Things to Do in Hilo

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Things to Do in Hilo

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Ahalanui Park
This 3-acre beach park has a ½-acre pond—fresh spring...
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Banyan Drive
The more than 50 leafy banyan trees with aerial roots dangling...
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Big Island Visitors Bureau
Marked by a red-and-white Hawaiian warrior sign, the bureau is...
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Coconut Island
This small island, just offshore from Liliuokalani Gardens, is...
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Haili Church
This church was originally constructed in 1859 by New England...
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Hilo Coffee Mill
With all the buzz about Kona coffee, it's easy to forget that...
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Hilo Farmers' Market
An abundant and colorful market draws farmers and shoppers from...
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Honolii Beach Park
There aren't many places along the east Hawaii coastline to catch...
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Imiloa Astronomy Center
Part Hawaiian cultural center, part astronomy museum, the Imiloa...
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Kalakaua Park
King Kalakaua, who revived the hula, was the inspiration for...
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Kapoho Tide Pools
Snorkelers will find tons of coral and the fish who feed off...
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Keawe Street
Buildings here have been restored to their original 1920s and...
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Kolekole Beach Park
This small beach park is a picture postcard of tropical Hawaii...
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Leleiwi Beach Park and Richardson Ocean Park
There's hardly any sand here near road's end in Keaukaha, east...
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Liliuokalani Gardens
Designed to honor Hawaii's first Japanese immigrants, the 30-acre...
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Lyman Museum & Mission House
Built in 1839 for David and Sarah Lyman, Congregationalist missionaries...
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Mauna Loa Macadamia Factory
Acres of macadamia trees lead to a processing plant with viewing...
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Naha and Pinao stones
These two huge, oblong stones are legendary. The Pinao stone...
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Nani Mau Gardens
The name means "forever beautiful" in Hawaiian, and that's a...
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Onekahakaha Beach Park
A white-sand beach with a shallow, enclosed tide pool makes this...
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Pacific Tsunami Museum
A memorial to all those who lost their lives in the tragedies...
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Panaewa Rain Forest Zoo
Children enjoy the spider monkeys, the pygmy hippopotamus, and...
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Peepee Falls
Four separate streams fall into a series of circular pools, forming...
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Bodies of Water Hilo
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Rainbow Falls
After a hard rain, these falls thunder into the Wailuku River...
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Reeds Bay Beach Park
Safe swimming, proximity to downtown Hilo, and a freshwater-fed...
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S. Hata Building
Erected as a general store in 1912 by Sadanosuke Hata and his...
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Wailoa Center
This circular exhibition center, adjacent to Wailoa State Park...
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