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Lapakahi Complex
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| Nearest city: | Hawi, Hawaii |
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| Area: | 262 acres (1.06 km2) |
| Architectural style: | Ancient Hawaiian |
| Governing body: | State of Hawaii DLNR |
| NRHP Reference#: | 73000654 |
| Added to NRHP: | July 2, 1973[1] |
Lapakahi State Historical Park is a large area of ruins from an Ancient Hawaiian fishing village in the North Kohala District on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.[2] [3] Off shore is the Lapakahi Marine Life Conservation District.
The name lapa kahi means "single ridge" in the Hawaiian Language, and applied to the ahupuaʻa, an ancient land division that ran from the sea up to Kohala Mountain.[4] It is located off of ʻAkoni Pule Highway (Route 270), 12.4 miles (20.0 km) north of Kawaihae, Hawaii, at .[5] It is state archaeological site 10-02-2245,[6] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 2, 1973 as site 73000654.[1] Just to the north, Māhukona Beach Park is on a bay where a sugar mill once stood.[7]
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