Waimanu Valley

Waimanu Valley is a remote, rain-fed valley on the northeast coast of Hawaiʻi Island where streams descend from Kohala Mountain to the Pacific at Waimanu Bay. In ancient Hawaiʻi it was an ahupuaʻa that supported a small village, and today most of it is state forest land with limited campsites. Its unusual abundance of water, shaped partly by lava-rock dikes that trap and channel groundwater, makes it wetter and deeper than nearby valleys. The valley contains several notable waterfalls, especially Waihīlau Falls, one of the tallest single-drop waterfalls in the United States, along with Waiʻilikahi Falls and Lahomene Falls. With no road access, it remains rugged and difficult to reach.

Kukuihaele, Hawaii · United States