Visit Akaka Falls State Park, Big Island, Hawaii

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Akaka Falls State Parkis a state park on Hawaiʻi Island, in the US state of Hawaii. The park is about 11 miles (18 km) north from Hilo, west of Honomū off the Hawaii Belt Road (route 19) at the end of Hawaii Route 220. It includesʻAkaka Falls, a 422 feet (129 m) tall waterfall. ʻAkakain the Hawaiian language means "A rent, split, chink, separation; to crack, split, scale". The accessible portion of the park lies high on the right shoulder of the deep gorge into which the waterfall plunges, and the falls can be viewed from several points along a loop trail through the park. Also visible from this trail is Kahūnā Falls. Local folklore describes a stone here called Pōhaku a Pelethat, when struck by a branch oflehua ʻāpane, will call the sky to darken and rain to fall.Lehua ʻāpaneorʻōhiʻa ʻāpaneis anʻōhiʻatree (Metrosideros polymorpha) with dark red blossoms. Akaka Falls is located on Kolekole Stream. A large stone in the stream about 70 feet (21 m) upstream of the falls is calledPōhaku o Kāloa.

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