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Nice Place to Have a Picnic and See Hilo Bay

  • August 12, 2008
  • Rated 4 of 5 by golden101 from Honokaa, Hawaii
Nice Place to Have a Picnic and See Hilo Bay

Liliuokalani Gardens are formal Japanese style gardens located along the west end of Banyan Drive. You will see beautiful panoramas of Mauna Kea and Hilo Bay at Liliuokalani Gardens. Coconut Island just offshore is connected by a footbridge leading from the gardens. Along the footpaths are pagodas designed for relaxing, torii gates, stone lanterns, and half-moon bridges spanning a series of ponds and streams. Few people visit here so it is a pleasant area to rest at. There is a nice walking area right next to the one lane road that runs between the gardens and the ocean. Many locals walk or run along the road to keep fit. This is also a popular place to take pictures with your family or friends. If you are lucky you might see a wedding taking place in the gardens. If you love to people-watch, then this is a nice place to relax and enjoy yourself. Bring along a fishing pole if you want to fish near the dock.

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Hilo Bay

  • October 8, 2006
  • Rated 2 of 5 by golden101 from Honokaa, Hawaii
Hilo Bay

This is a nice beach to hang out at. It's not really a suitable beach for swimming because the water is brown and murky from the river that runs off into the left side of the bay. I come here every summer to watch the canoe races with my son. Each time that we come to this beach to watch the races we both swim in the shallow area of the beach. During the winter the tide is usually low but in the winter the surf comes up. There is a nice grassy area near the canoe shacks and it is a perfect place for a family picnic under the coconut trees. The main highway along the beach used to run through this area but the county closed off the road many years ago so that it is used only for public parking. This is an excellent beach to watch the canoe regattas during the summer months when all the canoe clubs around the island gather and race against each other in the bay. There is a bathroom with showers at this beach. Many fisherman gather along the bay front to fish on weekends and at night.

From journal Beaches on the Big Island of Hawaii

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