Photo Date: 
10/05/2014
The place name for South Point is Ka Lae, which means "the point." It's a fantastic spot for cliff jumping.
Photo Date: 
10/22/2016
Pu'u Huluhulu lives up to its name, "Hairy Hill." Lichen cover the trees in this small reserve.
Photo Date: 
09/01/2017
ʻAnaehoʻomalu Beach has calm ocean waters on one side and two historically important fishponds on the other side. The name means "mullet protected."
Photo Date: 
10/05/2014
Papakōlea Beach is known in guide books as "Green Sand Beach," but the Hawaiian's named it after the plover bird. The Hawaiian name means "plover flats."
Papakōlea translates to "plover flats."
Photo Date: 
10/03/2013
Wai'ale Falls (rippling water) on the Wailuku River. Wailuku is known as the "River of Destruction," and that name should be taken seriously if you choose to swim in the river.
Photo Date: 
11/14/2017
Mauna Kea, the highest mountain in Hawai‘i, is shortened from "Mauna a Wakea." Wakea is the sky father, and the mountain is thought to be the piko, or umbilical cord, that connects the sky to the earth.