Akaka Falls State Park
Under $25Walk a short paved loop through rainforest to see ʻAkaka Falls drop 442 feet into a gorge, plus Kahūnā Falls along the way.

Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.
A large enclosed shopping mall in Hilo on Hawaii's Big Island, with many stores and restaurants.
111 East Puainako Street, Hilo, HI 96720 · Hilo, HI
Prince Kuhio Plaza is a single-level indoor shopping center in Hilo. The homepage describes it as the largest enclosed retail center on the Big Island, with more than 65 designer and brand-name stores. Its anchors include two Macy's stores, a TJ Maxx, and a Petco, and a nine-screen Regal movie theatre is also located there. Visitors can find free parking and local parking on site, but valet parking is not offered. The mall also offers free wheelchair rental through its management office or security.
The closest stops to Prince Kuhio Plaza, ordered by straight-line distance.
Walk a short paved loop through rainforest to see ʻAkaka Falls drop 442 feet into a gorge, plus Kahūnā Falls along the way.
12 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
Drive and hike around Kīlauea's summit caldera, then follow Chain of Craters Road down to the sea.
Transit: reachable by public transit
22 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
See one of Earth's most active volcanoes and its summit caldera inside Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.
24 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
Stop at the visitor station at 9,200 feet, then take a four-wheel drive road to Hawaii's highest summit and its observatories.
28 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
Walk a beach of black basalt sand on the Big Island's Kaʻū coast and watch green sea turtles resting on the shore.
48 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
Swim, bodysurf and picnic on one of the few white-sand beaches along the Big Island's west coast, south of Kawaihae.
Transit: reachable by public transit
53 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors