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| Nearest city | Hawi, Hawaii |
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| Coordinates | 20°10′31″N155°53′50″W / 20.17528°N 155.89722°W /20.17528; -155.89722 |
| Area | 2,560 acres (1,040 ha) |
| Architectural style | Ancient Hawaiian |
| NRHP reference No. | 73000654[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 2, 1973[1] |
Lapakahi State Historical Park is a large area of ruins from anAncient Hawaiian fishing village in theNorth Kohala District on theBig Island of Hawaiʻi.[2][3] Offshore is theLapakahi Marine Life Conservation District.
The namelapa kahi means "single ridge" in theHawaiian Language, and applied to theahupuaʻa, an ancient land division that ran from the sea up toKohala Mountain.[4] It is located off of ʻAkoni Pule Highway (Route 270), 12.4 miles (20.0 km) north ofKawaihae, Hawaii.[5] It is state archaeological site 10-02-2245,[6] and was added to theNational Register of Historic Places on July 2, 1973, as site 73000654.[1] Just to the north,Māhukona Beach Park is on a bay where raw sugar from a local sugar mill was shipped to San Francisco.[7]
