Diamond Head State Monument - Honolulu National And State Park

  • Address: Diamond Head Road and 18th Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96815
  • Phone: +1 808 587 0285 (State Parks)
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  • Website:www.hawaii.gov
Diamond Head State Monument
Diamond Head Road and 18th Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96815

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  • This crater of an extinct volcano got its name when Western explorers mistook calcite crystals they found ... more on Wcities
  • Standing on the sand of Waikiki Beach, Diamond Head looms large. Some call it Diamond Head Crater. I call it a "must see." Diamond Head is known in Hawaiian as Le’ahi meaning "brow (lea) of the yellowfin tuna (ahi)." It got its English name in the late 1700's when British seamen saw calcite crystals sparkling in the sunshine and thought they had found diamonds. Geologically it is a cinder cone formed by a series of explosive eruptions over 150,000 years ago. You can get there by bus, car or taxi. We took a bus near our hotel to the bottom of the road that leads to the gate that gets you into this monument. You read that right. You will do some walking to see Diamond Head. The Monument is located off Diamond Head Rd. between Makapuu and 18th Ave. on the south shore of Oahu. It is ... more on GoHawaii.com
  • A major tourist attraction on Oahu, the 350-acre Diamond Head crater can be seen even from the flight into Honolulu airport.   Its vantage point offers some incredible panoramas of Honolulu ... more on tripadvisor.com

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5.0
Treasures

(September 05, 2002 00:00)

I'm sitting here looking at the spectacular picture I took while there. It is one of my cherished ... A Yahoo! User, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

Diamond Head Crater

...worth climbing endless steps at Oahu's most famous landmark because once ... Zagat, a user of Zagat. Read full review on Amazon.com

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4.0
Worth the Hike

The view from atop Diamond Head is definitely worth the hike! Even though there were uppper level clouds we could see a long way. You can see so much of the island from up here. We could also see Moloka'i and even Maui (which we were told was unusual). We scheduled this for our first morning knowing ... pixiesnake, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on tripadvisor

4.0
Awesome View!!!

I would recommend this to anyone that loves hiking. ... A Yahoo! User, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

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5.0
Great view, come early

We hiked Diamond Head on 8th of April. I can really recommend it. Go there early in the morning for sunrise! The park opens at 6am and we took a taxi to get there ... Sandburg, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on tripadvisor

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