Sights & Attractions in Big Island

Things to Do in Hilo

Name	Category	Location

Banyan Drive The more than 50 enormous banyan trees with aerial roots dangling...	Scenic Drives	Hilo

Coconut Island This small island, just offshore from Liliuokalani Gardens, is...	Islands	Hilo

Haili Church This church was originally constructed in 1859 by New England...	Religious Sites	Hilo

Hilo Coffee Mill With all the buzz about Kona coffee, it's easy to forget that...	Industrial Sites	Hilo

Hilo Downtown Improvement Association The Hilo Downtown Improvement Association provides an excellent...	Information Centers, Tours	Hilo


Imiloa Astronomy Center Part Hawaiian cultural center, part astronomy museum, the Imiloa...	Observatories / Planetariums	Hilo

Kalakaua Park King Kalakaua, who revived the hula, was the inspiration for...	Parks	Hilo

Kaumana Cave Thanks to Hilo's abundant rainfall, this relatively new lava...	Cave	Hilo

Keawe Street Buildings here have been restored to their original 1920s and...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Hilo

Leleiwi Beach Park and Richardson Ocean Center You'll find plenty of sea life, from sea turtles to reef fish...	Beaches	Hilo

Liliuokalani Gardens Designed to honor Hawaii's first Japanese immigrants, Liliuokalani...	Parks, Gardens / Arboretums	Hilo

Lyman Museum & Mission House Built in 1839 for David and Sarah Lyman, Congregationalist missionaries...	Museums / Galleries, Historic Districts / Sites	Hilo

Mauna Loa Macadamia Factory Acres of macadamia trees lead to a giant roasting facility and...	Industrial Sites	Hilo

Mokupapapa Discovery Center Visitors to this small but informative center will learn about...	Information Centers	Hilo

Naha and Pinao stones These two huge, oblong stones are legendary. The Pinao stone...	Archaeological Sites	Hilo

Nani Mau Gardens The name means "forever beautiful" in Hawaiian, and that's a...	Gardens / Arboretums	Hilo

Onekahakaha Beach Park Shallow, rock-wall-enclosed tide pools and an adjacent grassy...	Beaches	Hilo

Pacific Tsunami Museum A memorial to all those who lost their lives in tsunamis that...	Museums / Galleries	Hilo

Panaewa Rainforest Zoo & Gardens Billed as "the only natural tropical rain-forest zoo in the United...	Zoos / Aquariums	Hilo

Rainbow Falls After a hard rain, these falls thunder into the Wailuku River...	Bodies of Water	Hilo

Reeds Bay Beach Park Safe swimming, proximity to downtown Hilo, and a freshwater-fed...	Beaches	Hilo

S. Hata Building Erected as a general store in 1912 by Sadanosuke Hata and his...	Historic Districts / Sites, Stores / Malls	Hilo

Wailoa Center This circular exhibition center, in Wailoa State Park, features...	Museums / Galleries	Hilo

Wailuku River State Park Four separate streams fall into a series of circular pools here...	Bodies of Water	Hilo
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