MacKenzie State Recreation Area

MacKenzie State Recreation Area is a small day-use park in southern Puna on Hawaiʻi Island, known for its scenic but dangerous rocky shoreline, where fishing is allowed but swimming is discouraged because of cliffs and strong currents. A trail follows part of the old Hawaiian coastal route called the King’s Highway and passes lava tube openings, closely linking the area to the island’s volcanic terrain. The park also contains Hawaii’s largest grove of ironwood trees, planted in the nineteen thirties by ranger Albert J. MacKenzie, for whom it was later named. In May twenty eighteen, lava from Kīlauea’s lower Puna eruption approached the park and forced its closure.

Kalapana Seaview Estates, Hawaii · United States