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Central Molokai
Central Molokai
Ho'olehua
Central Molokai comprises primarily the vast dry plain connecting the island’s two land masses, East Molokai and West Molokai. At the heart of it lies Ho’olehua, a small town with only a post office, but with the Ho’olehua Airport - the island’s main airport - located just to the southwest of it. The town is surrounded by 40-acre parcels of agricultural land that were made available to native Hawaiians, beginning in 1932.
Places of Interest
Foremost among the points of interest here, about a mile west of Ho’olehua, is Purdy’s Macadamia Nut Farm, a 60- year-old grove of some 45 macadamia nut trees, where you can tour the orchard as well as learn how the nuts are grown, harvested and processed, all naturally.
Among other places of interest in the area are Mo’omomi Beach, situated along Mo’omomi Bay, northwest of Ho’olehua; the world’s largest rubber-lined reservoir, with a water capacity of 1.4 billion gallons, just east of Ho’olehua at Kualapu’u; and the R.W. Meyers Sugar Mill, an authentically restored mill, originally built in 1878, located in Kalae, some 2.5 miles to the northwest.
Kamakou Preserve
Technically, this 2,774-acre preserve is in East Molokai, but since there isn’t any reasonable access from East Molokai and it lies largely to the north-northeast of Kaunakakai, here we are. The preserve, established in 1982 by the Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, has at its center Mt Kamakou, elevation 4,970 feet, the highest peak on the island. But that’s not all. The preserve is a nature wonderland of sorts, filled with rain forests and lush, rain- soaked valleys, and home to no fewer than five endangered species of birds, including two that are found only on Molokai: the Molokai Creeper and Molokai Thrush. There are several species of native Hawaiian plants and ferns here as well, and groves of rare Hawaiian sandalwood trees. Besides which, the area has a fair number of hiking trails meandering quite enchantingly through the lush wilderness.
Last updated December 26, 2010
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