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118:. The lens is able to magnify and intensify the illumination of a single electrical 1,000-watt, 120-volt light bulb. It was damaged by a vandal firing a bullet at it, but the lens is still in service as it is no longer reproducible. A popular day hike along the access road to the lighthouse begins at a parking lot located south of the Makapuʻu lookout on Kalanianaole Highway. A second trail leads from the remnants of the keepers quarters to the lighthouse, but it is off limits to the public. The lighthouse itself is also off limits to the public and is protected by three locked gates.
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because of its resemblance to a large rabbit's head rising out of the sea and because it was once inhabited by introduced rabbits after a rancher released them there. The island is now a protected bird sanctuary and thereby illegal to land there unless you have permission from the Hawaii
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in the predawn hours on August 20, 1906 on the reefs off Waimānalo. The lighthouse was automated in 1974 and its keepers quarters demolished in 1987, but the remnants are still visible. The lighthouse contains a roughly 12-foot-tall (3.7 m) French
Fresnel hyper-radial
204:– All of the rocky shoreline and pocket beaches between the sea cliffs at Makapuʻu Point and the State Research Pier (Makai Pier) are beach parks open to the public. Wave conditions at Kaupō (western end) are more suited to young beach-goers and poor swimmers.
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38:, comprising the remnant of a ridge that rises 647 feet (197 m) above the sea. The cliff at Makapuʻu Point forms the eastern tip and is the site of a prominent lighthouse. The place name of this area, meaning "bulging eye" in
136:(southern end of the ridge), then traverses the ridge bearing right towards the lighthouse, which is closed to the public. A trail leads up from the former Coast Guard residential area to a summit from which the islands of
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to support marine research efforts in the
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can be visible. Of interest to hikers visiting the wayside park is the possibility of seeing
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View of the Ka ʻIwi wilderness area from trail to Makapuʻu Point summit
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The extreme eastern end of the Island of Oʻahu in the
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rock formation and the beach/swimming spot that shares the same name.
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124:is part of the eastern end of Oʻahu encompassing
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61:) travelling east along the same highway beyond
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214:– A long, concrete pier built by the
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899:Halekiʻi-Pihana Heiau State Monument
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169:is a 63-acre (25 ha) offshore
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818:Wailoa River State Recreation Area
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192:Makapuʻu Beach from Makapuʻu Point
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114:, the largest lens in use in the
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222:Ka Iwi State Scenic Shoreline
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1005:Kaiwi State Scenic Shoreline
970:Ahupuaʻa O Kahana State Park
909:Kaumahina State Wayside Park
758:Kalopa State Recreation Area
344:Pele's Chair - Oahu for Free
122:Makapuʻu Point State Wayside
985:Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve
980:Diamond Head State Monument
303:List of Hawaiʻi state parks
291:The islands across Makapuʻu
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904:ʻĪao Valley State Monument
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798:Manuka State Wayside Park
773:Kīholo State Park Reserve
607:National Wildlife Refuges
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92:Makapuʻu Point Lighthouse
85:Makapuʻu Point lighthouse
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876:Waimea Canyon State Park
856:Nā Pali Coast State Park
788:Lava Tree State Monument
579:Papahānaumokuākea Marine
556:Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau NHP
382:Surfing areas of Hawaiʻi
1187:Protected areas of Oahu
1070:Sacred Falls State Park
1000:Ka'ena Point State Park
871:Wailua River State Park
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660:Oahu Forest
655:Kona Forest
645:Kealia Pond
432:Sandy Beach
63:Sandy Beach
59:Hawaiʻi Kai
1167:Tuff cones
1156:Categories
1126:21°18′35″N
447:Waimea Bay
309:References
212:Makai Pier
182:Kāohikaipu
100:lighthouse
722:Monuments
683:Haleakala
518:Haleakalā
173:known as
171:tuff cone
158:blowholes
107:Manchuria
944:Moloka‘i
640:Kakahaia
402:Hoʻokipa
297:See also
138:Molokaʻi
48:Honolulu
40:Hawaiian
28:Makapuʻu
620:Hanalei
501:Federal
442:Waikīkī
427:Pūpūkea
104:steamer
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630:Huleia
493:Hawaii
417:Mākaha
167:Island
165:Mānana
142:Lanaʻi
962:O‘ahu
32:Oʻahu
891:Maui
407:Jaws
200:and
150:Maui
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