What Is Kauai, Hawaii?

Kauai, Hawaii, the fourth most visited vacation islands in the country, is filled with endless activities and beautiful sights. It’s amazing scenery and relaxed personality are the factors that attract vacationers (Derrick 1). Yearly, the rate of visitors is 1.2 to 1.3 million (Derrick 1). “It is also the fourth largest landmass in the Hawaiian Island chain that includes eight major islands and 124 islets” (Derrick 1). The island of Kauai lies about 105 miles over its channel, which is northwest of Oahu. It’s round in shape encircling a land area of 533 square miles, so 25 miles in length by 33 miles wide. The highest point of the island is 5,243 feet above sea level (Derrick 1). My aunt has visited Kauai before, and she stated that it only
Some of the state parks that they strongly protect are the Waimea canyon and Napali Coast. They also protect the water and the life under
This statue stands in the Waimea Canyon today (Hawaii Tourism Authority 1). There is no known meaning why the island was named Kauai besides the fact that the founders son had this name (Derrick 1). The largest city is on the southeast coast called Lihue. “Kauai’s distant past is filled with legends, the most well known tells of the Menehune, a mythical race of small people talented in construction and engineering who created Kauai’s aqueducts and fishponds, often in a single night” (Hawaii Tourism Authority 1). In 1835, an old town called Old Koloa town built their first sugar mill. You can explore the Koloa Heritage trail to learn about the past of the island’s plantation (Hawaii Tourism Authority). There are also explorations of exhibits, artifacts and portraits of stories about the history of Kauai, and it’s neat culture that you can observe in the Kauai Museum (Hawaii Tourism Authority). The population of Kauai is a large amount of not only citizens, but vacationers too. Most of the tourism occurs at volcano national parks, memorials, pearl harbor, Napali coast, secluded beaches, and canyon state parks. The Napali coast is a stretch of black lava shores, and is one of the most visited sites in Kauai. The volcano state parks would be cool to visit because they were how Kauai, and the other islands of Hawaii, formed to begin with. Waimea Canyon is also