Hawaii Island
LANDMARK NAME: South Point Complex
DATE DESIGNATED: December 29, 1962
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 66000291
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Naalehu
ISLAND: Hawaii Island
DESCRIPTION: Site of one of the earliest Hawaiian settlements, this is the southernmost point in the United States
LANDMARK NAME: Puukohola Heiau
DATE DESIGNATED: December 29, 1962
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 66000105
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Kawaihae
ISLAND: Hawaii Island
DESCRIPTION: Ruins of Pu'ukohola Heiau ("Temple on the Hill of the Whale"); temple built by King Kamehameha the Great between 1790 and 1791
LANDMARK NAME: Mookini Heiau
DATE DESIGNATED: December 29, 1962
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 66000284
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Hawi
ISLAND: Hawaii Island
DESCRIPTION: Temple erected in 480 A.D. and dedicated to Ku, the Hawaiʻian god of war
LANDMARK NAME: Mauna Kea Adz Quarry
DATE DESIGNATED: December 29, 1962
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 66000285 \
ISLAND: Hawaii Island
DESCRIPTION: Used by prehistoric Hawaiians to obtain basalt for stone tools; also includes religious shrines, trails, rockshelters, and petroglyphs.
LANDMARK NAME: Keauhou Holua Slide
DATE DESIGNATED: December 29, 1962
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 66000290
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Keauhou
ISLAND: Hawaii Island
DESCRIPTION: This is the largest and best-preserved holua course, used in the extremely toboggan-like activity restricted to chiefs.
LANDMARK NAME: Kamakahonu
DATE DESIGNATED: December 29, 1962
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 66000288
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Kailua-Kona
ISLAND: Hawaii Island
DESCRIPTION: Final residence of King Kamehameha I
LANDMARK NAME: Honokohau Settlement
DATE DESIGNATED: December 29, 1962
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 66000287
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Kona District
ISLAND: Hawaii Island
DESCRIPTION: Site of an ancient Hawaiian settlement; includes fishponds, kahua (house site platforms), kiʻi pohaku (petroglyphs), holua (stone slide) and heiau (religious site).
Kauai Island
LANDMARK NAME: Wailua Complex of Heiaus
DATE DESIGNATED: December 29, 1962
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 66000297
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Wailua
ISLAND: Kauai Island
DESCRIPTION: An archaeological site with four heiaus
LANDMARK NAME: Russian Fort
DATE DESIGNATED: December 29, 1962
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 66000299
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Waimea
ISLAND: Kauai Island
DESCRIPTION: Constructed in 1816 ; result of the alliance between High Chief Kaumualii and the Russian-American Company
LANDMARK NAME: Old Sugar Mill of Koloa
DATE DESIGNATED: December 29, 1962
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 66000296
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Koloa
ISLAND: Kauai Island
DESCRIPTION: First commercially successful sugarcane plantation in Hawaii
LANDMARK NAME: Cook Landing Site
DATE DESIGNATED: December 29, 1962
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 66000298
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Waimea
ISLAND: Kauai Island
DESCRIPTION: Captain James Cook landed here at the mouth of the Waimea River on January 20, 1778; He was the first European known to have sighted the Hawaiian Islands
Lanai Island
LANDMARK NAME: Kaunolu Village Site
DATE DESIGNATED: December 29, 1962
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 66000303
NEARBY COMMUNITY: South coast
ISLAND: Lanai Island
DESCRIPTION: This former fishing village, abandoned in the 1880s, is the largest surviving ruins of a prehistoric Hawaiian village. The archaeological site is very well preserved.
Maui Island
LANDMARK NAME: Piilanihale Heiau
DATE DESIGNATED: January 29, 1964
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 66000300
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Hana
ISLAND: Maui Island
DESCRIPTION: Ancient temple in Polynesia; constructed from lava blocks; dates from the 16th century
LANDMARK NAME: Loaloa Heiau
DATE DESIGNATED: December 29, 1962
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 66000301
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Kaupo
ISLAND: Maui Island
DESCRIPTION: Intact examples of a large luakini heiau (state level temple) where human sacrifice was performed
LANDMARK NAME: Lahaina Historic District
DATE DESIGNATED: December 29, 1962
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 66000302
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Lahaina
ISLAND: Maui Island
DESCRIPTION: Preserves the atmosphere of a mid-19th century Hawaiian seaport
Molokai Island
LANDMARK NAME: Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement
DATE DESIGNATED: January 7, 1976
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 76002145
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Kalaupapa
ISLAND: Molokai Island
DESCRIPTION: Founded in 1866 for the isolation of Hawaiians afflicted with Leprosy. Now part of the larger Kalaupapa National Historical Park
LANDMARK NAME: Hokukano-Ualapue Complex
DATE DESIGNATED: December 29, 1962
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 66000304
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Ualapue
ISLAND: Molokai Island
DESCRIPTION: Archaeological site; includes six heiaus (religious sites) and two fishponds
Oahu Island
LANDMARK NAME: Iolani Palace
DATE DESIGNATED: DATE DESIGNATED: December 29, 1962
LANDMARK ID: 66000293
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TOWN: Honolulu
ISLAND: Oahu Island
DESCRIPTION: Only royal palace used as an official residence by a reigning monarch in the United States
LANDMARK NAME: Wheeler Field
DATE DESIGNATED: May 28, 1987
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 87001297
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Honolulu
ISLAND: Oahu Island
DESCRIPTION: Another primary target during the attack on Pearl Harbor, the damage caused here allowed the Japanese to maintain air superiority during the attack.
LANDMARK NAME: Washington Place
DATE DESIGNATED: March 29, 2007
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 73000666
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Honolulu
ISLAND: Oahu Island
DESCRIPTION: Built in 1844-1847, this was the home of Queen Liliʻuokalani, the last reigning monarch of the Hawaiian kingdom, from the time of her marriage in 1862 to her death in 1917. While living here, she saw the monarchy overthrown and Hawaiʻi annexed to the United States. It was subsequently used as the executive mansion by the territorial and state governors of Hawaiʻi until 2002.[4]
LANDMARK NAME: USS Utah (shipwreck)
DATE DESIGNATED: May 5, 1989
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 89001084
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Pearl Harbor
ISLAND: Oahu Island
DESCRIPTION: The remains of the USS Utah, sunk by the Japanese during the attack on Pearl Harbor
LANDMARK NAME: USS Bowfin (submarine)
DATE DESIGNATED: January 14, 1986
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 82000149
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Pearl Harbor
ISLAND: Oahu Island
DESCRIPTION: US Navy Submarine which sank 16 Japanese vessels during World War II. Now a Museum Ship.
LANDMARK NAME: USS Arizona (shipwreck)
DATE DESIGNATED: May 5, 1989
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 89001083
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Pearl Harbor
ISLAND: Oahu Island
DESCRIPTION: Sunken remains of the USS Arizona; destroyed in battle during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Now the centerpiece of the NRHP USS Arizona Memorial
LANDMARK NAME: United States Naval Base, Pearl Harbor
DATE DESIGNATED: January 29, 1964
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 66000940
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Pearl Harbor
ISLAND: Oahu Island
DESCRIPTION: Site of the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan on DATE DESIGNATED: December 7, 1941
LANDMARK NAME: Pu'u O Mahuka Heiau
DATE DESIGNATED: December 29, 1962
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 66000292
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Haleʻiwa
ISLAND: Oahu Island
DESCRIPTION: Ancient temple, possibly the sacrificial site of 3 men from the HMS Daedalus
LANDMARK NAME: Palm Circle
DATE DESIGNATED: May 28, 1987
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 84000104
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Honolulu
ISLAND: Oahu Island
DESCRIPTION: This portion of Fort Shafter housed the headquarters of the commanding general and his staff, U.S. Army forces, Pacific Ocean Areas, during World War II. By 1944 this command was responsible for the supply and administration of all U.S. Army personnel in the Central and South Pacific, and from 1943 to 1945, carried out logistical planning for the invasions of the Gilberts, Marshalls, Marianas, Guam, Palau, and Okinawa.
LANDMARK NAME: Opana Radar Site
DATE DESIGNATED: April 19, 1994
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 91001379
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Kawela
ISLAND: Oahu Island
DESCRIPTION: Commemorates the first operational use of radar by the United States in wartime, during the attack on Pearl Harbor
LANDMARK NAME: Kawaiahaʻo Church and Mission Houses
DATE DESIGNATED: December 29, 1962
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 66000294
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Honolulu
ISLAND: Oahu Island
DESCRIPTION: Formerly the national church of the Hawaiian Kingdom and chapel of the royal family
LANDMARK NAME: Kaneohe Naval Air Station
DATE DESIGNATED: May 28, 1987
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 87001299
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Kailua
ISLAND: Oahu Island
DESCRIPTION: Naval airfield attacked by the Japanese seven minutes before the attack on Pearl Harbor began in order to establish air superiority
LANDMARK NAME: Huilua Fishpond
DATE DESIGNATED: December 29, 1962
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 66000295
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Kaneʻohe
ISLAND: Oahu Island
DESCRIPTION: Last surviving fishponds out of an estimated 97 such structures that once existed on coastal Oʻahu; still operational well into the 20th century
LANDMARK NAME: Hickam Field
DATE DESIGNATED: September 16, 1985
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 85002725
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Honolulu
ISLAND: Oahu Island
DESCRIPTION: Air Force Base which was a primary target in the attack on Pearl Harbor and played a key role throughout the World War II Pacific campaign.
LANDMARK NAME: Falls of Clyde (four-masted oil tanker)
DATE DESIGNATED: April 11, 1989
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 73000659
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Honolulu
ISLAND: Oahu Island
DESCRIPTION: Only surviving iron-hulled, four-masted full rigged ship, and the only surviving sail-driven oil tanker in the world. She was for a time a museum ship, but was in 2013 being prepared for drydock.
LANDMARK NAME: CINCPAC Headquarters / Makalapa Support Facilities
DATE DESIGNATED: May 28, 1987
HISTORIC PLACE ID: 87001295
NEARBY COMMUNITY: Pearl Harbor
ISLAND: Oahu Island
DESCRIPTION: Headquarters of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz from 1942 through 1945
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