Hike to Pōhue Bay Beach, Big Island, Hawaii

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For almost 16 miles of coastline stretching north from South Point, there is no public access to the shoreline. Pohue Bay is suppose to be the only white-sand beach in Ka‘u. It is owned by a company that once planned to build golf courses, an airport, two hotels, a Hawaiian heritage center and a village on 16,456 acres before the project ran into public opposition a handful of years ago. Gates and boulders have blocked the road to the bay for years. Hikers can traverse 2.5 miles of an ancient trail from Highway 11 to get to the beach, but at times the trail reportedly has fences across it. The area has a number of historic trails, heiau, petroglyphs and other cultural features. It’s also a prime nesting area for endangered hawksbill sea turtles.

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