Larry Sheffer Photography

• Volcanos
• Kohala – extinct
• Mauna Kea – dormant
• Hualālai – active
• Mauna Loa – active, partly within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
• Kīlauea – active, part of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

National protected areas[edit]

• Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail
• Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
• Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
• Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park
• Kohala Historical Sites State Monument (Mookini Heiau)
• Kona Forest National Wildlife Refuge
• Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park
• Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site

Places of interest[edit]

• Akaka Falls, one of the tallest waterfalls on the island.
• Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden houses many endangered endemic plants.
• East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center
• Hawaiʻi Tropical Botanical Garden
• Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, comprising the active volcanoes Kīlauea and Mauna Loa
• Huliheʻe Palace, a royal palace in Kailua-Kona
• ʻImiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo
• Ka Lae, the southernmost point in the United States
• Laupāhoehoe Train Museum
• Lyman House Memorial Museum in Hilo
• Manuka State Wayside Park
• Mauna Kea Observatories
• Nani Mau Gardens
• Onizuka Center for International Astronomy
• Pacific Tsunami Museum overlooking Hilo Bay
• Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo in Hilo
• Pua Mau Place Arboretum and Botanical Garden
• Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park
• Puʻukoho'ā Heiau National Historic Site, the site of one of the most significant heiau in Hawaii
• Rainbow Falls State Park
• Sadie Seymour Botanical Gardens
• Umauma Falls
• University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Botanical Gardens
• Waipiʻo Valley
• Wao Kele o Puna
• World Botanical Gardens

Hotels on the east coast[edit]

The larger hotels on the east coast are:

• Grand Naniloa Hotel, Hilo
• Hilo Hawaiian Hotel
• Volcano House, Kīlauea

Hotels on the west coast[edit]

The larger hotels on the west coast, from north (Puako) to south (Captain Cook):

• Mauna Kea Beach Hotel
• The Fairmont Orchid
• Hilton Waikoloa Village
• Waikoloa Beach Marriott
• Four Seasons Resort Hualalai
• Royal Kona Resort
• Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay
• Manago Hotel
• Mauna Lani Resort by Auberge