Theme Week Hawaii – Kauai

28 December 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  9 minutes

Keʻe Beach at Haʻena State Park from the Kalalau Trail © flickr.com - MattWright/cc-by-2.0

Keʻe Beach at Haʻena State Park from the Kalalau Trail © flickr.com – MattWright/cc-by-2.0

Kauaʻi, anglicized as Kauai, is one of the main Hawaiian Islands. It has an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km²), making it the fourth-largest of the islands and the 21st-largest island in the United States. Kauaʻi lies 73 miles (117 km) northwest of Oʻahu, across the Kauaʻi Channel. The island’s 2020 population was 73,298. Styling itself the “Garden Isle”, Kauaʻi is the site of Waimea Canyon State Park and Na Pali Coast State Park. It forms the bulk of Kauai County, which also includes the small nearby islands of Kaʻula, Lehua, and Niʻihau.   read more…

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