Keomuku, Hawaii, United States
4.5 (7 reviews) Spent Ranking #17 in Lanai Ancient Ruins
Remnants from Years Past
The road to Keomuku is best with a 4x4/jeep type given it is not paved. The area is simple/base with only the church left standing. There is a path on the opposite side of the road leading towards the beach. For over a century the church has been there with an interesting past.
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5 mi along unpaved road southeast of Shipwreck Beach , Hawaii, United States.
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5Marion W 5:00 PM Oct 27, 2013
This village/church should be on your must see list
you drive down the same road as towards Shipwreck beach but turn right and continue on a mostly sandy road (dusty) passing the famed Kalaehi (white rock) vistas. The drive to Keomoku is fairly long but the church (whch is in good shape and has most likely been remodeled) is in a pretty setting. The church is wide open and does have a small altar. Take your time to explore the surroundings and find the remnants of the Maunalei Sugar Company (1899 to 1901), including a small locomotive (further down the road), a large oven and various artifacts that are of interest. Continue further down the road to Halepaloa beach. There is a wharf (looked newly repaired to us) that was used for the shipping of sugar cane to Maui. The beach is lovely. The buildings on the grounds are in disrepair and totally deserted. But what a place this must have been. We heard rumors that Larry Ellison is considering building a new resort there with access from Menele (which would make sense). The views are fantastic. On the other side of the street you will find a Buddhist Shrine erected here to honor the Japanese workers killed in a plague in 1900. the epidemic wiped out over half of the population.. some of the information we read (at another place) was quite shocking. The recruiters earned between $25 - 35 for each person but the workers earned mere 0.75 cents a day under most likely horrible conditions. if you keep on going on this road you will find remnants of ancient fish pods at Lopa beach and Naha in particular.
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4KulaBob 5:00 PM Sep 4, 2016
A History Living History Lesson
Jeep explorers have the opportunity to see an old plantation church just as it was after the people walked away.Once there was a sugar plantation on this spot. It didn't run long. Thanks to over-pumping the wells went brackish and the cane died. Now what did that teach us? Absolutely nothing! On Maui history is repeating itself. The political brainwaves have been redirecting East Maui surface runoff to please environmentalists. That leaves over-pumping as the cheap alternative to desalination.
