Kamenehune Ditch

Places of Interest

Russian Fort Elizabeth

Protected area

Photo: Mel29, Public domain.

Pāʻulaʻula State Historical Park is a National Historic Landmark just southeast of present-day Waimea on the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaiʻi. It is the last remaining Native Hawaiian fort on the Hawaiian Islands, built in the early 19th century by natives with an Italian-based design provided by a German traveler who arrived on a Russian-American Company ship, as a project of High Chief Kaumualiʻi.

Cook Landing Site

Protected area

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The Cook Landing Site in Waimea on Kauaʻi island in Hawaii, is where Captain James Cook landed at the mouth of the Waimea River on January 20, 1778. Cook was the first European reported to have sighted the Hawaiian Islands, and the January 20 landfall on southwestern Kauaʻi was his first arrival upon Hawaiian soil.

Places in the Area

Waimea

Town

Photo: Bob Linsdell, CC BY 3.0.

Waimea is a census-designated place in Kauaʻi County, Hawaii, United States. It is on the southwest coast of the island of Kauaʻi and had a population of 2,057 at the 2020 census. The first Europeans to reach Hawaii landed in Waimea in 1778.

Pākalā Village

Hamlet

Photo: Polihale, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pākalā Village is a census-designated place in Kauaʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 286 at the 2020 census. Pākalā Village is situated 4 km southeast of Kamenehune Ditch.

Kekaha

Town

Photo: Polihale, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kekaha is a census-designated place in Kauaʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 3,715 at the 2020 census, up from 3,175 at the 2000 census. Kekaha is situated 5 km west of Kamenehune Ditch.

Kamenehune Ditch

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Localities in the Area

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