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Kona Magazine - Place of Interest, Kona, Big Island, Hawaii
Kona, Hawaii   Aimakapa Fish Pond
 
This fishpond is host to many rare and migrating birds as well as habitat for the endemic Stilt and Coot. This pond is also the only know Hawaiian breeding site of the Pied-billed Grebe. Take Highway north from Kona. Turn left between Mile Markers #97 and 98. Park at the north lot of the Honokau Harbor. Take the trail north past Honokohau Beach. Turn inland to reach the pond.
Kona, Hawaii   Kamoa wind farm
   
This wind farm produces electricity into the Hawaiian grid for over twenty years. The turnoff for South Point Road is between the 69 and 70 mile markers with a large green sign pointing makai. The traditional Hawaiian name for South Point is Ka Lae meaning "the point." The two-lane paved road cuts through macadamia nut groves, pasture land and a Mauna Loa lava flow. About five miles into the 12 mile trip to Ka Lae the road shifts to a one-lane rugged passageway through vast, flat pastureland. Short, scrubby plants cling to the fields while cattle graze. A little further down the road you'll see rows of metal giants reaching toward the skies, their huge metal arms straining against the fierce South Point wind. When it was built in the late 1980s, the Kamoa Wind Farm had over 30 operating turbines.
       
Kona, Hawaii   Moku'aikaua Church
 
Moku'aikaua Church is the first and oldest Christian church built in Hawaii. The land was given to the missionaries by King Kamehameha III and the initial church was completed in 1820. After several fires, the present stone structure was constructed, partially from stones recycled from a nearby Heiau (ancient temple of the Hawaiian religion), from about 1835 to 1837.The interior is decorated with Koa wood.
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