Places of interest
Akaka Falls; the second tallest waterfall on the island.
Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden houses many endangered endemic plants.
East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center
Hawaiʻi Tropical Botanical Garden
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park; comprising the active volcanoes Kīlauea and Mauna Loa
Huliheʻe Palace; a royal palace in Kailua-Kona
 
Lehua blossoms (ʻōhiʻa lehua), HawaiʻiʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaiʻi in Hilo
Ka Lae, the southernmost point in the United States
Laupahoehoe Train Museum
Lyman House Memorial Museum in Hilo
Manuka State Wayside Park
Mauna Kea Observatory; Mauna Kea Observatories
Nani Mau Gardens
Onizuka Space Center; museum dedicated to the memory of Challenger astronaut Ellison Onizuka
Pacific Tsunami Museum overlooking Hilo Bay
Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo in Hilo
Pua Mau Place Arboretum and Botanical Garden
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park
Rainbow Falls State Park
Sadie Seymour Botanical Gardens
University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Botanical Gardens
World Botanical Gardens
Waipiʻo Valley
Wao Kele o Puna

 

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