits A platform in a petroglyph field at the Kona - Kohala border, along the Old Government Road
Kaʻūpūlehu 19201, 2009 15647 hits A possible fishing heiau at the beach, adjacent to a konane (Hawaiian checkers) game board pecked into the lava.
Kaʻūpūlehu 19206, 2009 17428 hits A probable habitation enclosure near salt pans.
Kaūpūllehu kiʻi pōhaku, 2010 19895 hits Near salt pans at the beach. A kiʻi depicting a waʻa (canoe) - perhaps with the sun above.
Kaūpūlehu, 2009 23163 hits An oral tradition exists that families in this area offered pule (prayers) at this flat pōhaku - and at one other nearby
Kaūpūlehu, 2009 17008 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 1055 hits Possibly a house platform
Kakapa Bay, 2010 14851 hits A possible ceremonial platform adjacent to the ocean.
Kakapa Bay, 2018 1013 hits A possible ceremonial platform adjacent to the ocean.
Kua Bay Heiau, 2005 1214 hits A large structure at Kua Bay, possibly a fishing heiau
Koʻa, 2004 12039 hits A probable fishing shrine at Oʻoma.
Koʻa, 2004 12190 hits A probable fishing shrine at Oʻoma, or more correctly, a fishing heiau.
Kaloko, 2009 1144 hits An upright stone in the surf, said to be a boundary marker.
ʻĀimakapā, 2009 15756 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 6434 hits One of several platforms near Haleolono.
Haleolono , 2006 17986 hits One of several platforms at Haleolono.
Haleolono, 2005 16816 hits The large upright stone at one of several platforms at Haleolono.
Haleolono, 2005 24646 hits The large upright stone at one of several platforms at Haleolono.
Ālula, 2005 19856 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 19766 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 19601 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 27623 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 1053 hits Along Aliʻi Rd.
Kuʻemanu Heiau, 2018 1077 hits
Kealakowaʻa, 2006 18777 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 18108 hits Junior Kanuha, now deceased, the kahu of Keolanahihi
Keolanahihi, 2008 18764 hits A pōhaku at the complex of Keolanahihi in Kailua-Kona.
Keolanahihi, 2008 20143 hits A pōhaku at the complex of Keolanahihi in Kailua-Kona.
Keolanahihi, 2008 18743 hits
Kaneheilani Heiau, 2009 22666 hits A heiau for training in lua.
Haleaʻama Heiau, 2018 1093 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 18663 hits The remains of Helani Church, built on ʻŌhiʻamukukuku Heiau at Keauhou.
Ulupalehua, 2004 19161 hits
Kapuanoni, 2008 22837 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 15287 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 1211 hits
Hapaialiʻi, 2007 2626 hits Before the reconstruction of Hapaialiʻi and the demolishing of the Outrigger Hotel.
Hāpaiali’i Heiau, 2004 18721 hits Before the reconstruction of Hāpaiali’i. The hotel in the distance has since been demolished.
Hāpaiaʻliʻi, 2007 25329 hits Before the reconstruction of the platform
Hāpaialiʻi 2013 25135 hits
Hāpaialiʻi, 2004 19033 hits Before the reconstruction of the heiau by stone mason Billy Fields. Keʻeku Heiau lies in the distance.
Hapaialiʻi, 2008 19563 hits After the heiau was rebuilt by Billy Fields, a noted dry-stack stone mason.
Keʻekū, 2005 8415 hits The hotel in the background has since been demolished and the heiau reconstructed by noted stone mason Billy Fields.