Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
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The Big Island of Hawaii is the the youngest and largest of the Hawaiian Islands, with just over one million years old. This island has everything for you:
volcanoes and waterfalls, black-lava deserts and mountain peaks, green-sand beaches, and tropical rainforests. The Big Island has the most diverse weather of any Hawaiian Island, including tropical, monsoonal, desert, and permafrost.
This island is very big and it's paradise for water sports. Water sports are everywhere on the island.
Hawaii vacation on Big Island will be unforgettable memory
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Top Beaches on Big island
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Anaehoomalu Beach -
good for various water activities; windsurfing, swimming,
surfing.
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Green Sand Beach -
This is the only green sand beach on the Big Island.
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Hapuna Beach State
Park - This beach has frequently been rated as the best
beach in the US.
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Kaunaoa Beach - This
gold-sand beach has been the top vacation destination among
America's corporate chiefs for several decades.
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Punaluu Beach Park -
a perfect place to enjoy the beautiful scenery, explore the
black-sand beach, watch the sea turtles.
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Top Attractions on Big island
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- The world's most active volcano, Kilauea, is on the Big Island.
- The Big Island is 4,038 square miles (and still growing). All the other Hawaiian Islands could fit inside the Big Island with room left over.
- From the southern tip to the northern tip the distance is 95 miles. From east to west it is 80 miles.
- In the 1850s, John Palmer Parker and his Hawaiian princess wife amassed land to form Parker Ranch, which today sprawls 225,000 acres and is two-thirds the size of the island of Oahu.
- In 1946, a 56-foot tsunami hit the east side of the island.
- In 1981, the Ironman Triathlon moved from Oahu to Kona.
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