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Attractions near Kalapana

Worth the trip from Kalapana: Kīlauea, 21 mi off

Visits to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park run to about 1.9M a year. Look within 40 miles for the 15 places to visit; none is inside Kalapana. The mix takes in 5 gardens, 2 mountains and 2 museums. Make a day of it at Mauna Kea, 45 mi away.

Attractions nearby
22
within 60 miles
The big one
45 mi
Mauna Kea
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Big draws
3
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Mountain · 45 mi northwest

Mauna Kea

Hawaiian volcano.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Around Kalapana, mapped

To the north is where most of the 15 lie.

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Orange: Kalapana. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Every one of them

22 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Kalapana → · Kalapana’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Mauna Kea: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mauna Loa: Gordon Joly, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kīlauea: Hawaii Land Cover Analysis project, NOAA Coastal Services Center, Public domain · Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park: Jos-uit-boston at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kama‘ehuakanaloa Seamount: John Smith and Brooks Bays, Public domain · Punalu'u Beach: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Ka Lae: Holly Cheng, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Papakolea Beach: Pushkr from , United States, CC BY 2.0 · Akaka Falls State Park: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada, CC BY 2.0 · Rainbow Falls: Kyle Hawton, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kazumura Cave: Dave Bunnell / Under Earth Images, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden: Joey Gannon, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii: Yoshi Canopus, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Liliuokalani Park and Gardens: AlaskaDave, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pacific Tsunami Museum: Hermann Luyken, CC0 · World Botanical Gardens: Brocken Inaglory, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hilo Tropical Gardens: Shamli071, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kalopa State Recreation Area: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 · Manuka State Wayside Park: W Nowicki, CC BY 3.0 · University of Hawaii at Hilo Botanical Gardens: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0

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