Hoʻānuanu Bay

Hoʻānuanu Bay is a bay in Kauai, Hawaii. Hoʻānuanu Bay is situated nearby to the hamlet Pākalā Village, as well as near Kapalawai.

Type: Bay
Description: bay in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States of America
Also known as: “Ho‘anuanu Bay”, “Ho’anuanu Bay”, and “Hoanuanu Bay”
Address: HI

Places of Interest

Highlights include Russian Fort Elizabeth and Cook Landing Site.

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

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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.

Lucy Wright Park

Park

Lucy Wright Park, also referred to as Lucy Wright Beach Park, is a 4.48 acre public park in the town of Waimea. The park is named after Lucy Wright, a prominent member of the Waimea community and the first native Hawaiian schoolteacher.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pākalā Village and Waimea.

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.

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.