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Signal verified · updated 2026-09-03

Hawaiʻi Island (Big Island)

Youngest and largest Hawaiian island; active lava flows, Mauna Kea stargazing and Kona coffee.

19.600° N155.500° W
site access marine
Ellison Onizuka Kona International (KOA)
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Mauna Kea summit
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau
Formation
volcanic hotspot shield (Kīlauea, Mauna Loa active)
Population
200,000
Water
Pacific Ocean
Access
easy

Every required movement

The passage
to Hawaiʻi Island (Big Island).

Fly to Kona (KOA) or Hilo (ITO) via Honolulu or direct mainland flights; inter-island flights/ferries connect the chain.

  1. 01
    Ellison Onizuka Kona International (KOA)

    Nearest recorded air access

    Schedule or condition may change · verify
  2. 02
    Entry check

    US entry rules; National Park pass for Volcanoes NP.

    Schedule or condition may change · verify

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What the chart cannot hold

What becomes visible when you follow hawaiʻi volcanoes national park beyond the familiar map?

Still growing as Kīlauea and Mauna Loa erupt. Eleven of the world's 13 climate zones are said to occur here. Sacred to Native Hawaiians; captain Cook died at Kealakekua Bay (1779).

Polynesian settlement c. 1000–1200; unified by Kamehameha I (1795, born on this island); Kingdom, Republic, US Territory (1898), statehood 1959.

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The useful
details.

Coordinates
19.60° N · 155.50° W
Sovereignty
United States · part of country
Nearest mainland
California (~3,900 km northeast)
Best recorded window
Year-round; April–May and September–October are quietest.
Permits / entry
US entry rules; National Park pass for Volcanoes NP.
Languages
English, Hawaiian, Hawaiian Pidgin

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