Nature
Kolekole Beach Park lies on Hawaii Island’s Hāmākua coast in South Hilo District, where Kolekole Stream meets the ocean in a steep, wet landscape cut by gulches and streams. Rising on Mauna Kea’s eastern slope and running through rainforest to sea level, the stream helps define a setting that includes an estuary, a nearby waterfall, and orchids in the surrounding forest. A prominent feature is the long steel bridge of the Hawaii Belt Road overhead, originally a railroad bridge for sugarcane trains and later rebuilt for automobile traffic after the 1946 tsunami. After a long closure caused by lead contamination, the park was set to reopen in 2024 following major improvements.
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Honomu, Hawaii · United States
