Worth the trip from Kurtistown: Mauna Kea, 31 mi off
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park draws about 1.9M visitors a year. None of our places to visit is inside Kurtistown; 16 are within 40 miles. There are 5 gardens, 3 mountains and 2 museums to choose from. For a full day, there is Kama‘ehuakanaloa Seamount, 48 mi away.
Mauna Kea
Hawaiian volcano.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
How they lie
To the north is where most of the 16 lie.
Orange: Kurtistown. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Best known first
Look within 60 miles for all 27 places listed.
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4Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
National park of the United States.
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8Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park
U.S. national park in Hawaiʻi.
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13Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site
Historic place in Hawaii County, Hawaii.
14Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden
Beautiful garden in a valley on the ocean.
Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii
Astronomy and culture education center located in Hilo, Hawaii, United States.
Kona Coffee Living History Farm
Human settlement in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States of America.
Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden
Botanical garden in Hawaii, United States.
Sadie Seymour Botanical Gardens
Botanical garden on Hawaii island, Hawaii, United States.
University of Hawaii at Hilo Botanical Gardens
Botanical gardens in Hilo, Hawaiʻi.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Kurtistown → · Kurtistown’s history →
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 · Hualālai: Photograph by J. Kauahikaua., Public domain · Punalu'u Beach: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · 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 · Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site: Bamse, 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 · Kona Coffee Living History Farm: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pacific Tsunami Museum: Hermann Luyken, CC0 · Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden: W Nowicki, CC BY 3.0 · World Botanical Gardens: Brocken Inaglory, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hilo Tropical Gardens: Shamli071, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Isaacs Art Center: HawaiiCalls, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kalopa State Recreation Area: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 · Manuka State Wayside Park: W Nowicki, CC BY 3.0 · Sadie Seymour Botanical Gardens: MercolaOverMerck at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · University of Hawaii at Hilo Botanical Gardens: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0
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