Wailuku River
The Wailuku River is a 28.0-mile-long water course on the Island of Hawaiʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. It is the longest river in Hawai'i and the largest in the state by mean discharge.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Hawaii, United States
- Also known as: “Waruktu River” and “Wuiluku River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pacific Tsunami Museum and Kalākaua Park.
Pacific Tsunami Museum
Museum
Photo: Hermann Luyken, CC0.
The Pacific Tsunami Museum is a museum in Hilo, Hawaii dedicated to the history of the April 1, 1946 Pacific tsunami and the May 23, 1960 Chilean tsunami which devastated much of the east coast of the Big Island, especially Hilo.
Kalākaua Park
Park
Photo: Yoshi Canopus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kalākaua Park is the central "town square" of the city of Hilo, Hawaii. It is surrounded by historic buildings and includes a war memorial.
Palace Theater
Theater building
Photo: brewbooks, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Palace Theater is a historic movie theater in downtown Hilo, Hawaiʻi. Built in 1925, the Beaux-Arts–style building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 1993.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wainaku and Waiākea.
Wainaku
Village
Photo: Paolo Salmaso, CC BY 2.0.
Wainaku is a census-designated place in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 1,147 at the 2020 census.
Waiākea
Suburb
Waiākea is an ancient subdivision in the Hilo District of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi and an early settlement on Hilo Bay.
Hilo
Photo: Footwarrior, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hilo is a town on the Big Island of Hawaii. The county seat and largest city in Hawaii County, Hilo is the one of the best starting points to explore the eastern half of the island, including Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Wailuku River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Wailuku River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Wailuku”
- Catalan: “Riu Wailuku”
- Cebuano: “Wailuku River”
- Dutch: “Wailuku”
- Irish: “Abhainn Wailuku”
- Japanese: “ワイルク川”
- Lithuanian: “Vailuku (upė)”
- Lithuanian: “Vailuku”
- Russian: “Ваилуку”
- Spanish: “Rio Wailuku”
- Spanish: “Río Wailuku”
- Venetian: “Wailuku”
- Welsh: “Afon Wailuku”
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