" MacKenzie State Recreation Area "
On Kalapana-Kapono Beach Road (Highway 132), 9 miles northeast of Kaimu. Low cliffed, wild volcanic coastline with picnicking and tent camping in a ironwood grove. Good shore fishing. Old Hawaiian coastal trail traverses the park. No drinking water. This recreation area attracts visitors to this 13-acre park on the Kalapana-Kapono Beach Road, Highway 132, on the island of Hawaii.
Anglers cast in the surf for ulua, a jack fish, from the 40-foot high cliffs.King's Highway, an old Hawaiian coastal trail, traverses the park and skirts the ocean. The trail was part of a network of trails that linked Hawaiians around the island. This trail portion was believed to have been built by prison labor in the late 1860s. A long lava tube is found along the trail near the parking lot.The park has a primitive tent campground with no drinking water.
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