Puako Petroglyph LbNA #6641
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Add Location| Owner: | Wisconsin Hiker  |
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| Plant date: | Aug 1, 2001 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Mauna Lani |
| County: | Hawaii |
| State: | Hawaii |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | LCAB |
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| Last found: | Nov 2, 2017 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFaFFFaFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | May 14, 2016 |
Last checked/found: October 3, 2012
Clue updated: 20-MAR-12
We have temporarily "adopted" this letterbox since it was unclaimed and the clues were removed from the site. If the original placer or anyone that lives in the area would like to take ownership, please email me and I'll gladly turn it over. Note: The park is accessed from North Kaniku Drive (the road to Mauna Lani, off of Hwy 19, 19 miles north of the Kona airport).
P.S. I'd appreciate a status update if you find the box, so please send an email if you remember after returning from vacation. If things aren't OK with the box, I guess we'll just have to plan another trip to Hawaii to do some box maintenance!
Original Clues
Puako Petroglyph Letterbox
On the Big Island of Hawaii you will find this magical place of sacredness.
Locate the Holoholokai Beach Park, open each day from 6:30am - 6:30pm. The road to this park connects to the road at the Orchid at Mauna Lani. This coast is steeped with history and it is here that you will find the Puako Petroglyph trail. It is .7 miles of mystical trails within the archway of Kiawi trees. You must pay attention at all times as the trail hosts both sand and lava. At the end of the trail is one of the largest collections of Hawaiian Petroglyshs ever exposed. Find the bench at the field and walk 21 steps straight back into the forest. [Feedback from someone who found the box on 19-MAR-12: "The area between the bench and the LB hiding spot is obstructed by a very large pile of brush and tree limbs and you cannot walk directly back 20 something steps. In order to find the LB you must walk all the way around and it is quite complex to describe." I'd appreciate comments from other finders as conditions change.] This will lead you up a little hill to an out-cropping of boulders. Buried in a small collection of rocks at the inside base of the boulders is the letterbox. Enjoy the spirit of place and plan for a picnic at the glorious beach park!
Planted on a beautiful day in August of 2001, by T and Sky.
Before you set out read the waiver of responsibility and disclaimer.
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Petroglyphs
Ancient Hawaiian Rock Art
Want to get a true picture of the history of Hawai'i? You can learn a lot from Hawaiian petroglyphs - ancient rock carvings that tell stories about early life on the islands.
The Hawaiian petroglyphs is a great mystery of the Pacific. No one knows who made them or why the artists etched the linear and triangular figures into the pahoehoe lava. These graphic carvings, more than 3,000 of them, were probably made as part of ritual or prayer and speak of spiritual phenomena - mana
The petroglyphs of Hawai'i are much more than captivating designs. To the ancient Polynesians they had meaning and significance, including a spiritual component. Hawaiian petroglyphs deserve to be protected and preserved as nonrenewable assets and as gift left behind by the
ancient Hawaiians who carved their prayers and offerings into the hard lava of these Pacific islands.
Upon approaching a petroglyphs field, a wonderful cast of characters leap to life. There are dancers, paddlers, fishermen, and family groups. Turtle, dog, ship and horse symbols are also depicted, as well as fish hooks, spears, poi pounders and canoes. There are 135 different petroglyphs sites on six inhabited islands, but most of them are found on the Big Island of Hawai'i.
Hike length: 1 mile
Clue updated: 20-MAR-12
We have temporarily "adopted" this letterbox since it was unclaimed and the clues were removed from the site. If the original placer or anyone that lives in the area would like to take ownership, please email me and I'll gladly turn it over. Note: The park is accessed from North Kaniku Drive (the road to Mauna Lani, off of Hwy 19, 19 miles north of the Kona airport).
P.S. I'd appreciate a status update if you find the box, so please send an email if you remember after returning from vacation. If things aren't OK with the box, I guess we'll just have to plan another trip to Hawaii to do some box maintenance!
Original Clues
Puako Petroglyph Letterbox
On the Big Island of Hawaii you will find this magical place of sacredness.
Locate the Holoholokai Beach Park, open each day from 6:30am - 6:30pm. The road to this park connects to the road at the Orchid at Mauna Lani. This coast is steeped with history and it is here that you will find the Puako Petroglyph trail. It is .7 miles of mystical trails within the archway of Kiawi trees. You must pay attention at all times as the trail hosts both sand and lava. At the end of the trail is one of the largest collections of Hawaiian Petroglyshs ever exposed. Find the bench at the field and walk 21 steps straight back into the forest. [Feedback from someone who found the box on 19-MAR-12: "The area between the bench and the LB hiding spot is obstructed by a very large pile of brush and tree limbs and you cannot walk directly back 20 something steps. In order to find the LB you must walk all the way around and it is quite complex to describe." I'd appreciate comments from other finders as conditions change.] This will lead you up a little hill to an out-cropping of boulders. Buried in a small collection of rocks at the inside base of the boulders is the letterbox. Enjoy the spirit of place and plan for a picnic at the glorious beach park!
Planted on a beautiful day in August of 2001, by T and Sky.
Before you set out read the waiver of responsibility and disclaimer.
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Petroglyphs
Ancient Hawaiian Rock Art
Want to get a true picture of the history of Hawai'i? You can learn a lot from Hawaiian petroglyphs - ancient rock carvings that tell stories about early life on the islands.
The Hawaiian petroglyphs is a great mystery of the Pacific. No one knows who made them or why the artists etched the linear and triangular figures into the pahoehoe lava. These graphic carvings, more than 3,000 of them, were probably made as part of ritual or prayer and speak of spiritual phenomena - mana
The petroglyphs of Hawai'i are much more than captivating designs. To the ancient Polynesians they had meaning and significance, including a spiritual component. Hawaiian petroglyphs deserve to be protected and preserved as nonrenewable assets and as gift left behind by the
ancient Hawaiians who carved their prayers and offerings into the hard lava of these Pacific islands.
Upon approaching a petroglyphs field, a wonderful cast of characters leap to life. There are dancers, paddlers, fishermen, and family groups. Turtle, dog, ship and horse symbols are also depicted, as well as fish hooks, spears, poi pounders and canoes. There are 135 different petroglyphs sites on six inhabited islands, but most of them are found on the Big Island of Hawai'i.
Hike length: 1 mile