Kohala Coast Geography 101 February 20, 2008
Posted by brobinson in : General , trackbackYesterday I drove down the coast from my home in North Kohala to a meeting in Kailua-Kona. No wonder I grabbed the Kohala Coast for my real estate blogging territory. Where else can you take a February drive in 80-degree weather, look to your left and admire snow-capped peaks, then look to your right in time to see the splash of a humpback whale breaching in the languid Pacific! It occurred to me that while many readers of this blog will have already fallen in love with the beauty of the Kohala Coast as I have, others may not yet be familiar with the Big Island and the resorts north of Kona airport. Here’s one easy way to think of it (you can also compare with the Hawaii Island map on AlohaLiving.com or on our Hawaii Palm Properties website.
First make a fist with your right hand, knuckles towards you and thumb on the left. Your fist is approximately the shape of the Big Island! Where I live and where our office is located is on the tip of your thumb: Hawi in the district of North Kohala (and for more information about real estate in that area, check my blogroll for the link to the North Kohala Luxury Homes blog) North Kohala extends roughly over your thumbnail. At the bottom of your nail would be Kawaihae Harbor, where most of our goods enter the Island and where you will find several good restaurants (another post for another day).
The knuckle of your thumb would be Kailua-Kona and the three resorts of the Kohala Coast extend about half-way down the slope from your nail to your knuckle. Nearest Kawaihae Harbor is the oldest of the three, the Mauna Kea Resort. In the middle you will find the Mauna Lani Resort. And where the map says ANAEHO’OMALU you will find the Waikoloa Beach Resort. In this blog I’ll also sometimes talk about the enclave of Puako, nestled in between Mauna Kea and Mauna Lani resorts.
Remember those snow-capped peaks I mentioned? Thanks to the knuckles of your first and second fingers (the volcanoes Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa which rise to almost 14,000 feet above sea level), the Kohala Coast is sheltered from the rain that arrives on the trade winds, giving it the perfect climate of sunny, temperate days and gentle ocean breezes.
Three resorts, with much in common and three distinct “personalities”. That’s what this blog is all about.
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Hi Beth!
Welcome to the blog world!
Aloha, Mike Kerr
Aloha Mike!
Thanks for noticing my tender beginnings. You are the pioneer of Big Island Real Estate blogging and as an avid reader of yours I have had many laughs and ah-ha moments. I’ll be seeing you on line.
A hui hou
Beth
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